Most read last year
-
DAM . A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream of water for the purpose of confining it; a mole. 2. T... -
MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses... -
CONSTRUCTION , practice. It is defined by Mr. Powell to be "the drawing in inference by the act of reason, as to the intent of an... -
CAPIAS , practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Sever... -
CANON , eccl. law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate... -
CARRIERS , contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. v.) who have been considered under another head; a... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hi...
Trending
-
HABEAS CORPORA, English practice. A writ issued out of the C. P. commending the sheriff to compel the appearance of a jury in the cause b... -
TO UTTER, crim. law. To offer, to publish. 2. To utter and publish a counterfeit note is to assert and declare, directly or indirect... -
ALABAMA . The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the resolution ... -
MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. That science which applies the principles and practice of the different branches of medicine to the elucidatio...
-
PARTNERS , contracts. Persons who have united together and formed a partnership. 2. Every person sui juris is competent to contract the ... -
CONIFISCATION . The act by which the estate, goods or chattels of a person who has been guilty of some crime, or who is a public enemy, ...
-
EJECTMENT , remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unl... -
DISCRETION , practice. When it is said that something is left to the discretion of a judge, it signifies that he ought to decide accor...
LD: Wills
Estates
Most read this month...
-
MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses...
-
DAM . A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream of water for the purpose of confining it; a mole. 2. T...
-
MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with -
MARYLAND. One of the original states of the United States of America. The province of Maryland was included in the patent of the Sout... -
EJECTMENT , remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unl...
-
SEAL , conveyancing, contracts. A seal is an impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed.... -
HABEAS CORPORA, English practice. A writ issued out of the C. P. commending the sheriff to compel the appearance of a jury in the cause b...
-
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb.
-
USHER. This word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts of law Archb. Pr...
Most read
-
SABBATH. The same as Sunday. (q. v.) SABINIANS. A sect of lawyers, whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and the second, Caelius S... -
PACE . A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a... -
... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
GABEL . A tax, imposition, or duty. This word is said to have the same signification that gabelle formerly had in France . Cunn. Dict... -
CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const... -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ... -
DAM . A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream of water for the purpose of confining it; a mole. 2. T... -
E CONVERSO . On the other side or hand; on the contrary. E PLURIBUS UNUM . One from more. The motto of the arms of the United States... -
A , the first letter of the English and most other alphabets, is frequently used as an abbreviation, (q. v.) and also in the marks of ...
Home
____________________________________________
No comments:
Write comments