A definite sentence whereby a man accused of any crime is acquitted....
pleading. When the pleadings were in Latin these words were employed in a traverse. Without this, that, (q. v.) are now used for the same purpose....
Without impeachment of waste. (q. v.) Without any right to prevent waste....
This phrase is used in a traverse de injuria, by which the plaintiff affirms that without the cause in his plea alleged he did commit the said trespas...
French law. This is the tacit renunciation by an heir of a suc- cession Merl. Rep. h.t....
A brief account of all the deeds upon which the title to an estate rests. See Brief of Title....
Every thing which is contrary to good order established by usage. Merl. Rep. h. t. Among the civilians, abuse has another signification, which is the ...
The buttings and boundings of land, showing on what other lands, rivers, highways, or other places it does abut. More properly, it is said, the sides ...
Eng. law. In order to give jurisdiction to a court, a cause of action over which the court has jurisdiction is alleged, and also,, (ac etiam) another ...
Eng. law. That you go to court. An original writ, issuing out of chancery, now of coarse, returnable in K. B. or C. P. for the removaI of a replevin s...
Eng. law. The name of a writ directed to the coroner, commanding him to deliver a writ to the sheriff, who having a pone delivered to him, suppresses ...
contracts. An agreement to receive somethinng which has been offered.2. To complete the contract, the acceptance must be absolute and past recall, 10 ...
contracts. In the civil law, is a release made by a creditor to his debtor of his debt, without receiving any consideration. Ayl. Pand. tit. 26, p. 57...
contracts. The person who agrees to pay a bill of exchange drawn upon him. There cannot be two separate acceptors of a bill of exchange, e. g. an acce...
in contracts, is a third person, who, after protest for non-acceptance by the drawee, accepts the bill for the honor of the drawer, or of the particul...
persons. Approach, or the means or power of approaching. Sometimes by access is understood sexual intercourse, at other times the opportunity of commu...
criminal law. He who is not the chief actor in the perpetration of the offence, nor present at its performance, but is some way concerned therein, eit...
property. The ownership of a thing, whether it be real or personal, movable or immovable, carries with it the right to all that the thing produces, an...
international law, is the absolute or conditional acceptance by one or several states, of a treaty already concluded between one or several states, of...
property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, or to render it more perfect, is an accessory, and belongs to the principal thi...
one made for assuring the performance of a prior contract, either by the same parties, or by others, such as suretyship, mortgages, and pledges.2. It ...
practice. This term in chancery jurisprudence, signifies such unforeseen events, misfortunes, losses, acts or omissions, as are not the result of any ...
mar. law. In Italy, is a contract which takes place when an individual entrusts personal property with the master of a vessel, to be sold for their jo...
com. law. That which is done by one merchant or other person for the convenience of some other, by accepting or endorsing his paper, or by lending him...
contracts. An amicable agreement or composition between two contending parties. It differs from accord and satisfaction, which may take place without ...
crim. law. This term includes in its meaning, all persons who have been concerned in the commission of a crime, all particepes crimitis, whether they ...
in contracts. A satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and the party injured, which when performed is a bar to all actions upon this acco...
The act of giving birth to a child. It is frequently important to prove the filiation of an individual, this may be done in several ways. The fact of ...
remedies. This is the name of a writ or action more properly called account render.2. It is applicable to the, case of an unliquidated demand, against...
practice. A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, administrator, or other trustee, of the estate confided to him.2. Every one who adm...
A book kept by a merchant, trader, mechanic, or other person, in which are entered from time to time the transactions of his trade or business. Vide B...
A running or open account between two persons....
com. law. 1: A fund which merchants, traders and others have deposited into the common cash of some bank, to be drawn out by checks from time to time ...
The settlement of an account between the parties, by which a balance is struck in favor of one of them, is called an account stated.2. An acknowledgna...
comm. law. An account delivered by one merchant or tradesman to another, or by a factor to his principal, of the disposal, charges, commissions and ne...
This word has several significations: 1. One who is versed in accounts, 2. A person or officer appointed to keep the accounts of a public company, 3. ...
To accouple is to marry. See Ne unquas accouple....
The increase of land by the washing of the seas or rivers. Hale, De Jure Maris, 14. Vide Alluvion, Avulsion....
A second or additional judgment given against one, who has been convicted, the execution or effect of which is to commence after the first has expired...
One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor....
crim. law. A charge made to a competent officer against one who has committed a crime or misdemeanor, so that he may be brought to justice and punishm...
One who makes an accusation....
This French word signifies a purchase. It is used in some of our law books, as well as achetor, a purchaser, which in some ancient statutes means purv...
obsolete. An ancient English measure of grain, supposed to be the same with their quarter or eight bushels....
conveyancing. The act of the grantor going before a competent officer, and declaring the instrument to be his act or deed, and desiring the same to be...
estates in the civil law. Property which has been acquired by purchase, gift or otherwise than by succession. Merlin Rep. h. t., confines acquets to i...
contracts. The consent which is impliedly given by one or both parties, to a proposition, a clause, a condition, a judgment, or to any act whatever. 2...
obsolete. A writ of justices, lying, for the surety against a creditor, who refuses to acquit him after the debt has been satisfied. Reg. of Writs, 15...
property, contracts, descent. The act by which the person procures the property of a thing. 2. An acquisition, may be temporary or Perpetual, and be p...
contracts. A release or discharge from an obligation or eng agement. According to Lord Coke there are three kinds of acquittal, namely, 1, By deed, wh...
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