Scotch law. The assuming possession of property belonging to another, either on legal grounds, or without any authority; in the latter case, it is cal...
French eccl. law. The installation of a hishop in his episcopal see. Clef des Lois Row. h. t. Andre....
One who, on the death of the ancestor, enters on the land, unlawfully, before the heir can enter....
estates, torts. When an ancestor dies seised of an estate of inheritance expectant upon an estate for life, and then the tenant dies, and between his ...
remedies. The name of a writ, brought by the owner of a fee simple, &c., against an intruder. New Nat. Br. 453....
The overflow of waters by coming out of their bed. 2. Inundations may arise from three causes; from public necessity, as in defence of a place it may ...
In a physical sense, it is that which is wanting force; in a figurative sense, it signifies that which has no effect....
The entry of a country by a public enemy, making war. 2. The Constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 8, gives power to congress "to provide for ...
andoned, or they must have never belonged to any one, as a pearl found on the sea shore. Lec. Elem350....
This word is used in some ancient English charters to signify treasure-trove....
One who invents or finds out something. 2. The patent laws of the United States authorize a patent to be issued to the original inventor; if the inven...
A list, schedule, or enumeration in writing, containing, article by article, the goods and chattels, rights and credits, and, in some cases, the lands...
estates. The act of giving possession of lands by actual seisin When livery of seisin was made to a person by the common law he was invested with the ...
That which is not to be violated. The persons of ambassadors are inviolable. See Ambassador....
crim. law. Without the consent of the owner. 2. In order to constitute larceny, the property stolen must be taken invito domino; this is the very esse...
commerce. An account of goods or merchandise sent by merchants to their correspondents at home or abroad, in which the marks of each package, with oth...
commerce, accounts. One in which invoices are copied....
An involuntary act is that which is performed with constraint, (q. v.) or with repugnance, or without the will to do it. An action is involuntary then...
- 3. The senators are elected for four years. They are so classed that one-half are renewed every two years. Art. 4, s. 5.9.-4. They are chosen every ...
He, himself; the very man....
By the fact itself. 2. This phrase is frequently employed to convey the idea that something which has been done contrary to law is void. For example, ...
By the act of the law itself, or by mere operation of law....
To go at large; to escape, or be set at liberty. Vide Ad largum....
rhetoric. A term derived from the Greek, which signifies dissimulation. It is a refined species of ridicule, which, under the mask of honest simplicit...
That which is done contrary to the common rules of law; as, irregular process, which is that issued contrary to law and the common practice of the cou...
This name is given to that kind of deposit, where the thing deposited need not be returned; as, where a man deposits, in the usual way, money in bank ...
the canon law, this term is used to signify any impediment which prevents a man from taking holy orders....
That which does not support the issue, and which) of course, must be excluded. See Relevant....
practice. This term is applied to those things which cannot legally be replevied. For example, in Pennsylvania no goods seized in execution or for tax...
This term is applied to such an interposition of human agency, as is, from its nature and power, absolutely uncontrollable; as the inroads of a hostil...
That which cannot be revoked. 2. A will may at all times be revoked by the same person who made it, he having a disposing mind; but the moment the tes...
The act of wetting or moist ening the ground by artificial means. 2. The owner of land over which there is a current stream, is, as such, the propriet...
In Scotland, it is the happening of a condition or event by which a charter, contract or other deed, to which a clause irritant is annexed, becomes vo...
A piece of land surrounded by water. 2. Islands are in the sea or in rivers. Those in the sea are either in the open sea, or within the boundary of so...
This is a Norman French word which signifies thus, so. It has given the name to a part of a plea, because when pleas were in that language this word w...
practice. Leading or tending to an issue. An issuable plea is one upon which the plaintiff can take issue and proceed to trial....
kindred. This term is of very extensive import, in its most enlarged signification, and includes all persons who have descended from a common ancestor...
eneral issues, special issues, and common issues.5. The general issue denies in direct terms the whole declaration; as in personal actions, where the ...
Eng. law. The name of a record which contains an entry of the term of which the demurrer book, issue or paper book is entitled, and the, warrants of a...
Eng. law. The goods and profits of the lands of a defendant against whom a writ of distringas or distress infinite has been issued, taken by virtue of...
A tongue or strip of land between two seas. Glos. on Law, 37, book 2, tit. 3, of the Dig....
These words signify so it is. Among the civilians when a notary dies, leaving his register, an officer who is authorized to make official copies of hi...
The name or condition in a submission which is usually introduced by these words "so as the award be made of and upon the premises," which from the fi...
Also; likewise; in like manner.; again; a second time. These are the various meanings of this Latin adverb. Vide Construction.2. In law it is to be co...
A foot way. Vide Way....
Travelling or taking a journey. In England there were formerly judges called Justices itinerant, who were sent with commissions into certain counties ...
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