practice. The name of the written instructions given by an attorney or plaintiff to the clerk or prothonotary of a; court, whose duty it is to make ou...
That which arises immediately from the ground; as, grain of all sorts, hay, wood, fruits, herbs, and the like. ...
civil law. The name given to an estate to which a servitude is due; it is called the ruling estate. ...
civil law. By this is understood all heritages whicb are not destined for the use of man s habitation; such, for example, as lands, meadows, orchards,...
Civil law. The name of an estate which suffers or yields a service to another estate. ...
civil law. By this term is understood buildings and edifices intended for the habitation and use of man, whether they be built in cities or whether th...
Roman civ. law. The chief officer of the night watch. His jurisdiction extended to certain offences affecting the public peace; and even to larcenies....
In older to prevent the pope from assuming the supremacy in granting ecclesiastical livings, a number of statutes were made in England during the reig...
Roman civil law. A municipal officer of Rome, so called because, (praeiret populo,) he went before or took precedence of the people. The consuls were ...
French law. This expression is used to designate those ordinances which concern the most important object of the civil or ecclesiastical administratio...
chanc. pleadings. That part of a bill which asks for relief. 2. The skill of the solicitor is to be exercised in framing this part of the bill. An acc...
chanc. plead. That part of a bill which prays that the defendant be compelled to appear and answer the bill, and abide the determination of the court ...
chan. pleading. This is the name of that part of the bill, which, as the phrase imports, prays for relief. This prayer is either general or special bu...
A preface, an introduction or explanation of what is to follow: that clause at the head of acts of congress or other legislatures which explains the r...
The right which the owner of a thing transfers to another, to enjoy the same until it shall please the owner to revoke it. 2. If there is a time fixed...
The name of a contract among civilians, by which the owner of a thing at the request of another person, gives him a thing to use as long as the owner ...
Expressions in a will praying or requesting that a thing shall be done. 2. Although recommendatory words used by a testator, of themselves, seem to le...
The right of being first placed in a certain order, the first rank being supposed the most honorable. 2. In this country no precedence is given by law...
the decision of courts of justice; when exactly in point with a case before the court, they are generally held to have a binding authority, as well to...
A writ directed to the sheriff or other officer, commanding him to do something. The term is derived from the operative praecipimus, we command. ...
The district for which a high or petty constable is appointed, is in England, called a precinct. Willc. Office of Const. xii. 2. In day time all perso...
French law. An object which is ascertained by law or the agreement of the parties, and which is first to be taken out of property held in common, by o...
pleading. A technical allegation contained in a replication which denies or confesses and avoids the plea. It is usually in the following form; "And t...
Scotch law. The examination of witnesses who were present at the commission of a criminal act, upon the special circumstances attending it, in order t...
An engagement entered into by a person, which renders him unable to enter into another; as a promise or covenant of marriage to be had afterwards. Whe...
One who has preceded another. 2. This term is applied in particular to corporators who are now no longer such, and whose rights have been vested in th...
intern. law. The right of preemption is the right of a nation to detain the merchandise of strangers passing through her territories or seas, in order...
French law. A chief officer invested with the superintendence of the administration of the laws in each department. Merl. Repert. h. t. ...
The paying or securing to one or more of his creditors, by an insolvent debtor, the whole or a part of their claim, to the exclusion of the rest. By p...
med. jurisp. This is defined by medical writer; to be the state of a female who has within her ovary or womb, a fecundated germ which gradually become...
pleading. A fulness in the pleadings which admits or involves a matter which is favorable to the opposite party. 2. It is either an affirmative pregna...
To decide beforehand; to lean in favor of one side of a cause for some reason or other than its justice. 2. A judge ought to be without prejudice, and...
The name of an ecclesiastical officer. There are two orders of prelates; the first is composed of bishops, and the second, of abbots, generals of orde...
French law. The portion which a partner is entitled to take out of the assets of a firm before any sion shall be made of the remainder of the assets, ...
The lawful taking of a thing with an intent to, assert a right in it. ...
Something which precedes, as preliminaries of peace, which are the first sketch of a treaty, and contain the principal articles on which both parties ...
A design formed to commit a crime or to do some other thing before it is done. 2. Premeditation differs essentially from will, which constitutes the c...
that which is put before. The word has several significations; sometimes it means the statements which have been before made; as, I act upon these pre...
estates. Lands and tenements are usually, called premises, when particularly spoken of; as, the premises will be sold without reserve. 1 East, R. 453....
conveyancing. That part in the beginning of a deed, in which are set forth the names of the parties, with their titles ana additions, and in which are...
equity pleading. That part of a bill usually denominated the stating part of the bill. It contains a narrative of the facts and circumstances of the p...
contracts. The consideration paid by the insured to the insurer for making an insurance. It is so called because it is paid primo, or before the contr...
contracts. Literally the price of chastity. 2. This is the consideration of a contract by which a man promises to pay to a woman with whom he has illi...
To take. This word is used to signify the right of taking a thing before it is offered,; hence the phrase of law, it lies in render, but not in prende...
The first or Christian name of a person; Benjamin is the proenomen of Benjamin Franklin. See Cas. temp. Hard. 286; 1 Tayl. 148. ...
The same as aforethought. (q. v.) Vide 2 Chit. Cr. Law, *784. ...
civil law. The privilege, preeminence, or advantage which one person has over another; thus a person vested with an office, is entitled to all the rig...
English law. The royal prerogative is an arbitrary power vested in the executive to do good and not evil. Rutherf. Inst. 279; Co. Litt. 90; Chit. on P...
eccles. law. The name of a court in England in which all testaments are proved and administrations granted, when the deceased has left bona notabilia ...
That which is subject to prescription. ...
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