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Based on the Revised Sixth Edition of the 1856 Bouviers Law Dictionary by John Bouvier. The definitions in the Bouvier Law Dictionary are old, however many are still applicable.

estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land according to the intenti...

civil law. A right of receiving so much of the natural profits of a thing as is necessary to daily sustenance; it differs from usufruct, which is a ri...

That which may be put into beneficial practice. 2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in describing the subjects of patents, mentio...

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. 25. ...

civil law. The manner of acquiring property in things by the lapse of time required by law. 2. It differs from prescription, which has the same sense...

civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the profit, utility and advantage ...

civil law. One who has the right and enjoyment of an usufruct. 2. Domat, with his usual clearness, points out the duties of the usufructuary, which a...

torts. The unlawful assumption of the use of property which belongs to another; an interruption or the disturbing a man in his right and possession. T...

government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country. ...

insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance it is provided, that "No loss of ...

government. One who assumes the right of government by force, contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the country. Toull. Dr. Civ. n. 32. ...

contracts. The illegal profit which is required and received by the lender of a sum of money from the borrower for its use. In a more extended and imp...

domestic relations. A brother by the mother~s side. ...

This phrase, which means as you possess, is used in international law to signify that the parties to a treaty are to retain possession of what they ha...

English law, Those barristers who plead without the bar, and are distinguished from benchers, or those who have been readers and who are allowed to pl...