A measure of length, containing three feet, or thirty-six inches....
estates. A piece of land enclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house. In England it is nearly synonymous with backside. (q. v...
old Eng. law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres. Co.Litt. 69 a....
The period in which the revolution of the earth round the sun, and the accompanying changes in the order of nature, are completed.2. The civil year di...
This period of time is particularly recognized in the law. For example, when a judgment is reversed, a party, notwithstanding the lapse of time mentio...
These were books of reports of cases in a regular series from tho reign of the English King Ed. 11. inclusive, to the time of Henry VIII, which were t...
Vide Estate for Years....
The list of members of a legislative body voting in the affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called.2. The constitution of the United State...
In the United States this word does not appear to have any very exact meaning. It is usually put as an addition to the names of parties in declaration...
contracts. These words, when used in a lease, constitute a covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent, Platt on Coven. 50, 3 Penna. Rep. 464, ...
The name of an English statute, passed 12 Edw. II., Anno Domini 1318, and so called because it was enacted at York. It contains many wise provisions a...
It is a rule that the young of domestic or tame animals belong to the owner of the dam or mother, according to the maxim Partus sequitur ventrem. Dig....
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