AT LAW
According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is done in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at law, barrister at law,
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According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is done in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at law, barrister at law,
In old English law. To put off to a succeeding term; to prolong the time of payment of a debt. St Westm. 2, c. 4; Cowell; Blount.
The opinions of philosophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received in causes. Co. Litt 264.
In Indian law. Agent; the holder of an office; an intendant and collector of the revenue, uniting civil, military, and financial powers under the Mohammedan government.
In medical jurisprudence, this term is applied to actions or conduct of an individual apparently occurring without will, purpose, or reasoned intention on his part; a condition sometimes observed in persons who,
Average; the loss and damage suffered in the course of a navigation. Poth. Mar. Louage, 105.
In the civil law. A grandson.
To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166).
In the civil law. Against (contra.) Advcrsus Ixmos mores, against good morals. Dig. 47, 10, 15.
The assise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed in the tenth year of Henry II., by which those that were accused of any heinous crime, and not able to purge themselves,
An action for the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4, 0, 20; Id. 4. 17. 4. Called, by Bracton and Fleta, a mixed action, and classed among actions arising ex quasi contractu.
In pleading. The Latin name of that part of a special plea which follows next after the statement of appearance and defense, and declares that the plaintiff “ought not to have or
In English law. A statute, otherwise called “Slatutum de ilcrcatoribus,” made at a parliament held at the castle of Acton Burnel in Shropshire, in the 11th year of the reign of Edward
An act of the court shall prejudice no man. Jenk. Cent. 118. Where a delay in an action is the act of the court, neither party shall suffer for it.
t another day. A common phrase in the old reports. Yearb. P. 7 Hen. VI. 13.
Laws are adapted to those cases which most frequently occur. 2 Inst. 137; Broom, Max. 43. Laws are adapted to cases which frequently occur. A statute, which, construed according to its plain
To the person. A term used in logic with reference to a personal argument.
To the middle thread of the stream.
A technical expression in the old records of the Exchequer, signifying, to put to the bar and interrogate as to a charge made; to arraign on a trial.
No one is held to answer for the effects of a superior force, or of accidents, unless his own fault has contributed. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 72,