ADMEASUREMENT OF DOWER
In practice. A remedy which lay for the heir on reaching his majority to rectify an assignment of dower made during his minority, by which the dower- ess had received more than
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In practice. A remedy which lay for the heir on reaching his majority to rectify an assignment of dower made during his minority, by which the dower- ess had received more than
In Euglish law. The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. It is of three kinds: (1) Upon a voluntary grant by the lord, where the land has escheated or reverted
To set right, satisfy, or make amends.
Adultery is the voluntary sexual intercourse of a married person with a person other than the offender’s husband or wife. Civil Code Cal.
View; opinion; the counsel given by lawyers to their clients; an opinion expressed as to wisdom of future conduct The instruction usually given by one merchant or banker to another by letter,
In old English law. An adulterer. Beaty v. Richardson, 50 S. C. 173, 34 S. E 73, 40 L. R. A. 517.
L Fr. To let to farm. Also to make sure, to establish or confirm. Kelhain.
A person who testifies on affirmation, or who affirms instead of taking an oath. See AFFIRMATION. Used in affidavits and depositions which are affirmed, instead of sworn to in place of the
In criminal law. Deliberate; planned; premeditated; prepense State v. Peo, 9 Houst (Del.) 488, 33 BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)
In medical jurisprudence. Impotentia generandi; sexual impotence; incapacity for reproduction, existing in either sex, and whether arising from structural or other causes.
The drift or numbering of cattle in the forest.
In French law. A solicitor practising solely in the tribunals of commerce.
In feudal law, originally mere benevolences granted by a tenant to his lord, in times of distress; but at length the lords claimed them as of right They were principally three: (1)
A manager and keeper of dogs for the sport of hawking; from alanus, a dog known to the ancients. A falconer. Blount.
L. Fr. In old practice. To be dismissed from court; to go quit Literally, “to go to God.”
in quorum favorem prohibits est, potest fieri, et quilibet potest renunciare juri pro se introdncto. Although alienation be prohibited, yet. by the consent of all in whose favor it is prohibited, it
Distinction is one thing; separation is another. It is one thing to make things distinct, another thing to make them separable.
A statement made by the wife of the property of her husband. in order to her obtaining alimony. See Faculties.
Land held absolutely in one’s own right, and not of any lord or superior ; land not subject to feudal duties or burdens. An estate held by absolute ownership, without recognizing any
Alms; a tenure of lands by divine service. See FRANKALMOIGNE.