ALIEGIAKE
To defend and clear one’s self; to wage one’s own law.
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To defend and clear one’s self; to wage one’s own law.
Partition,apportionment, division ; the distribution of laud under an inclosure act, or sharesin a public undertaking or corporation.
L. Lat. In feudal law. Old forms of alodium, or allodium, (‘/
L. Lat. By alternate turns; at alternate times ; alternately. Co. Litt. 4a; Shep. Touch. 200.
A patent ambiguity cannot be cleared up by extrinsic evidence. Lofft, 249.
To impose an amercement or fine; to punish by a fine or penalty.
To alien lands in mortmain.
In medical Jurisprudence. (1) Loss of sensation, or insensibility to pain, general or local, induced by the administration or application of certain drugs such as ether, nitrous oxide gas, or cocaine. (2)
In English law. Gentlemen of the inns of court and chancery. In Gray’s Inn the society consists of benchers, ancients, barristers, and students under the bar; and here the ancients are of
In Saxon law. The rate fixed by law at which certain injuries to person or property were to be paid for; in injuries to the person, it seems to be equivalent to
The intention of giving. Expressive of the intent to give which is necessary to constitute a gift.
The intention of the party is the soul of the Instrument. 3 Bulst. 07; Fitm. Prin. & Sur. 2G. In order to give life or effect to an instrument, it is essential
A species of yearly rents issuing out of certain lands, and payable to certain monasteries.
A year and a day.
Before the exhibition of the bill. Before suit begun.
In English law. Ancient custom. An export duty on wool, woolfelts, and leather, imposed during the reign of Edw. I. It was so called by way of distinction from an increased duty
Extremely fine points, or subtleties of litigation. Nearly equivalent to the modern phrase “sharp practice.” “It is unconscionable in a defendant to take advantage of the apices litigandi, to turn a plaintiff’around
A furnisher or provider. Formerly the sheriff, in England, had charge of certain county affairs and disbursements, in which capacity he was called “apparator eomitutus,” and received therefor a considerable emolument. Cowell.
In Scotch law. An apparent heir. See APPARENT HEIB.
1. To make a formal request or petition, usually in writing, to a court, officer, board, or company, for the granting of some favor, or of some rule or order, which is