CHARTE FR
A chart, or plan, which mariners use at sea.
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A chart, or plan, which mariners use at sea.
In old English law. A place where all alike were entitled to hunt wild animals.
The old Scotch form of exchequer
The presiding judge in the king’s bench division of the high court of justice, and, in the absence of the lord chancellor, president of the high court, and also an ex officio
A tax upon chimneys or hearths; an ancient tax or duty upon houses iu England, now repealed.
A thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. Sterling v. Sims, 72 Ga. 53; Vawter v. Grilli, 40 Ind. 001. See CHOSE IN ACTION. Taxes and customs, if paid,
In English practice. A paper containing a statement of the time and place at which the several assises will be held, and other statistical information connected with the assises. Holthouse.
Lat A citation or summons to court
In practice. A law; an act of justice, or judgment which renders a criminal process civil; performed by turning an information into an inquest, or the contrary. Wharton.
In the Roman law. Persons employed in servile duties on board of vessels. Cod. 11, 12
Irreproachable; Innocent of fraud or wrongdoing; free from defect in form or substance; free from exceptions or reservations. See examples below
A mistake in writing Or copying; the mistake of a clerk or writer. 1 Ixl. Raym. 183
In English law. The former chief officer of the English enrollment office, (q. v.) He now forms part of the staff of the central office.
The son of a king or emperor. The next heir to the throne; the Saxon adeling. Spelman
One who is a joint administrator with one or more others
A boatman ; a cockswain. Cowell.
Compulsion; force; duress. It may be either actual, (direct or positive.) where physical force Is put upon a man to compel him to do an act against his will, or implied, (legal
Lat. In civil and old English law. A co-heir, or joint heir. CO-HEIR 214 COLLATERAL
A joining together or contribution of goods into a common fund. This occurs where a portion of money, advanced by the father to a son or daughter, is brought into hotchpot, in
Lat In the civil law. A word having various meanings; e. g., an assembly, society, or company; a body of bishops ; an army; a class of men. But the principal idea