DEAD MAN’S PART
In English law. That portion of the effects of a deceased person which, by the custom of London and York, is allowed to the administrator; being, where the deceased leaves a widow
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In English law. That portion of the effects of a deceased person which, by the custom of London and York, is allowed to the administrator; being, where the deceased leaves a widow
the presiding judge of the Court of Arches, lie is also an assistant judge in the court of aiiiuiraltv. 1 Kent, Comm. 371; 3 Steph. Comm. 727.
A weak foundation frustrates [or renders vain] the work [built upon it.] Shep. Touch. CO; Noy, Max. 5, max. 12; Finch. Law, b. 1, ch. 3. When the foundation fails, all goes
A debt which appears to be due by the evidence of a court of record, as by a judgment or recognizance. 2 Bl. Comm. 405.
Lat. One who held one-lialf a virgate of land. Du Cange. One of the ten freeholders in a decennary. Id.; Calvin. Deccnnier. One of the dceennarii, or ten freeholders making up a
In practice. A judgment or decree pronounced by a court in settlement oit a controversy submitted to it and BL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)
That which clearly defines rights to be observed and wrongs to be eschewed.
In Scotch law. A decree made after an arrestment (g. v.) ordering the debt to be paid or the effects of the debtor to be delivered to the arresting creditor. Bell.
A supplemental collection of the canon law, published by Boniface VIII. in 1208, called, also, “Liber Sex t us Dccretalium,” (Sixth Book of the Decretals.)
In old English practice. A writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court