DONEE
In old English law. He to whom lands were given; the party to whom a donatio was made.In later law. He to whom lauds or tenements are given in tail. Litt.
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In old English law. He to whom lands were given; the party to whom a donatio was made.In later law. He to whom lauds or tenements are given in tail. Litt.
Relating to the dos or portion of a woman ; constituting her portion ; comprised In her portion.
A possibility upon a possibility. 2 Bl. Comm. 170.
The provision wBich the law makes for a widow out of the lauds or tenementsof her husband, for her support and the nurture of her children. Co. Litt. 30a;2 Bl. Comm. 130;
The common term for a bill of exchange; as being drawn by one person onanother. Hinnemann v. Rosenhack, 39 N. Y. 100; Douglass v. Wilkeson, 0 Wend. (N. Y.) 043.An order for
A Saxon word, signifying a tribute or yearly payment made by some tenants to the king,or their landlords, for driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell.
In old French law. The right of selling various offices connected with the custody of judicial records or notarial acts. Steph.Leet. 354. A privilege of the French kings.
In Scotch law. A place adjoining a drove-road, for resting and refreshing sheep and cattle on their journey. 7 Bell. App. Cas. 53. 57.
Doubting. Dobbin, J
Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const.264, 661. “Due process of law in each particular case means such an exercise of the powers of the
In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the ownerwill take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner under acandlestick, or other thing,
The same as “double” taxation. See DOUBLE.
A county palatine in England, the jurisdiction of which was vested in theBishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 19, vested it as a separatefranchise and royalty
In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and pain.
To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn. Cory v. Spencer, 67 Kan. 048, 73 Pac.920, 63 L. R. A. 275; Blaufus v. People, 69 N. Y. Ill, 25 Am. Rep. 148; U. S. v.
An imperfection in the body or substantive part of a legal instrument, plea, indictment, etc., consisting in the omission of something which is essential to be set forth. State v. Startup, 39
In English ecclesiastical law. A species of pleading, wherethe defendant, instead of denying the plaintiff’s charge uj>on oath, has any circumstancesto offer in his defense. This entitles him, in his turn, to
That which finally and completely ends and settles a controversy. A definitive sentence or judgment is put inopposition to an Interlocutory judgment.A distinction may be taken between a final and a definitive
A term for waste in the French law.
A person who is delegated or commissioned to act in the stead of another; a person to whom affairs are committed by another; an attorney.A person elected or appointed to be a