DURANTE VIRGINITATE
During virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried.)
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During virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried.)
In genealogical tables, a common abbreviation for “died without Issue.”
An estate in fee but which is liable to be defeated by some futurecontingency; e. g., a vested remainder which might be defeated by the death of theremainderman he- fore the time
He defends the force and injury. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 39,
One blood being wanting, he cannot be heir. But see 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 100,
In Spanish law. The crime committed by a person who fraudulently avoids the payment of some public tax.
In the civil law. An accusation or information.
In the Roman and civil law. A wrong or Injury: an offense; a violation of public or private duty. It will be observed that this word, taken in its most general sense,
v. In practice. To claim as one’s due; to require; to ask relief. To summon; to call in court. “Although solemnly demanded, comes not, but makes default.”
In old records. A half or moiety.
In maritime law. The sum which is fixed by the contract of carriage, or which is allowed, as remuneration to the owner of a ship for the detention of his vessel beyond
In French feudal law. A minute or act drawn up, on the creationof a fief, containing a description of the flef, and all the rights and Incidents belonging to It. Guyot, Inst.
In Scotch practice. To depose ; to make oath In writing.
In French law. The depositum of the Roman and the deposit of the Englishlaw. It is of two kinds, being either (1) d(p6t simply so called, and which may be eithervoluntary or
One who Is descended from another; a person who proceeds from the body of another, such as a child, grandchild, etc., to the remotest degree. The terms the opposite of “ascendant,” (?.
Official communications of official persons on the affairs of government.
As used in policies of Insurance, leases, and in maritime law, this term Isoften applied to an act which renders the subject useless for its intended purpose,though it does not literally demolish
To be torn In pieces by horses. Fleta, 1. 1, c. 37.
In practice. The name of an issue sent out of a court of chancery, or one which exercises chancery jurisdiction, to a court of law, to try the validity of a paper
Dialogue of or about the exchequer. An ancient treatiseon the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others toRichard Fitz Nigel, bishop of London in the reign of