DEBENTURE STOCK
A Stock or fund representing money borrowed bv a company or public body, it) England, and charged on the whole or part of its property.
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A Stock or fund representing money borrowed bv a company or public body, it) England, and charged on the whole or part of its property.
A debt or obligation complete when contracted, but of which the performance cannot be required till some future period.
A tithing, composed of ten neighboring families. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 13; 1 Bl. Comm. 114.
In the civil law. Where one of the parties to a suit, not being able to prove his charge, offered to refer the decision of the cause to the oath of his
In Scotch practice. An objection to the jurisdiction of a judge. Bell.
Moore, 900. The decrees of councils bind not our kings.
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
An abbreviation standing either for “District Court,” or “District of Columbia.”
A fee assessed of the tenth part in the common pleas, and the twentieth part in the queen’s bench and exchequer, out of all damages exceeding five marks recovered in those courts,
Jeopardy; exposure to loss or injury; peril. U. S. v. Mays, 1 Idaho, 770.
In old practice and conveyancing. The date of a deed; the time when It was given; that is, executed. Grounds whereon to proceed; facts from which to draw a conclusion.
The time during which there is the light of day, as distinguished from night or night-time. That portion of the twentyfour hours during which a man’s person and countenance are distinguishable. Trull
Of more abundant or especial grace. Townsh. PI. 18.
Conditionally ; provisionally ; in anticipation of future need. A phrase applied to proceedings which are taken ex parte or provisionally, and are allowed to stand as well done for the present,
(For restoring chattels.) A writ to secure the return specifically of chattels detained from the owner. Cowell.
L. Fr. Of common right; that is, by the common law. Co. Litt. 142a.
Writ for admitting a guardian. Reg. Orig. 936, 198.
Of being on a journey. A species of essoin. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 119.
Writ for levying the expenses of knights. A writ directed to the sheriff for levying the allowance for knights of the shire in parliament Reg. Orig. 1016, 102.
Writ concerning an heir ravished and carried away. A writ which anciently lay for a lord who, having by right the wardship of his tenant under age could not obtain his body,