LANDED
Consisting in real estate or land; having an estate in laud.
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Consisting in real estate or land; having an estate in laud.
In Spanish law. A commutation in money, paid by the nobles and high officers, in lieu of the quota of soldiers tiiey might be required to furnish in war. Tre- vino v.
An under-ground survey.
Lat In the civil law and old English practice. A lying hid; lurking, or concealment of the person. Dig. 42, 4, 7, 5; Bract, fol. 126.
Lat. Praise be to God. An old heading to bills of exchange.
The counsel on either side of a litigated action who is chargcd with the prin- cipal management and direction of the party’s case, as distinguished from his juniors or subordinates, is said
A debauched person. Cowell.
The name of a code of ecclesiastical laws, enacted in national synods, held under legates from Pope Gregory IX. and Clement IV., in the reign of Henry III., about the years 1220
In Scotch law. The children’s share in the father’s movables.
The old English and Scotch translation of “Icesa majestas,” or high treason. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 6.
Rising up and lying down. A term applied to cattle. 3 Rl. Comm. 9. The Latin equivalent of “levant et couchant.”
Lat. In the civil law. A little book. Libellus supplex, a petition, especially to the emperor, all petitions to whom must be in writing. Libcllum rcscribere, to mark on such petition the
In old English law. Frank-marriage. Bract, fol. 21.
In Spanish law. The offering for sale at public auction of an estate or property held by co-heirs or joint proprietors. which cannot tie divided up without det- riment to the whole.
See COMMISSION OF ARRAY.
A right of cutting fuel in woods; also a tribute or payment due for the same. Jacob.
The act or process of settling or making clear, fixed, and determinate that which before was uncertain or unascertained. As applied to a company, (or sometimes to the affairs of an individual,)
To dispute or contend In form of law; to carry on a suit.
1. In English law. Delivery of possession of their lands to the king’s tenants in capite or tenants by knight’s service. 2. A writ which may be sued out by a ward
A place used temporarily as a prison.