Category: L

The hire of a pilot for conducting a vessel from one place to another. Cowell.

Lat. A colloquy; talk. In old English law, this term denoted the oral altercations of the parties to a suit, which led to the issue, now called the “pleadings.” It also designated

Lat. In Roman law. A term including everything which a husband or wife, as such, acquires from the estate of the other, either before the marriage. or on agreeing to it. or

Lat. To be outlawed, and have one’s head exposed, like a wolf’s, with a reward to him who should take it. Cowell.

The former term is applicable when the amount of the damages has been ascertained by the judgment in the action, or when a specific sum of money has been expressly stipulated by

The day prescribed in a bond, mortgage, or defeasible deed for payment of the debt secured thereby, or, in default of payment, the forfeiture of the property mortgaged. But this does not