Category: O

Hear ye. A word used in courts by the public crier to command attention when a proclamation is about to be made. Commonly corrupted into “O yes.” p. 807 PACTA CONVENTA P.

Lat. On account of; for. Several Latin plirases and maxims, commencing with this word, are more commonly introduced by “in” (q. v.)

Lat In the old law of descents. Oblique; cross; transverse; collateral. The opposite of rectus, right, or up- right. In the law of evidence. Indirect; circumstantial.

Obligation; bond.

1. Possession; control; tenure; use. In its usual sense “occupation” is where a person exercises physical control over land. Thus, the lessee of a house is in occupation of it so long

A term applied to any permission or license granted to a party in the course of a judicial proceeding which is not claimable as a matter of course or of right, but

A deduction; a counterclaim; a contrary claim or demand by which a given claim may be lessened or canceled. See Leonard v. Charter Oak L. Ins. Co., 65 Conn. 529, 33 Atl.

In mercantile law. A term used to express the aggregate value of the different stock in which a loan is usually funded. Tomlins. Omnium contributione sarciatur qnod pro omnibus datum est. 4

Lat. A lading; a cargo.

Oportet quod certa res deducatur in donationem. It is necessary that a certain tiling he brought into the gift, or made the subject of the conveyance. Bract, fol. 156. Oportet quod certa

An ancient writ which issued, while there was no standing collect for a sitting parlia- ment. to pray for the peace and good government of the realm.

In English law. A statute made touching matters and causes of the forest. 33 & 34 Edw. I.

Primitive; first in order; bearing its own authority, and not deriving authority from an outside source; as original jurisdiction, original writ, etc. As applied to documents, the original is the first copy

Lat. In old English law. The door or porch of the church, where dower was anciently conferred.

A tax or charge formerly imposed by the state of Maryland for the in- spection and markiug of hogsheads of tobacco intended for export. See Turner v. Mary- land, 107 U. S.

In Scotch law. Publisher. 3 How. State Tr. C03.

In old English law. A forfeiture for contempt or neglect in not pursuing a malefactor. 3 Inst. 116.

For an immoral consideration. Dig. 12, 5.

Erasure or blotting out of written words. Obliteration is not limited to effacing the letters of a will or scratching thein out or blotting them so completely that they cannot be read.

1. To block up; to interpose obstacles; to render impassable; to fill with barriers or impediments; as to obstruct a road or way. U. S. v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 033; Chase