Category: O

See O. Nl.

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.

Lat. In Roman law. A debtor who was obliged to serve his creditor till his debt was discharged. Adams, Rom. Ant. 49.

To expose one to “obloquy” Is to expose him to censure and reproach, as the latter terms are synonymous with “obloquy.” Bettuer v. Holt, 70 Cal. 275, 11 Pac. 710.

This is the word properly descriptive of an injury to any one’s incorporeal hereditament, e. y., his right to an easement, or profit d prendre; au alter- native word being “disturbance.” Ou

Lat. In old English law. A writ that lay for one who was ejected out of his land or tenement in time of war. Cowell.

Recorded; entered on the records; existing and remaining in or upon the appropriate records.

In Spanish law. To hear; to take cognizance. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit 1, c. 7.

When a policy of insurance expresses that the insurance is made “on account of whom it may concern,” it will cover all persons having an insurable interest in the subject-matter at the

Lat. In the civil law. The servitude of support; a servitude by which the wall of a house is required to sustain the wall or beams of the adjoining house.

Lat. In the civil law. To pledge. Calvin.

A party in Ireland who keep alive the views of William of Orange. Wharton.

n. At common law. One who has exempt and immediate jurisdiction in causes ecclesiastical. Also a bishop; and an archbishop is the ordinary of the whole province, to visit and receive appeals