ON ACCOUNT
In part payment; in partial satisfaction of an account. The phrase is usually contrasted with “in full.”
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In part payment; in partial satisfaction of an account. The phrase is usually contrasted with “in full.”
Lat. A lading; a cargo.
That part of a conveyance, or of any instrument intended for the creation or transference of rights, by which the main object of the instrument is carried into effect. It is distinguished
Lat. Work; labor; the product of work or labor.
A collection of Spanish law promulgated by the Cortes in the year 1348. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 75.
An act of congress conferring powers of government upon a ter- ritory. In re Lane, 135 U. S. 443, 10 Sup. Ct. 700, 34 L. Ed. 219.
A partner whose name is made known and appears to the world as a partner, and who is in reality such. Story, Partn.
L. Fr. Literally, out of the hand. 1. A delivery of lands out of the king’s hands by judgment given in favor of the pe- titioner in a monstrans de droit. 2.
In early American land law, (particularly in Missouri,) a lot or parcel of land lying outside the corporate limits of a town or village but subject to its municipal jurisdiction or control.
To draw upon a person or a bank, by bills or checks, to an amount in excess of the funds remaining to the drawer’s credit with the drawee, or to an amount
In English law. The offense of transporting wool or sheep out of the king- dom ; so culled from its being usually carried on in the night. 4 Bl. Comm. 154.