PETITION
A written address, embodying an application or prayer from the person or persons preferring it, to the power, body, or person to whom it is presented, for the exercise of his or
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A written address, embodying an application or prayer from the person or persons preferring it, to the power, body, or person to whom it is presented, for the exercise of his or
An instrument by which locks are opened without a key.
One who steals petty things.
A technical word which must always be used in an indictment for piracy. 3 Inst. 112.
In old records. A pleader. Cowell; Spelman.
Debt contracted by gaming.
In the law of bailment. A bailment of goods to a creditor as security for some debt or engagement. A bailment or delivery of goods by a debtor to his creditor, to
A term used in appraising land values and particularly in eminent do- main proceedings, to designate the additional value given to city lots by the fact that they are contiguous, which enables
To steal game on a mau’s laud.
A tax ordained by act of parliament, (18 Car. II. c. 1,) by which every subject in the kingdom was assessed by the head or poll, according to his degree. Cowell. A
Lat. To put, place, lay, or set. Often used in the Latin terms and phrases of the old law.
In English law. The generic name for port duties charged to ships. Harg. Law Tract, 64.
Lat. Of positive law. “That was a rule positivi juris; I do not mean to say an unjust one.” Lord Elleu- borough, 12 East. G39. Posito nno oppositorum, negatur alteram. One of
Belating to the mails; pertaining to the post-office.
Lat In the civil law. Power; authority; domination ; empire. Im- pcrium, or the jurisdiction of magistrates. The power of the father over his children, patria potest as. The authority of masters
Relating to or generating an agreement; by way of bargain or cove- nant.
A palfrey; a horse to travel on.
The tenure between parceners, viz., that which the youngest owes to the eldest without homage or service. Domesday.
A Joint heir; one who, with others, holds an estate in co-parcenary, (g. v.)
In English law. A circuit of ground, committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. 1 Bl. Comm. 111. Wilson v. State, 34