POPULAR SENSE
In reference to the construction of a statute, this term means that sense which people conversant with the subject-matter with which the statute is dealing would attribute to it. 1 Exch. Div.
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In reference to the construction of a statute, this term means that sense which people conversant with the subject-matter with which the statute is dealing would attribute to it. 1 Exch. Div.
In old English law. A court held in ports or haven towns, and PORTORIA 915 POSSESSIO FRATRIS DE FEODO sometimes in Inland towns also. Cowell; Blount
After the day; as, a plea of payment post diem, after the day when the money became due. Com. Dig. “Pleader,” 2. In old practice. The return of a writ after the
To put off; defer; delay; continue; adjourn; as when a hearing is postponed. Also to place after; to set below something else; as when an earlier lien is for some reason postponed
A horse load, which consists of seventeen stone and two pounds, or two huudred and forty pounds weight. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 12; Cowell.
Pr. The country; the neighborhood. A trial per pais signifies a trial by the country; that is, by jury. An assurance by matter in pais is an assurance transacted between two or
The act of impaneling a jury.
Lat. He is ready to verify. The Latin form for concluding a pleading with a verification, (q. v.)
Lat. Of the same matter; on the same subject; as, laws pari materia must be construed with reference to each other. Bac. Abr. “Statute,” I, 3.
In French law. 1. The magistrates who are charged with the conduct of proceedings in criminal cases and misdemeanors. 2. That part of the bourse which is reserved for stock-brokers.
The persons who take part in the performance of any act, or who are directly interested in any affair, contract, or conveyance, or who are actively concerned in the prosecution and defense
In old English law and practice. Easter. Do termino Pascha, of the term of Easter. Bract, fol. 240&.
In Spanish law. Feeding; pasture; a right of pasture. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c. 6,
The chief bishop over several countries or provinces, as an archbishop is of several dioceses. Godb. 20.
Lat. An uncle by the father’s side; a father’s brother.
COURT OP Ga. 27, 11 S. E. 721; HufTmans v. Walker, 26 Grat. (Va.) 316. By “payment” is meant not only the delivery of a sum of money, when such is the
In criminal law. The unnatural carnal copulation of male with male, particularly of a man with a boy; a form of sodomy, (q. v.)
The ball of a foot. 4 Inst. 308.
The full weight of twenty ounces.
Lat. By the heads or polls; according to the number of individuals: share and share alike. This term, derived from the civil law, is much used in the law of descent and