PORTATICA
In English law. The generic name for port duties charged to ships. Harg. Law Tract, 64.
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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
To date an instrument as of a time later than that at which it is really made.
The roads or highways, by land or sea, designated by law as the ave- nues over which the mails shall be transported. Railway Mail Service Cases, 13 Ct. CI. 204. A “post
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
The name for a consignment of goods, consisting of one large parcel made up of several small ones, (each bearing a different address,) collected from different persons by the immediate consignor, (a
A duty to lords of manors for exporting and importing vessels of wiue at any of their ports. Jacob.
A written or printed document or instrument. A document filed or introduced in evidence in a suit at law, as, In the phrase “papers in the case” and in “papers on appeal.”
Lat. He is ready to verify. The Latin form for concluding a pleading with a verification, (q. v.)
Lat. With equal right; upon an equal footing; equivalent in rights or claims.
L. Lat A legislative body In general or the English parliament In particular.
Relating to or constituting a part; not complete; not entire or universal.
Lat Little; but little. Parum cavet natura. Nature takes little heed. Vandenlieuvel v. United Ins. Co., 2 Johns. Cas. (N. Y.) 127, 166.
He who has the interest or command of the passage of a river; or a lord to whom a duty Is paid for passage. Wharton.
The father of a family. In Roman law. The head or master of a family. This word is sometimes employed, in a wide sense, as equivalent to sui juris. A person sui
A right or estate inherited from one’s ancestors, particularly from direct male ancestors.
A person whose business is to lend money, usually in small sums, on security of personal property deposited with him or left in pawn. Little Itock v. Barton, 33 Ark. 444; Schaul
A measure of two gallons; a dry measure.
Lat. A foothold; an actual possession. To constitute adverse possession there must be pedis possessio, or a substantial inclosure. 2 Bouv. Inst. no. PEDONES 886 PENAL 2193; Bailey v. Irby, 2 Nott
Punishable; inflicting a punishment; containing a penalty, or relating to a penalty.
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