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The act of a sheriff, constable, or other ministerial officer, in delivering back to tbe court a writ, notice, or other paper, which he was required to serve or execute, with a
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The act of a sheriff, constable, or other ministerial officer, in delivering back to tbe court a writ, notice, or other paper, which he was required to serve or execute, with a
In Scotch law. The proprietor of an estate who grants a wadset (or mortgage) of his lands, and who has a right, on repayment of the money advanced to him, to be
Lat. It is recalled. This is the term, in English practice, appropriate to signify that a judgment is annulled or set aside for error in fact; If for error in law, it
L. Fr. Nothing. It appears in a few law French phrases.
Lat. Strictness of” law. Latch, 150. Distinguished from gratia curia:, favor of the court.
Owners of lands bounded by a river or watercourse.
A lineal measure of sixteen feet and a half, otherwise called a “perch.”
The fourth part of an acre in square measure, or one thousand two hundred aud ten square yards.
In pleading. A technical word in indictments, generally coupled with the word “riotously.” 2 Chit. Crim. Law, 488.
Where a lease provided that the tenancy should not be confined to any portion of the land granted, but allowed the tenant the use of all the land he could clear, it
In Scotch law. Ransom; corresponding to Saxon “wcregild,” a pecuniary composition for an offense. Skene; Jacob.
The order or place in which certain officers are placed in the army and navy, in relation to others. Wood v. U. S., 15 Ct. CI. 158.
A Latin phrase equivalent to “alimony.”
In English ecclesiastical law. The title of a person admitted to a rectory or other benefice will be divested unless within two months after actual possession he publicly read in the church
Lat. At this point of affairs; in these circumstances.
Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea.
To try; to examine in order to determine the truth of a matter. Also to enter into a recognizance.
takes place where a mortgage debt is paid off, and the mortgaged property is conveyed again to the mortgagor or his representatives free from the mortgage debt. Sweet.
A charge made by an accused person against the accuser; in particular a counter-charge of adultery or cruelty made by one charged with the same offense in a suit for divorce, against
Ail entire parish church, with all its rights, glebes, tithes, and other profits whatsoever; otherwise commonly call- el a “benefice.” See Gibson v. Brockway, 8 N. H. 470, 31 Am. Dec. 200;