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Any good brought into or shipped out of a country. A key element in balance of trade or balance of payment accounts. Refer to invisible.
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Any good brought into or shipped out of a country. A key element in balance of trade or balance of payment accounts. Refer to invisible.
Lat A pledge; security by pledge of property. Coggs v. Bernard, 2 I.d Raym. 913.
A person whose business is to appraise or set a value upon property.
The tenants of the manor of Bradford, in the county of Wilts, paid a yearly rent by this name to their lord, iu lieu of veal paid formerly in kind. Wharton.
To sell; to transfer the ownership of an article to another for a price in money. The term is not commonly applied to the sale of real estate, although its deriva- tives
Lat. In old pleading. Comes and says. 2 Salk. 544.
In pleading. A certain formula with which all pleadings containing new affirmative matter must conclude, being in itself an averment that the party pleading is ready to establish the truth of what
Lat. Ancient statutes. Tbe English statutes from Mui/ua Charta to the end of the reign of Edward II. are so called; those from the beginning of the reign of Edward III. being
In French law. A rent-charge or annuity payable for the life of the annuitant.
In French feudal law. Originally, an officer who represented the bishop, as the viscount did the count. In process of time, these dignitaries erected their offices in- to fiefs, and became feudal
Lat. In Saxon law. A royal residence. Spelman
See DAMAGES.
The phrase “by virtue” differs in meaning from “under color.” For instance, the proper fees are received 6j/ virtue of the office; extortion is under color of the office. Any rightful act
In old English law. The fault or mistake of a writer or copyist; a clerical error. Gilb. Forum Rom. 185.
Fr. Carriage; transportation by carriage.
Lat In old English law. Common purgation; a name given to the trial by ordeal, to distinguish it from the canonical purgation, which was by the oath of the party. 4 Bl.
A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to an interruption in the incumbency of an office. The term “vacancy” applies not only to an interregnum in an existing office,
In old English law. The king’s eldest son; hence the valet or knave follows the king and queen In a pack of cards. Bar. Obs. St. 344.
An obsolete title of dignity next to a peer. 2 Inst. 667; 2 Steph. Comm. 612. Vans est ilia potentia quae nunquam venit in actum. That power is vain [idle or useless]
In old Lomliardic law. The offense of stopping one on the way; fore- stalling. Spelman.