DRAFTSMAN
Any one who draws or frames a legal document, e. g., a will, conveyance, pleading, etc.
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Any one who draws or frames a legal document, e. g., a will, conveyance, pleading, etc.
An Interpreter employed In the east, and particularly at the Turkish court.
v. To make dry; to draw off water; to rid land of its superfluous moisture byadapting or improving natural watercourses and supplementing them, when necessary,by artificial ditches. People v. Parks, 58 Cal.
In common parlance, this term means a drink of some substance containingalcohol, something which can produce intoxication. Lacy v. State, 32 Tex. 228.
In copyright law. A literary work setting forth a story,incident, or scene from life, in which, however, the narrative Is not related, but isrepresented by a dialogue and action; may Include a
n. 1. A movable section of a bridge, which may be raised up or turned toone side, so as to admit the passage of vessels. Gildersleeve v. Railroad Co. (D. C.) 82Fed.
In the customs laws, this term denotes an allowance made by the governmentupon the duties due on imported merchandise when the importer, instead ofselling it here, re-exports it; or the refunding of
A person to whom a bill of exchange is addressed, and who is requested to pay the amount of money therein mentioned.
The person making a bill of exchange and addressing it to the drawee.Stevenson v. Walton, 2 Smedes & M. (Miss.) 265; Winnebago County State Bank v.Hustel, 119 Iowa, 115, 93 N. W.
In patent law. A representation of the appearance of material objects by means of lines and marks upon paper, cardboard, or other substance. Ampt v.Cincinnati, 8 Ohio Dec. 62S.
Thieves; robbers. Cowell.
A charge for the transportation of property in wheeled vehicles, such asdrays, wagons, and carts. Soule v. San Francisco Gaslight Co., 54 Cal. 242.
Droit-droit. Double right. A union of the right of possession and the right of property. 2 Bl. Comm. 199.
The tenure by which the drenches, or drenges, held their lands.
In mining law. An underground passage driven horizontally along the courseof a mineralized vein or approximately so. Distinguished from “shaft,” which is anopening made at the surface and extending downward into the
A Saxon word, signifying a tribute or yearly payment made by some tenants to the king,or their landlords, for driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell.
A view or examination of what cattle are in a forest, chase, etc..that it may be known whether it be surcharged or not; and whose the beasts are. andwhether they are commonable.
A road or way over which cattle are driven. 1 Taunt. 279. Smith v. Ladd, 41 Me. 314.
This term signifies, not goods which are the subject of salvage, but matters floating at random, without any known or discoverable ownership, which. If cast ashore, will probably never be reclaimed, but
Sax. A contribution of tenants, in the time of the Saxons, towards apotation, or ale, provided to entertain the lord, or his steward. Cowell. See CEB- VISARII.
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