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L.O. Curwen’s Laws of Ohio 1854, 1 vol.
Terms beginning with "O" (223 total)
OUSTER LE MAIN
L. Fr. out of the hand.
OUSTER LE MER
L. Fr. Beyond the sea; a cause of excuse if a person, being
OUSTUMA ANTIQUA SIVE MAGNA
(Lat. Ancient or great duties.) The duties on wool, sheep-skin, or wool-pelts and leather exported were so called, and were payable by every merchant, stranger as well as native, with the exception that merchant stranger...
Out of his fee; out of the seigniory
or not holden of him that claims it. Co. Litt. 10;
OUT OF TIME
- 2 A delivery of the ward’s lands out of the hands of the guardian, on the former arriving at the proper age, which was twentyone in males, and sixteen in females. Abolished by 12 Car. II. c. 24. Mozley & Whitley. —...
Out. Outerbridge’s Reports, vols
97-110 Pennsylvania State.
OUTETT
1. An allowance made by the United States government to one of its diplomatic representatives going abroad, for the expense of his equipment.
OUTRIDERS
not make his constant or principal residence, is an outhouse. State v. O’Brien, -2 Root (Conn.) 516. . $ oe us .
OUTROPER
AQUTROPER. A person to whom the business of seliing by auction was confined by statute. 2 H. BI. 557.
OUTSTANDING
charged; unpaid; standing debt.
OUVERTURE DES SUCCESSIONS. In
French law. The right of succession which arises to one upon the death, whether natural or civil, of another.
Over
(or Overton). Reports.
OVERCYTED, or OVERCYHSED
Proved guilty or convicted. Blount.
OVERRULE
means of his own check or draft, nor can he. Overdraw his account with the bank in any, other manner. State v. Stimson, 24 N. J. Law, In another sense, “overruie” is spoken of the action of a court in refusing to su...
Owen (D. C.) 54 Fed
185; Fulkenburg v. Clark, 11 R. I. 283.
Owens, 100 Ga
142, 28 S. E. 75; In re Hill, 31 N. J. Eq. 203. Cases of arrested mental
OWNER
lands, by the owner of the less valuable estate to the owner of the more valuable, to equalize the exchange.
OWNERSHIP
OWNERSHIP. The complete dominion, title, or proprietary right in a thing or clalm. See PROPERTY.
OY-PRES
CUTHRED. A knowing or skillful counsellor.
OY. In law French. Here
(Cy-apres, hereafter; cy-devant, heretofore.) Also as, 80.
OYEZ
OYER. In old practice. Hearing; the hearing a deed read, which a party sued on a bond, etc., might pray or demand, and it was then read to him by the other party; the entry on the record being, “et ef legitur in hao ve...
OYRCE
Me,, 414, 32.Atl 1022, 31 LR. A. 118; Phila-