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distinction between a good and a valuable consideration is that the former consists of blood, or of natural love and affection; as when a man grants an estate to a near relation from motives of generosity, prudence, and natural duty; and the latter c...
Lat. In the civil law. Emp ty; void; vacant; unoccupied. Calvin.
Lat. In the civil law. Ina strict sense, sale; the act of selling; the contract of sale, otherwise called “emptio venditto.” Inst. 3, 24. Calvin.
REDUCENDIS. A writ that lay for the bringing back of the king’s bondmen, that had heen carried away by others out of his manors whereto they belonged. Reg. Orig. 87.
Lat. In the Roman law, an obligation is defined as a rinculum juris, 4. e., “a bond of law,” whereby one party becomes or is bound to another to do something according to law.
Void in part, void in toto. Leavitt, 15 N. Y. 9, 96. sion or solicitation. As to voluntary “Answer,” “Assignment,” “Bankruptcy,” “Confession,” “Conveyance,” “Deposit,” “Escape,” “Jurisdiction,” ‘“Manslaughter,”...
Lat. A vow or promise. Dies votorum, the wedding day. Fleta 1. 1, c. 4.
VOUCHER. A receipt, acquittance, or release, which may serve as evidence of payment or discharge of a debt, or to certify the correctness of accounts. An account-book containing the acquittances or receipts showing the accountant’s discharge of his...
477, 9 Atl. 4, 59 Am. Rep. 742; Magann 463; Easly v. Eakin, Cooke (Tenn.) 388. 605, 15 Atl. 300, 1 L. R. A. 187: ey & Casualty Co. v. Cutts, 95 Me. 162, 49 Atl. 673.—A.e ble muisamee. Anything in- 351; Com. v. Williams, 9 Metc. (Mass.) 576, 48 ...
228; Bacon v. Bacon, ef By (Mass.) ae upaeen v. Savage, 124 IH. 2866, 15 N. BE. 850.—Cred-~ ibility. Worthince: of belief; ce quality in a witness which renders his evidence worthy of belief. After the competence of a witness is allowed, the consid...
v. Neale, 78 Cal. 63, 20 Pac. 372, 3 L. R. A. 83.—Market zeld, (properly market geld.) In old records. The toll of a market. Cowell._—Public market. A market which is not only open to the resort of the general public as purchasers, but also avail...
426, 44S. E. 255. 165, 14 S. E. 465, 82 Am. St. p. 349, 40 S. B. 402; Curley v. U. 8. 180 Fed. 1, 64 C. C. A. 369. 442, 21 S. BD. 755.~Estoppel by deed is where a party has executed a deed, that is, a writing under seal (as a bond) reciting a cert...
L. Fr. A vagabond, or vagrant. Britt. c. 29.
779. The term is often applied to a similar receipt and undertaking given by a carrier of goods by land. A bill of lading is an instrument in writing, signed by a carrier or his agent, describing the freight so as to identify it, stating the name of ...
WARRANT, v. In conveyancing. To assure the title to property sold, by an express covenant to that effect in the deed of conveyance. To stipulate by an express covenant that the title of a grantee shal] be good, and his possession undisturbed.
WARRANTOR. One who makes a warranty. Shep. Touch. 181.
expressed in the contract or capable of be- ders v. Seelye, 105 U. S. 718, 26 L. Ed. 1217.
49, ot N. Y. Supp. 572. at the reasonableness of-a by-law of a corporation is a question of law, and not of fact, has always been the established rule; but in the case of State v. Overton, 24 N. J. Law, 61 Am. Dec. 671, a distinction La taken in this...
French, 11 Ill. 254.—Biddings. Offers of a designated price for goods or other property put up for sale at auction.—By-bidg- In the law relating to sales by auction, this term is equivalent to “puffing.” e practice consists in making fictitio...
403; Beringer v. Lutz, 188 Pa. 364, 41 Atl 643.—~—Imperfect title. One which requires a further exercise of the granting power to pass the fee in land, or which does not convey full and absolute dominion. Paschal vy. Perez, 7 Tex. 367; Paschal v....
184, 53 S. W. 1060.— Bond tenants. In English law. Copyholders and gi spheeea! tenants are sometimes so called. 2 Bl. Comm. 148.— Oficial] bond. .A bond given by a public officer, conditioned that he shall well and faithfully perform all the duti...
129,,19 L. Ed. 884; Stebbins vy. Niles, 25 Miss. 267.—Account stated. The settlement of an account between the parties, with a balance struck ih favor of one of them; an account rendered by the creditor, and by the debtor assented to as eorrect, ei...
473, 35 N. W. 934. 90, 53 N. W. 35, 17 L. R. A. 145, 35 44, 22 N. W. 844, and cases cited. 93, 23 N. W. 425, 53 Am. Rep. 267; Isaacs v. Railroad Co., 47 N. Y. 122, 7 Am. 77, 95.N. W. 132, 266. —=—« —Constructive conversion. An. implied or...
WITHDRAWING A JUROR. In practice. The withdrawing of one of the twelve jurors from the box, with the result that, the jury being now found to be incomplete, no further proceedings can be had in the cause. The withdrawing of a juror is always by the a...
c. 2, by which the crown of England was limited to the house of Hanover, and some new provisions were added at the same time for the better securing the religion, laws, and liberties—Deed of settlement. A deed made for the purpose of settling prope...
citals, after the parties. It usually commences with a reference to the agreement or intention to be effectuated, then states or refers to the consideration, and concludes with the operative words and parcels, if any. Where a deed effectuates two dis...
662, 4 N. E. 512; Dodson v. Ball, 60 Pa. 496, 100-Am. Dec. 586.—Spendthrift trust. See SreNDTHRIFT. —Transgressive trust. A name sometimes applied to a trust which transgresses or violates ie rule against perpetuities. See Pulitzer v. dvingston, ...
and auctioneers by pubic auction only. Auctioneers can only sell goods for ready OnE y but factors may sell upon credit. Wilkes v. Ellis, 2 H. Bl. 557; Steward v. Winters, 4 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 590.
107, 23 L. Ed. 152 ASSERTORY COVENANT. One which