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made, on a ntotion ‘in chancery, for the plaintif to have an injunction to quiet his possession till the nearing ot the cause. This or any such ing final, is interlocutory.” Termes law or statute. In a more limited sense, the term is used to des...
In ecclesiastical law. The holy orders of priest, deacon, and subdeacon, any of which qualified for presentation and admission to an ecclesiastical dignity or cure were called “ordines majores,;’ and the inferior orders of chanters, psalmists, os...
33e. 3190. 78. 270. 131. 66; Cowell. 295. ; 161. , 187. 159; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 151. 238; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 210.—Contra formam doni. Against the form of the grant. See FORMEDON.—Contra formam feoffamenti. In old English law. A writ that ...
48, 11 Pac. 814.—Record and writ clerk. Four officers of the court of chancery were designated by this title, whoeé duty it was to file bills brought to them for that purpose. Business was distributed among them Bccone ne to the initial letter of ...
508, 5 N. E. 483. An action which can be brought only by the person himself who is injured, and not by his representatives.— action. At the common law. One brought for the specific recovery of lands, tenements, or hereditaments.
ORTELLI. The claws of a dog's foot. Kitch. Lat. Gates of the kingdom. The ports of the kingdom of England are so called by Sir Matthew Hale. De
cient hundred in Worcestershire, so called from Bishop Oswald, who obtained it from King Edgar, to be given to St. Mary's Church in Worcester. It was exempt from the sheriff’s jurisdiction, and comprehends 300 hides of land. Camd. Brit.
- 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. —-
lands, by the owner of the less valuable estate to the owner of the more valuable, to equalize the exchange.
OWNERSHIP. The complete dominion, title, or proprietary right in a thing or clalm. See PROPERTY.
(C. O.) 82 Fed. 18; Middlebrook v. Ames, 5 Stew. & P. (Ala.) 166—Plea in bar. In practice. A plea which goes to bar thé plaintiff's action; that is, to defeat it absolutely and entirely. 1 Burrill, Pr. 162; 8 Bl. Comm. 803; Rawson v. Knight, 71 Me...
(or P. E. I. Rep.). Island Reports (Haviland’s). .PF.S. P. FP. Smith’s Reports, vols. 51- 8114 Pennsylvania State.
631; Wells v. New England Mut. L. Ins. 181, 88 Am. Dec. 539. 412, 18 Atl. 1112; Com. vy. Aid Ass’n, 04 Pa. 439. 450; Sedgwick County Com’rs v- Bailey, 18 Kan. 608; May v. Rice, 91 Ind. 349; State v. Hegeman, 2 Pennewill Wel.) 147, 44 562, 57 ...
47 N. J. Eq. 170, 20 Atl. 352; Simons v. Bryce, 10 S. C. 373.—Equity to a settlement. The equitable right of a wife, when her husband sues in equity for the reduction of her equitable estate to his own possession, to bave the whole or a portion of ...
PARAPHERNALIA. In the civil law. The separate property of a married woman, other than that which is included in her dowry, or doa.
Fr. In French law. All the wife’s property which is not subject to the régime dotal is called by this name; and of these articles the wife has the entire administration; but she may allow the hushand to enjoy them, and in that case he is not liabl...
Lat. In Roman law. A parent; originally and properly only the father or mother of the person spoken of; but also, by an extension of its meaning, any relative, male or female, in the line of direct ascent. Too te ee Parent of the country. In
phernal property,” is that which forms no part of the dowry. Civ. Code La. art. 2335.
Lat. The party not having appeared. The condition of a cause called “default.”
Lat. In Romanilaw. A legatee who was entitled, by the directions of the will, to receive a share or portion of the inheritance left to the heir. '
Lat. In the civil law. Partition; division. This word did not always signify dimidium, a dividing into halves.
dispensing complete justice, unless they are before the court in such a manner as to entitle them to be heard in vindication or protection of their interests. See Chandler v. Ward, 188 lil. 322, 58 N. E. 919; Phoenix Nat. Bank v. Cleveland Co., 58 Hu...
Lat... Paternal estates to paternal heirs. A rule of the French law, signifying that such portion of a decedent’s estate as came to him from his father must descend to his heirs on the father’s side.
364, 56 Am. Rep. 535.—Eocclesiastical division of England. This is a division Into provinces, dioceses, archdeaconries. rural deaneries, and parishes.—Ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Jurisdiction over ecclesiastical cases and controversies; such as ...
PATERFAMILIAS. The father of a family. - Lat. In Roman law. Paternal authority; the paternal power. This term denotes the aggregate of those peculiar powers and rights which, by the civil law of Rome, belonged to the head of a family in respect to ...
Lat. In Roman law. A person who stood in the relation of protector to another who was called his “client.” One who advised his client in matters of law, and advocated his causes in court. Gilb. Forum
PATRON. In ecclesiastical law. He who has the right, title, power, or privilege of presenting to an ecclesiastical benefice.
Lat. The peace of the king; that is, the peace, good order, and security for life and property which it is one of the objects of government to maintain, and which the king, as the personification of the power of the state, is supposed to guaranty to ...