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8, by which the articles of union between the two kingdoms of England and Scotland were ratified and confirmed. 1 Bl. Comm. 97.—Private act. A statute operating only upon particular persons and private concerns, and of which the courts are not boun...
country before a revolution, change of government or dynasty,-or other political event, such that the question of his rights, status, or allegiance will depend upon the date of his birth with reference to such event. In England, the term commonly den...
of land and the goods of his debtor for the satisfaction of the debt, or to enforce a distress. ~—Aoction of abstracted multures. An action for multures or tolls against those who are thirled to a mill, 4. c. bound to grind their corn at a certain ...
DIMISSORY LETTERS. Where a can- ‘didate for holy orders has a title of ordination in one diocese in England, and 1!s to be ordained in another, the bishop of the former diocese gives letters dimissory to the bishop, of the latter to enable him to o...
APQTHECARY. Any person who keeps a shop or building where medicines are compounded or prepared according to prescriptions of physicians, or where medicines are sold. Act Cong. July 13, 1866, c. 184, § 9, 14
275, 46 N. Y¥. Supp. 934; Miller v. Insurance Co., 113 Iowa, 211, 8+ N. W. 1049; Washington County v. St. Louis, ete, 374, 58 N; Y. Supp. 114. 170. 83 N. Y. Supp. 130; Ncougale 280, 67 N. Y. Supp. 883; Webb v. 469, 86 N. Y. Supp. 967. 191, 51 N...
195, 39 ‘Atl. 156. At law. An unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods or personal chattels belonging to another, to the alteration of their condition or the exclusion of the owner’s rights. Baldwin v.
205.—Recurrent imsanity. Insanity which returns from time to time, hence equivalent to “lunacy” (see supra) in its common-law sense, as a mental disorder broken by lucid intervals. There is no presumption that fitful and exceptional attacks of ...
prentice to the law; a law student; a counsellor below the degree of serjeant; a barrister. See APPRENTICE EN LA LEY.
1. To make a thing one's vwn; to make a thing the subject of property; to exercise dominion over an object to the extent, and for the purpose, of making it subserve one’s own proper use or pleasure. The term is properly used in this sense to denote...
APPRIZING. In Scotch law. A form of process by which a creditor formerly took possession of the estates of the debtor in payment of the debt due. It is now superseded by adjudications.
APROVECHAMIENTO. In Spanish law. Approvement, or ‘improvement and enjoyment of public lands. As applied to pueblo lands, it has particular reference to the commons, and includes not only the actual enjoyment of them but a right to such enjoyment. H...
law easement of drip. Bellows v. Sackett, 15 Barb. (N. Y.) 96.
Lat. To rent; to Jet out at a certain rent. Cowell. Arentatio. A renting.
edict of the ancient kings of France and Germany, commanding all their vassals, the noblesse, and the vassals’ vassals, to enter the army, or forfeit their estates on refusal. Spelman.
18. 648. 209, 54 S. W. 577, 77 Am. St. Rep. 109; Bodie v. Railway Co., 61 S. C. 468, 39 S. E. 715; Martin v. Railroad Co., 118 Iowa, 148, 91 a 1084, 59 L. R. A. 698, 96 Am. St. Rep. 609, 44 S. W. 353.—Board of pardons. A board created by law in ...
(or Arkley). Arkley’s Justiciary Re ports, Scotland.
being under the protection of their superiors. Military tenants holding lands from the emperor. Spelman.
FUNDANDZ CAUSA. In Scotch law. A process to bring a foreigner within the jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. The warrant attaches a foreigner’s goods within the jurisdiction, and these will not be relensed unless caution or security be given.
positive “Condition,” “Evidence,” “Fraud,” “Proof,” and “Servitude,” see those titles.
(C. C.) 123 Fed. 493.—Mining companies. This designation was formerly applied in England to the associations formed in London in 1825 for working mines in Mexico and South America; but at present it comprises, both in England and America, all minin...
625, 36 Atl. 439.—Free ships. In international law. Ships of a neutral nation. The phrase “free ships shall make free goods” is often inserted in treaties, meaning. that goods, even though belonging to an enemy, shall not be seized or confiscat...
152, 5 Atl. 849. —Base-infeftment. In‘ Scotch law. A disposition of lands by a vassal, to be held of himaeclf.—Base right. In Scotch law. A subordinate right; the right of a subvassal in the lands held by him. Bell.—Base services. -In feudal ...
In taxation. The listing and valuation of property for the purpose of apportioning a tax upon it, either according to value alone or in proportion to benefit received. Also determining the share of a tax to be paid by each of many persons; or apporti...
ASSESSOR. An officer chosen or appointed to appraise, value, or assess property. ministrators, applicable for the a bmi of debts. Termes de la Ley; 2 Bl. Comm. 510; 1 Crabb, Real Prop. 23; Favorite v. Booher, 17
6. In bankruptcy proceedings, the word designates the setting over or transfer of the bankrupt’s estate to the assignee.
that statutes were in England called “assises’’ down to the reign of Henry III.
the justices and sergeants for the purposes of taking the assises. 3 Bl. Comm. 59, 60. —Articles of association. See ARTICLES. National ase tions. The atatutory title of corporations organized for the purpose of carrying on the business of banking ...
639, 92 N. W. 289. In British politics, a programme or plan (or a more or less definitely formulated demand) for the right of local self-government for Ireland under the lead of an Irish national parliament.
537; Levi v. Louisville, 97 Ky. 394, 30 S. W. 973, 28 LR. A. 480.—License in amortisation. <A license authorizing a conveyance of property which, without it, would be invalid under the statutes of mortmain.— age license. A written license or perm...