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Lat. In Roman law. This was the name of one of the legis ‘actiones. It was employed only In certain particular kinds of pecuniary cases, and con- ‘sisted in that the creditor, without preliminary suit and without the co-operation of the magistrat...
437, 1 C. C. A. 523.—Inland waters. See INLAND.—Navigable waters. See NAVIGABLE.—Percolating waters. Those which pass through the ground beneath the ‘surface of the earth without any definite channel, and do not form a part of the body or flo...
to denote powers given for the good, not of the donee himself exclusively, or of the donee himself necessarily at all, but for the good of several persons, including or not including the donee also. They are so called because the donee ef them is as ...
v. Howland, 111 N. C. 615, 16 S. E. 857, 20 L. R. A. 743; Boyle v. Philadelphia & R. R. Co., 54 Pa. 314.
language, the adroit and plausible advocacy of a client’s case in court." Stimson, Law Gloss.
19— 20, Rhode Island.
Lat In the civil law. Full ownership; the property in a thing united with the usufruct. Calvin.
of any certain content, but as much as a plow can, by course of husbandry, plow in a year.” Co. Litt. 69a.
apr monment 4 ‘Stent!
regulation of its resources, and productive property and. labor. Wharton.—Political law.
in the jurisdiction of the taxing power and within a certain class (as, all males of a certain age, etc.) without reference to his property or lack of it. See Southern Ry. Co. v. wives at the same time. 4530.
for debt. On swearing that he has not property enough to pay the debt, he is set at liberty.— Poor law. ‘hat part’ of the law which relates to the public or ag ah relief of paupers. -—Poorelaw bo The English official body are under St. "10 & ...
land. See Downing v. Diaz, 80 Tex. 436, 16 8. W. 49.
1. In old English law, this title was given to an officer of the courts who
Lat. In the civil law. The birthright portion; that portion of an inheritance to which a given heir is entitled, and of which he cannot be deprived by the will of the decedent, without special cause, by virtue merely of his relationship to the testat...
Fr. In French law. That part of a man’s estate which he may bequeath to other persons than his natural heirs. A parent leaving one legitimate child may dispose of one-half only of his property; one leaving two, one-third only; and one leaving three...
sometimes in inland towns also. Blount.
Lat. Im the civil law. That condition of fact under which one can exercise his power over a corporeal thing at his pleasure, to the exclusion of all others. This condition of fact is called “detention,” and it forms the substance of possession in...
the exclusive detention and control of; also to own or be entitled to. See Fuller v. Fuller, 84 Me. 475, 24 Atl. 946; Brantly v. Kee, 58 N. C. 337.
session of an estate in fee-simple makes the sister to be heir. 3 Coke, 41; Broom, Max. 532.
etc.-Dispossession. The act of ousting or removing one from the possession of property previously held by him, which may be tortious and unlawful, as in the case of a forcible amotion or in pursuance of law, as where a landlord “‘dispossesses” ...
Fr. In English law, as in most systems of jurisprudence, the fact of possession raises a prime racie title or a presumption of the right of property tn the thing possessed. In other words, the possession is as 3 good as the title Aabout.). : Brown.
ed a “possessory” action, because it lies only for a plaintiff who, at the moment of the injury complained of, was in actual or constructive, immediate, and exclusive possession. 1 Chit. Pl. 168, 169. which may happen. tion of the fee. Carney v...
fee, by means of a conveyance, will, or charge, of the lands embraced in the power to any alienee whatsoever. lt is special (1) when the persons or class of persons to whom the disposition of the lands under the power is to be made are designated, or...
the latter’s estate entirely and without any ‘subsequent right of redemption. See Capron v. Attleborough Bank, 11 Gray (Mass.) 493;
AD JURA REGIS. To the rights of the king; a writ which was brought by the king’s clerk, presented to a living, against those who endeavored to eject him, to the prejudice of the king’s title. Reg. Writs, 61.
Lat. In the civil law. A convention whereby one allows another the use of a thing or the exercise of a right gratuitously till revocation. The bailee acquires thereby the lawful possession of the thing, except in certajn cases. The bailor can redeman...
The act or state of going before; adjustment of place. —Precedence, patent of. In English law. A grant from the crown to such barristers as it thinks proper to honor with that mark of distinction, whereby they are entitled to such rank and preaudie...
PREDIAL SERVITUDE. A real or predial servitude is a charge laid on an estate for the use and utility of another estate belonging to another owner. Civil
assignment of property for the benefit of creditors, made by an insolvent debtor, in which it 1s directed that a preference (right to be paid first in full) shall be given to a creditor or creditors therein named.