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porting that the grantees are to take in distinct shares. 1 Steph. Comm. 323. See Coster v. Lorillard, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 336; Taylor v. Millard, 118 N. Y. 244, 23 N. E. 376, 6 L. R. 7; Silloway v. Brown, 12 Allen (Mass.) 1. A kind of cue tomary estat...
UO DOMINICO. An abolished writ for disannulling a fine levied of lands in ancient demesne to the prejudice of the lord. Reg.
ERANDIS. A writ that formerly lay for him to whom a disseisor had alfenated the land whereof he disseised another, that he should not be molested in assize for damages, if the disselsor had wherewith to satisfy them. Reg. Orig. 214.
Lat. In the civil law. To hold; to hold fast; to have in possession; to retain,
147. Rent may also be extinguished by conjunction of estates, by hte iar by grant, by release,
name is sometimes given to property of such a nature that its duration is not perpetual or indefinite, but is limited or Iiable to terminate upon the happening of an event or the expiration of a fixed term; c. g., a leasehold, a life-annuity, ete.
ETIES. Societies, in England, where the members commence their monthly contributions on a particular day, and continue to pay them until the realization of shares to a given amount for each member, by the advance of the capital of the society to such...
OF ENTRY AD. A writ which lay for the reversioner, when the possession was withheld by the lessee, or a stranger, after the determination of a lease for years. Brown.
interest as well as principal by them, so as to insure such realization within a given period of years. They have been almost superseded by permanent building societies. Wharton. Lat. Kennett, Gloss. —Terra affirmata. Land let to farm.—Tere bar...
TRA DEBITUM LEVATUM. A judicial writ for the restoring of lands or goods to a debtor who is distrained above the amount of the debt. Reg. Jud.
Lat. Testate; one who has made a will. 17, T
cause to have seisin. The writ of execution in real actions, directing the sheriff to cause the demandant to have seisin of the lands recovered. It was the proper process for giving seisin of a freehold, as distinguishedA from a chattel interest in l...
1 Coke, 84; 4 Kent, Comm. 33, 90, 105, 295.
773.—Inland trade. Trade wholly carried on at home; as distinguished from commerce, (which see.)— Inland waters. Such waters as canals, lakes, rivers, water-courses, inlets and bays, exclu- 773.
25, 101. That which arises from a man’s birth and connections. 5 Ves. 750. The domicile of the parents at the time of birth, or what is termed the “domicile of origin,” constitutes the domicile of an infant, and continues until abandoned, or un...
132.—Equitable-liens are such as exist in equity, and of which courts of equity alone take cognizance. A lien is neither a jue in re nor a jus ad rem. It is not property in the thing, nor does it con-. stitute a right of action for the thing. It mo...
318. Inevitable accident is where a vessel is pursuing a lawful avocation in a lawful manner, using the proper precautions against danger, and an accident occurs. ‘The highest degree of caution that can be used is not required. It is enough that it...
2,c. 1; by which it was provided that no person should thereafter be elected to office in any corporate town that should not, within one year previously, have taken the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, according to the rites of the Church of England...
c. 184, providing a method for enjoying estates given upon
c. 1, which enacted that all persons being seised in fee-simple (except femes covert, infants, idiots, and persons of non-sane mernory might, by will and testament in writing, devise to any other person, except to bodies corporate, two-thirds of thei...
2 Bl. Comm. 27 ESTATE.
the former: being the case when the obligor himself is personally: liable for the performance of the engagcdinent, but does not directly ‘bind his property; tlie latter, where real estate, not the person of the obligor, is primarily liable for perf...
denomination of the subjects of property, as confradistinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 1&
includes all personal chattela that may contribute to the use or convenjence of the householder, or the ornament of the house; as plate. linen, china. both useful and ornamental, and pictures. But goods in trade, books, and wines will not pass hy a b...
otherwise termed “primary.’”’ by which a benefit or estate is created or first arises; comprising feoffments, gifts, grants, leases. exchanges, and partitions. 2 Bl. Comm. 309.—Original entry. The first entry of an item of an account made. ...
sea-mark; high-water mark. Skene.
any other person, the court awards a writ to the bailiff to deliver possession of the said ‘bounds of tin-work’ to the ‘bounder,’ who thereupon has the exclusive right to search for, dig, and take for his own use all tin and tin-ore within th...
Lat. In the eivil law. Title; the source or ground of possession; the means whereby possession of a thing is acquired, whether such possession be lawful or
c: &3, empowers a patentee (with the fiat of the attorney general) to enter a disclaimer (q. v.) or 2 memorandum of an alteration in the title or specification of the patent, not being of such a nature as to extend the exclusive right granted by the ...
580. —Consuetudo Anglicana. The custom of England; the ancient common law, as distinguished from lez, the Roman or civil law.—Consuetudo curiss. The custom or practice of a court. Hardr. 141.—Consuetudo mercatorum. Lat. The custom of merchants,...