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The constitutions of Clarendon were certain statutes made in the reign of Henry II. of England, at a parliament held at Clarendon, (A. D. 1164,) by which the king checked the power of the pope and his clergy, and greatly narrowed the exemption they c...
Lat. Close, closed up, sealed. Inclosed, as a parcel of land.
629, 84 Am. Dec. 591.—Tacit mortgage. In Louisiana. The same as a “legal” mortgage. See supra.—Welsh mortgage. In English law. A species of security which partakes of the nature of a mortgage, as there is a debt due, and an estate is given as...
840, 44 Atl. 476; In re
or defender, in suits at law and other diffculties; and was bound, in return, to pay him all respect and honor, and to serve him with his life and fortune in any extremity. as distinguished from those that are open or patent. —Close copies. Copies...
116.—Exeoutory proceeding. In the law of Louisiana, a proceeding which is resorted to in the following ‘cases: When the creditors right arises from an act importing a confession of judgment, and which contains a privilege or mortor when the credi...
542, 4 W. 86).—Ob= jects of a power. Where property is settled subject to a power given to any person or persons to appoint the same among a limited class, the members of the class are called the. “objects” of the power. Thus, if a perent has a
875, 30 L. E& 967; Prince v. Lamb, 128 Cal. 120, 60. Paé. 689; Maryland Ice Co. v. Arctic Ice Mach.
35.—Salvage loss. In the language of marine underwriters, this term means the difference between the amount of salvage, after deducting the charges, and the original value of the property insured. Devitt v. Insurance Co., 61 App. Div. 390, 70 N. Y....
188, 7 South. 226; Royse v. Evansville & T. H. R. Co., 160 Ind. 592, 67 N. EB. 446. Also (probably by an extension of the foregoing meaning) a landing place on a river or lake; a place on a river or other navigable water for lading and unlading goods...
118, 17 Am. Rep. 692; Sanderson v. Scranton, 105 Pa. 473.—Mining location. The act of appropriating and claiming, according to certain established rules and local cus toms, a parcel of land of defined area, upon or in which one or more of the preci...
443. Discontinuous, non-continuous, or non-apparent easements are those the enjoyment of which can be had only by the interference of man, as, a right of way or a right to draw water. Outerbridge v. Phelps, 45 N. Y. Super. Ct. 570: Lampman v. Milks, ...
(Mass.) 9; People v. Collins, 7 Johns. (N. Y.) 552; Padgett v. Lawrence, 10 Paige (N. Y.) 177, 40 Am. Dec 232; Prentiss v. Blake, 34 Vt. 460. Junior right. A custom prevalent in some parts of Engiand (also at some places on the continent) by which an...
909; Adams v. Mortgage Co., 82 Miss. 263, 84 South. 482, 17 L. R. A. (N. S.) 138, 100 Am. St. Rep. 633; 909. Jones,
- the command of one who was entitled to
(Va.) 896; Leigh v. People, 113 lil. 379.—Apparent defects, in a thing sold, are those which can be discovered by simple inspection. Code La. art. 97.—Apparent easement. See EASEMENT.—Apparent heir. In English law. One whose right of inheritanc...
20. As an adjective, “individual” means pertaining or belonging to, or characteristic of, one single person, either in opposition to a firm, association, or corporation, or considered in his relation thereto.- ~—Individual assets. In the law of...
701.—Interstate commerce. Such as is carried on between different states of the Union or between points lying in different states. See INTERSTATE COMMERCE.— Intrastate commerce. Such as is begun, carried on, and completed wholly within the limits...
612. Not to be confounded with “common of fishery,” as to which see CoMMON, n.—Eishe laws. A series of statutes passed in England for the regulation of fishing, especially to prevent the destruction of fish during the breeding season, and of sm...
701.—Interstate come merce act. The act of congress of February 4, 1887 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3154), designed to regulate commerce between the states, and particularly the transportation of persons and property, by carriers, between interstate ...
186.—Cseterorum. When a limited administration has been granted, and all the property cannot be administered under it. administration ceterorum (as to the residue) may be
mander,” who could not dispose of it, but to the use of the priory, only taking thence his own sustenance, according to his degree. The manors and lands belonging to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem were given to
New York and San _ Francisco.—-Internal commerce. Such as is carried on between individuals within the same state, or between different parts of the same state. Lehigh Val.
French law. Auctioneers, who possess the exclusive right of selling personal property at public sale in the towns in which they are established; and they possess the same right concurrently with notaries, grefficrs. and huissiers, in the rest of the ...
COMMIXTIO. In the civil law. The mixing together or confusion of things, dry or solid, belonging to different owners, as distinguished from confusio, which has relation to liquids.
prayer prescribed by the Church of England to used in ail churches and chapels, and which the clergy are enjoined to use under a certain po Common repute. The prevailing lief in a given community as to the existence of a certain fact or aggregation o...
(N. Y.) 73; Sterling v. Sims, 72 Ga. 53; Bank v. Holland, 99
general assembly of the kingdom of England. One of the ancient names of the HMnglish parliament. 1 Bl. Comm. 148.
ordinance of measures. The title of an ancient ordinance, not printed, mentioned in the statute 28 Hen. VIII. c 4; establishing a standard of measures. 1 Bl. Comm. 275.
TICARUM. The statute of ells and perches. The title of an English statute establishing a standard of measures. 1 Bl. Comm. 275.