L. BR. A. 894
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
—View and delivery. When a right of common is exercisable not over the whole waste, but only in convenient places indicated from time to time by the lord of the manor or his bailiff, it is said to be exercisable after “view and delivery.”” Elton, Commons, —View, deof. In real actions, the defendant was entitled to demand a view, that is, a sight of the thing, in order to ascertain its identity and other circumstances. As, if a real action were brought against a tenant, and such tenant did not exactly know what land it was that the demandant asked, then he might prav the view. which was that he might see the land which the demandant claimed. Brown.—View of an inquest. A view or inspection taken by a jury summoned upon an inquisition or inquest, of the place or property to which the inquisition or inquiry refers. Brown—View of f pledge. In English law. An examination to see if every freeman above twelve years of age within the district had taken the oath of allegiance. and found nine freeman pledes for hin peaceable demeanor. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 7
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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