N. BE
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
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781, 15 L. R. A. 68; Ball v. Chadwick, 46 Ill. 31; Cutts v. Com., 2 Mass. 289; Jackson v. Parker, 9 Cow. (N. Y.) 81. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl. Comm. 108. The condition or circumstance in which the owner stands with regard to his property. 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 2, § 942. In this sense, “estate” is constantly used in conveyances in connection
1057. —Original and derivative estates. An original is the first of several estates, bearing to each other the relation of a particular estate and a reversion. An original estate is contrasted with a derivative estate; and a derivative estate is a particular interest carved out of another estate of larger extent. Prest. Bet. 125.
1023. False imprisonment consists in the unlawful detention of the person of another, for oy length of time, whereby he is deprived of his personal liberty. Code Ga. 1882, § 2990: Pen. Code Cal. § 236. The term is also used as the name of the action which ee for this species of injury. 8 BI. Comm.
446, 5 L. R. A. 637, 15 Am. St. Rep. 886; Hadaway vy. Smith, 71 Md. 819, 18 Atl. 589; Mills’ Ann, St. Colo. § 2985.—Lunacy, commission of. A commission issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction, authorizing an inquiry to be made into the mental condition of a person who is alleged to be a lunatic.
821; Berry v. Wilcox, 44 Neb. 82, 62
150; Oonley v. Nailer, 118 U. 8S. 127, 6 Sup. Ct. 1001, 30 L. Ed. 112; Marx v. Me-
781, 15 L. R. A. 68; Ball v. Chadwick, 46 Ill. 31; Cutts v. Com., 2 Mass. 289; Jackson v. Parker, 9 Cow. (N. Y.) 81. An estate in lands, tenements, and hereditaments signifies such interest as the tenant has therein. 2 Bl. Comm. 108. The condition or circumstance in which the owner stands with regard to his property. 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 2, § 942. In this sense, “estate” is constantly used in conveyances in connection
1057. —Original and derivative estates. An original is the first of several estates, bearing to each other the relation of a particular estate and a reversion. An original estate is contrasted with a derivative estate; and a derivative estate is a particular interest carved out of another estate of larger extent. Prest. Bet. 125.
1023. False imprisonment consists in the unlawful detention of the person of another, for oy length of time, whereby he is deprived of his personal liberty. Code Ga. 1882, § 2990: Pen. Code Cal. § 236. The term is also used as the name of the action which ee for this species of injury. 8 BI. Comm.
446, 5 L. R. A. 637, 15 Am. St. Rep. 886; Hadaway vy. Smith, 71 Md. 819, 18 Atl. 589; Mills’ Ann, St. Colo. § 2985.—Lunacy, commission of. A commission issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction, authorizing an inquiry to be made into the mental condition of a person who is alleged to be a lunatic.
821; Berry v. Wilcox, 44 Neb. 82, 62
150; Oonley v. Nailer, 118 U. 8S. 127, 6 Sup. Ct. 1001, 30 L. Ed. 112; Marx v. Me-
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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