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R. A. 618, 42 Am. St. Rep

Categories: Property

Definition (1910 Edition)

55.—Going off - See “GOING BEFORE THE WIND,” gupra.—Going price. The prevalent price: the current market value of the article in question at the time and place of sale. Kelsea v. Haines, 1 oN. H. —Going throurh the bar, The act of the chief of an, Enclish commonlaw court in demanding of every. member of the bar, in order of seniority, if he has anything to move. This was done at the sitting of the court each day in term, except special paper days, crown paper days in the queen’s bench, and revenue paper days in the exchequer. On the last day of term this order js reversed, the first and second time round. In the exchequer the postman and tubman are first called on. Wharton. —Going to the country. When a party, under the commonlaw system of pleading, finished his pleading by the words “and of this he puts himself upon the country,” this was called “going to the country.” It was the essential termination to a pleading which took issue upon a material fact in the preceding pleading. Wharton. Going value. As applied to the property or plant of a manufacturing or industrial corporation, a public-service corporation, etc., this
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.