A New Law Dictionary: Containing Explanations of Such Technical Terms and Phrases as Occur in the Works of Legal Authors, in the Practice of the Courts, and in the Parliamentary Proceedings of the Houses of Lords and Commons, to which is Added an Outline of an Action at Law and of a Suit in EquityThe Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., 1999 - 495 Holthouse, Henry James. A New Law Dictionary, Containing Explanations of Such Technical Terms and Phrases As Defined in the Works of Legal Authors, in the Practice of the Courts, and in the Parliamentary Proceedings of the Houses of Lords and Commons, To Which Is Added An Outline of An Action at Law and of A Suit in Equity. Edited, from the Second and Enlarged London Edition, With Numerous Additions, by Henry Penington. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. viii, [17]-495 pp. Reprinted 1999 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 98-49350. ISBN 1-886363-67-6. Cloth. $75. * Reprint of the first American edition, edited from the second enlarged London edition. This work approaches the law as a science. Noteworthy because the definitions are followed by an illustration of the term, and because this edition includes American legal terms not found in the London edition. The Appendix contains an outline of an action at law and of a suit in equity, intended to explain and show the relationship which exists between the words. "... one of the best concise Law Dictionaries in use." Marvin, Legal Bibliography (1847) 394. Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law 5444. |
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Strona 58
... BAIL ( ballium ) . The setting at May on Parliament . liberty of a person who is arrested Avow . See tit . Advow . in any action civil or criminal , on AVOWANT . The defendant in an his finding sureties for his re - ap- action of ...
... BAIL ( ballium ) . The setting at May on Parliament . liberty of a person who is arrested Avow . See tit . Advow . in any action civil or criminal , on AVOWANT . The defendant in an his finding sureties for his re - ap- action of ...
Strona 59
... bail to which a defendant is obliged either the action , because they are re - to find bail or go to prison until the sponsible for the defendant abiding demand for which the action is by the event of the action , and obey- brought be ...
... bail to which a defendant is obliged either the action , because they are re - to find bail or go to prison until the sponsible for the defendant abiding demand for which the action is by the event of the action , and obey- brought be ...
Strona 73
... bail - ferance ; and formerly , to take a note iffs , they are therefore usually bound of any of the proceedings was a high in an obligation with sureties for thefact of contempt , although now the due execution of their office , and ...
... bail - ferance ; and formerly , to take a note iffs , they are therefore usually bound of any of the proceedings was a high in an obligation with sureties for thefact of contempt , although now the due execution of their office , and ...
Strona 78
... bail , [ fendant ; it is directed to the sheriff ' it should be done by a writ of capias . and commands him to take the de- This is a writ directed to the sheriff fendant and safely keep him in order of the county wherein the defendant ...
... bail , [ fendant ; it is directed to the sheriff ' it should be done by a writ of capias . and commands him to take the de- This is a writ directed to the sheriff fendant and safely keep him in order of the county wherein the defendant ...
Strona 98
... BAILS . An officer fice recovered in a quare impedit , of the Court of King's Bench , whose or assize of darrein presentment , re - duty it was to file the bail - pieces quiring him to admit and institute taken in that court . This ...
... BAILS . An officer fice recovered in a quare impedit , of the Court of King's Bench , whose or assize of darrein presentment , re - duty it was to file the bail - pieces quiring him to admit and institute taken in that court . This ...
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Strona 450 - These villeins, belonging principally to lords of manors, were either villeins regardant, that is, annexed to the manor or land ; or else they were in gross, or at large, that is, annexed to the person of the lord, and transferable by deed from one owner to another.
Strona 23 - ... in the purchase of lands, and also to dispose of, release, surrender, or extinguish any estate which she alone, or she and her husband, in her right, may have in any lands of any tenure, or in any such money as aforesaid...
Strona 242 - An indictment is a written accusation of one or more persons of a crime or misdemeanor, preferred to, and presented upon oath by, a grand jury.
Strona 138 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Strona 444 - ... per annum, to hold till the rents and profits shall repay the sum so borrowed. This is an estate conditioned to be void, as soon as such sum is raised. And in this case the land or pledge is .said to be living: it subsists, and survives the debt; and immediately on the discharge of that, results back to the borrower.
Strona 168 - In case of divorce a mensa et thoro, the law allows alimony to the wife : which is that allowance which is made to a woman for her support out of the husband's estate : being settled at the discretion of the ecclesiastical judge, on consideration of all the circumstances of the case.
Strona 434 - ... when a man doth compass or imagine the death of our lord the King, or of our lady his Queen or of their eldest son and heir...
Strona 235 - Such as is owing to some unavoidable necessity, without any will, intention, or desire, and without any inadvertence or negligence in the party killing, and therefore without any shadow of blame. As, for Instance, by virtue of such an office as obliges one, in the execution of public justice, to put a malefactor to death, who had forfeited his life by the laws and verdict of his country.
Strona 290 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed, or omitted, in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. This general definition comprehends both crimes and misdemeanors; which, properly speaking, are mere synonymous terms; though in common usage, the word "crimes...
Strona 453 - Act no insurance shall be made by any person or persons, bodies politic or corporate, on the life or lives of any person or persons, or on any other event or events whatsoever, wherein the person or persons for whose use, benefit, or on whose account such policy or policies shall be made shall have no interest, or by way of gaming or wagering ; and that every assurance made contrary to the true intent and meaning hereof shall be null and void to all intents and purposes whatsoever.