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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... signifies the exercise of a right signifies to break down or destroy . which a party , having insured goods , Thus , to abate a castle or fort , sig- has to give up or abandon them to nifies to beat it down or to destroy the insurers ...
... signifies the exercise of a right signifies to break down or destroy . which a party , having insured goods , Thus , to abate a castle or fort , sig- has to give up or abandon them to nifies to beat it down or to destroy the insurers ...
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... signifies the leave given by the king tance of lands and tenements , is or judges to a criminal accuser to either vested in some person or desist from further prosecuting a other , or that it will vest at some criminal — Cowel . future ...
... signifies the leave given by the king tance of lands and tenements , is or judges to a criminal accuser to either vested in some person or desist from further prosecuting a other , or that it will vest at some criminal — Cowel . future ...
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... signifies to be free from ledged or admitted by her to be her suit and service in shires and hun- own act and deed ... signifying dis- commissioners are thence termed charged , freed , delivered ; thus , he " commissioners for taking the ...
... signifies to be free from ledged or admitted by her to be her suit and service in shires and hun- own act and deed ... signifying dis- commissioners are thence termed charged , freed , delivered ; thus , he " commissioners for taking the ...
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... signifies simply an advocate arises from a supposed alteration in or proctor . Actor dominicus seems the testator's intention . For instance , to have been used to signify thelif a man who has a sum of money " due to him on a bond ...
... signifies simply an advocate arises from a supposed alteration in or proctor . Actor dominicus seems the testator's intention . For instance , to have been used to signify thelif a man who has a sum of money " due to him on a bond ...
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... signifies the ordinary's admitting a commenced in the ecclesiastical clerk or parson to the church or be- court touching the validity of the nefice to which he is presented by will . Administration_cum_testa- the patron . The word ...
... signifies the ordinary's admitting a commenced in the ecclesiastical clerk or parson to the church or be- court touching the validity of the nefice to which he is presented by will . Administration_cum_testa- the patron . The word ...
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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...