A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law, Volym 1Beard Books, 2000 - 468 sidor These two volumes contain absorbing and interesting concise definitions of ancient and modern words and terms that a student or lawyer might come across in legal readings. Purely statutory and judicial definitions, since they are constantly changing, are excluded. This is a wonderful reference source for all who are serious about legal history or merely curious as to the meaning of thousands of words often or rarely encountered. |
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A Dictionary of Words and Phrases Used in Ancient and Modern Law, Volym 2 Arthur English Begränsad förhandsgranskning - 2000 |
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Sida 167 - Britain hereby declare that neither the one nor the other will ever obtain or maintain for itself any exclusive control over the said ship canal; agreeing that neither will ever erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify, or colonize, or assume, or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Sida 61 - Government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
Sida 233 - That the courts of bankruptcy as hereinbefore defined, viz., the district courts of the United States in the several States, the supreme court of the District of Columbia, the district courts of the several Territories, and the United States courts in the Indian Territory and the District of Alaska, are hereby made courts of bankruptcy, and are hereby invested...
Sida 50 - An annuity is a yearly payment of a certain sum of money, granted to another in fee, for life, or years, charging the person of the grantor only.
Sida 215 - Tenura per copiam rotuli curia, is a tenure for which the tenant hath nothing to shew but the copy of the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. . . . Some copyholds are fmeable at will, and some certain : that which is fineable at will, the lord taketh at his pleasure.
Sida 74 - He is no longer of any credit or reputation, he cannot be a witness in any court; neither is he capable of performing the functions of another man ; for, by an anticipation of his punishment, he is already dead in law.
Sida 77 - ... and of arms ; determining according to the law military and the law of nations. Besides these, there were the lord high steward, and lord great chamberlain ; the steward of the household; the lord chancellor...
Sida 155 - Champerty is a species of maintenance and punished in the- same manner ; being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, campum partire, to divide the land or other matter sued for between them, if they prevail at law : whereupon the champertor is to carry on the party's suit at his own expense.
Sida 74 - ... him out of its protection, and takes no further care of him than barely to see him executed. He is then called attaint, attinctus, stained or blackened. He is no longer of any credit or reputation; he cannot be a witness in any court; neither is he capable of performing the functions of another man; for by anticipation of his punishment, he is already dead in law.