Legal Term Dictionary

One who is deprived of the sense or faculty of sight. See Pol. Code Cal. 1903> | 2241.

One who is deprived of the sense or faculty of sight. See Pol. Code Cal. 1903> | 2241. Less...

In old English law. Boughs broken down from trees and thrown in a way where deer are likely to pass. Jacob.

In old English law. Boughs broken down from trees and thrown in a way where deer are likely to pass. Jacob. Less...

A square or portion of a city or town inclosed by streets, whether partially or wholly occupied by buildings' or containing only vacant lots. Ottawa v. Barney, 10 Kan. 270; Fraser v. Ott, 95 Cal. 661, 30 Pac. 793; State v. Deffes, 44 La. Ann. 164, 10 South. 597; Todd More...

A square or portion of a city or town inclosed by streets, whether partially or wholly occupied by buildings' or containing only vacant lots. Ottawa v. Barney, 10 Kan. 270; Fraser v. Ott, 95 Cal. 661, 30 Pac. 793; State v. Deffes, 44 La. Ann. 164, 10 South. 597; Todd v. Railroad Co., 78 111. 530; Harrison v. People, 195 111. 466, 63 N. E. 191. Less...

In Pennsylvania land law. Any considerable body of contiguous tracts surveyed in the name of the same warrantee, without regard to the manner in which they were originally located; a body of contiguous tracts located by exterior lines, but not separated from each other by interior lines. Morrison v. Seaman, More...

In Pennsylvania land law. Any considerable body of contiguous tracts surveyed in the name of the same warrantee, without regard to the manner in which they were originally located; a body of contiguous tracts located by exterior lines, but not separated from each other by interior lines. Morrison v. Seaman, 183 Pa. 74, 38 Atl. 710; Ferguson v. Bloom, 144 Pa. 549, 23 Atl. 49. Less...

In international law. A marine investment or beleaguering of a town or harbor. A sort of clrcnmvallation round a place by which all foreign connection and correspondence is, as far as human power can effect it, to be cut off. 1 C. Rob. Adm. 151. It is not necessary, however, More...

In international law. A marine investment or beleaguering of a town or harbor. A sort of clrcnmvallation round a place by which all foreign connection and correspondence is, as far as human power can effect it, to be cut off. 1 C. Rob. Adm. 151. It is not necessary, however, that the place should be invested by land, as well as by sea, in order to constitute a legal blockade; and, if a place be blockaded by sea only, it is no violation of belligerent rights for the neutral to carry on commerce with it by inland communications. 1 Kent, Comm. 147. The actual investment of a port or place by a hostile force fully competent, under ordinary circumstances, to cut off all communication therewith, so arranged or disposed as to be able to apply its force to every point of practicable access or approach to the port or place so invest* ed. Bouvier; The Olinde Rodrigues (D. C.) 91 Fed. 274 ; Id., 174 U. S. 510, 19 Sup. Ct. 851, 43 LL Ed. 1065: U. S. v. The William Arthur, 28 Fed. Cas. 624; The Peterhoff, 6 Wall. 50, 18 L. Ed. 564; Grinnan v. Edwards, 21 W. Va. 347. It is called a "blockade de facto" when the usual notice of the blockade has not been given to the neutral powers by the government causing the investment, in consequence of which the blockading squadron has to warn off all approaching vessels. -Paper blockade. The state of a line of coast proclaimed to be under blockade in time of war, when the naval force on watch is not sufficient to repel a real attempt to enter.-Public blockade. A blockade which is not only established in fact, but is notified, by the government directing it, to other governments; as distinguished from a simple blockade, which may be established by a naval officer acting upon his own discretion or under direction or superiors, without governmental notification. The Circassian. 2 Wall. 150, 17 L. Ed. 706.-Simple blockade. One established by a naval commander acting on his own discretion and responsibility, or under the direction of a superior officer, but without governmental orders or notification. The Circassian, 2 Wall. 150, 17 L. Ed. 796. Less...

Kindred; consanguinity; family relationship; relation by descent from a common ancestor. One person is "of the blood" of another when they are related by lineal descent or collateral kinship. Miller v. Speer, 38 N. J. Eq. 572; Delaplalne v. Jones, 8 N. J. Law, 346; Leigh v. Leigh, 15 Yes. More...

Kindred; consanguinity; family relationship; relation by descent from a common ancestor. One person is "of the blood" of another when they are related by lineal descent or collateral kinship. Miller v. Speer, 38 N. J. Eq. 572; Delaplalne v. Jones, 8 N. J. Law, 346; Leigh v. Leigh, 15 Yes. 108; Cummings v. Cummings, 146 Mass. 501, 16 N. E. 401; Swasey v. Jaques, 144 Mass. 135, 10 N. E. 758, 59 Am. Rep. 65. -Half-blood. A term denoting the degree of relationship which exists between those who have the same father or the same mother, but not both parents in common.-Mixed blood. A person is "of mixed blood" who is descended from ancestors of different races or nationalities ; but particularly, in the United States, the term denotes a person one of whose parents (or more remote ancestors) was a negro. See Hopkins v. Bowers, 111 N. C. 175, 16 S. E. 1.- Wkole blood. Kinship by descent from the same father and mother; as distinguished from half blood, which is the relationship of those who have one parent in common, but not both. Less...

A weregild, or pecuniary mulct paid by a slayer to the relatives of his victim. Also used, in a popular sense, as descriptive of money paid by way of reward for the apprehension and conviction of a person charged with a capital crime.

A weregild, or pecuniary mulct paid by a slayer to the relatives of his victim. Also used, in a popular sense, as descriptive of money paid by way of reward for the apprehension and conviction of a person charged with a capital crime. Less...

See PRECIPITIN TEST.

See PRECIPITIN TEST. Less...

An amercement for bloodshed. Cowell. The privilege of taking such amercements. Skene. A privilege or exemption'from paying a fine or amercement assessed for bloodshed. CowelL

An amercement for bloodshed. Cowell. The privilege of taking such amercements. Skene. A privilege or exemption'from paying a fine or amercement assessed for bloodshed. CowelL Less...

In forest law. The having the hands or other parts bloody; which, in a person caught trespassing in the forest against venison, was one of the four kinds of circumstantial evidence of his having killed deer, although he was not found in the act of chasing or hunting. ManwoocL

In forest law. The having the hands or other parts bloody; which, in a person caught trespassing in the forest against venison, was one of the four kinds of circumstantial evidence of his having killed deer, although he was not found in the act of chasing or hunting. ManwoocL Less...