Legal Term Dictionary

Persons guilty of a conspiracy. Those who bind themselves by oath, covenant or other alliance that each of them shall aid the other falsely and maliciously to indict persons; or falsely to move and maintain pleas, etc. 33 Edw. I. St 2. Besides these, there are conspirators in treasonable purposes; More...

Persons guilty of a conspiracy. Those who bind themselves by oath, covenant or other alliance that each of them shall aid the other falsely and maliciously to indict persons; or falsely to move and maintain pleas, etc. 33 Edw. I. St 2. Besides these, there are conspirators in treasonable purposes; as for plotting against the government Wharton. Less...

In medieval law. The name given to a very high functionary under the French and English kings, the dignity and importance of whose office was only second to that of the monarch. He was in general the leader of the royal armies, and had cognizance of all matters pertaining to More...

In medieval law. The name given to a very high functionary under the French and English kings, the dignity and importance of whose office was only second to that of the monarch. He was in general the leader of the royal armies, and had cognizance of all matters pertaining to war and arms, exercising both civil and military Jurisdiction. He was also charged with the conservation of the peace of the nation. Thus there was a "Constable of France" and a "Lord High Constable of England." In English law. A public civil officer, whose proper and general duty Is to keep the peace within his district though he is frequently charged with additional duties. 1 BL Comm. 356. High constables, in England, are officers appointed in every hundred or franchise, whose proper duty seems to be to keep the king's peace within their respective hundreds. 1 Bl. Comm. 356 ; 8 Steph. Comm. 47. Petty constables are inferior officers in every town and parish, suoordinate to the high constable of the hundred, whose principal duty is the preservation of the peace, though they also have other particular duties assigned to them by act of parliament, particularly the service of the summonses and the execution of the warrants of justices of the peace. 1 Bl. Comm. 356 ; 3 Steph. Comm. 47, 48. Special constables are persons appointed (with or without their consent) by the magistrates to execute warrants on particular occasions, as in the case of riots, etc. In American law. An officer of a municipal corporation (usually elected) whose duties are similar to those of the sheriff, though his powers are less and his jurisdiction smaller. He is to preserve the public peace, execute the process of magistrates' courts, and of some other tribunals, serve writs, attend the sessions of the criminal courts, have the custody of juries, and discharge other functions sometimes assigned to him by the local law or by statute. Comm. v. Deacon, 8 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 47; Leavitt v. Leavitt, 135 Mass. 191; Allor v. Wayne . County, 43 Mich. 76, 4 N. W. 492. —Constable of a eastle. In English law. An officer having charge of a castle; a warden, or keeper; otherwise called a "castellain."— Constable of England. (Called, also, "Marshal.") His office consisted in the care of the common peace of the realm in deeds of arms and matters of war. Lamb. Const 4.—Constable of 8eotland. An officer who was formerly entitled to command all the king's armies in the absence of the king, and to take cognizance of all crimes committed within four miles of the king's person or of parliament the privy council, or any general convention of the states of the kingdom. The office was hereditary in the family of Errol, and was abolished by the 20 Geo. III. c. 43. Bell; Ersk. Inst 1, 3, 37. —Constable of tbe exchequer. An officer mentioned in Fleta, lib. 2, c. 31.—High constable of England, lord. His office has been disused (except only upon great and solemn occasions, as the coronation, or the like) since the attainder of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry VII. Less...

In English law. The territorial jurisdiction of a constable; as bailiwick is of a bailiff or sheriff. 5 Nev. A M. 261.

In English law. The territorial jurisdiction of a constable; as bailiwick is of a bailiff or sheriff. 5 Nev. A M. 261. Less...

An officer of horse; an officer having charge of foot or horse; a naval commander; an officer having charge of military affairs generally. Spelman.

An officer of horse; an officer having charge of foot or horse; a naval commander; an officer having charge of military affairs generally. Spelman. Less...

It is clear or evident; it appears ; it is certain; there is no doubt Non constat, it does not appear. A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer made, at the request of any person who Intended to plead or move in that court More...

It is clear or evident; it appears ; it is certain; there is no doubt Non constat, it does not appear. A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors of the exchequer made, at the request of any person who Intended to plead or move in that court for the discharge of anything. The effect of it was the certifying what appears (constat) upon record, touching the matter in question. Wharton. Less...

In French law. An affidavit made by a huissier, setting forth the appearance, form, quality, color, etc., of any article upon which a suit depends. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 554.

In French law. An affidavit made by a huissier, setting forth the appearance, form, quality, color, etc., of any article upon which a suit depends. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 554. Less...

To establish, constitute, or ordain. "Constating instruments" of a corporation are its charter, organic law, or the grant of powers to it See examples of the use of the term, Green's Brice, Ultra Vires, p. 39: Ackerman v. Halsey, 37 N. J. Eq. 363.

To establish, constitute, or ordain. "Constating instruments" of a corporation are its charter, organic law, or the grant of powers to it See examples of the use of the term, Green's Brice, Ultra Vires, p. 39: Ackerman v. Halsey, 37 N. J. Eq. 363. Less...

A word used as a correlative to "attorney," to denote one who constitutes another his agent or invests the other with authority to act for him. It Is also nsed in the language of politics, as a correlative to "representative," the constituents of a legislator being those whom he represents More...

A word used as a correlative to "attorney," to denote one who constitutes another his agent or invests the other with authority to act for him. It Is also nsed in the language of politics, as a correlative to "representative," the constituents of a legislator being those whom he represents and whose interests he is to care for in public affairs; usually the electors of his district Less...

Lat. To appoint, constitute, establish, ordain, or undertake. Used principally in ancient powers of attorney, and now supplanted by the English word "constitute."

Lat. To appoint, constitute, establish, ordain, or undertake. Used principally in ancient powers of attorney, and now supplanted by the English word "constitute." Less...

A Latin term, signifying tee constitute or appoint.

A Latin term, signifying tee constitute or appoint. Less...