Legal Term Dictionary

The fraternity of an abbey or priory, as societas is the number of fellows in a college. A religious house, now regarded as a merely voluntary association, not importing civil death. 33 Law J. Ch. 308.

The fraternity of an abbey or priory, as societas is the number of fellows in a college. A religious house, now regarded as a merely voluntary association, not importing civil death. 33 Law J. Ch. 308. Less...

A private assembly or meeting for the exercise of religion. The word was first an appellation of reproach to the religious assemblies of Wycllffe in 'the reigns of pdward III. and Richard II., and was afterwards applied to a meeting of dissenters from the established church. As this word In More...

A private assembly or meeting for the exercise of religion. The word was first an appellation of reproach to the religious assemblies of Wycllffe in 'the reigns of pdward III. and Richard II., and was afterwards applied to a meeting of dissenters from the established church. As this word In strict propriety denotes an unlawful assembly, It cannot be justly applied to the assembling of persons in places of worship licensed according to the requisitions of law. Wharton. Less...

In canon law. The act of summoning or calling together the parties by summoning the defendant. La the civil law. A compact, agreement, or convention. An agreement between two or more persons respecting a legal relation between them. The term is one of very wide scope, and applies to all More...

In canon law. The act of summoning or calling together the parties by summoning the defendant. La the civil law. A compact, agreement, or convention. An agreement between two or more persons respecting a legal relation between them. The term is one of very wide scope, and applies to all classes of subjects In which an engagement or business relation may be founded by agreement. It is to be distinguished from the negotiations or preliminary transactions on the object of the convention and fixing its extent, which are not binding so long as the convention is not concluded. Mackeld. Rom. Law, §§ 385, 386. In contracts. An agreement; a covenant Cowell. —Conventio in nnnm. In the civil law. The agreement between the two parties to a contract upon the sense of the contract proposed. It is an essential part of the contract, following the pollicitation or proposal emanating from the one, and followed by the consension or agreement of the other. Oonrentio priratoruin non potest pnh-lieo jnri derogare. The agreement of private persons cannot derogate from public right <• e>, cannot prevent the application of general rules of law, or render valid any contravention of law. Co. Litt 166a; Wing. Max. p. 746, max. 201. Conventio vincit legem. The express agreement of parties overcomes [prevails against] the law. Story, Ag. $ 368. Less...

In Roman law. An agreement between parties; a pact A convention was a mutual engagement between two persons, possessing all the subjective requisites of a contract, but which did not give rise to an action, nor receive the sanction of the law, as bearing an "obligation," until the objective requisite More...

In Roman law. An agreement between parties; a pact A convention was a mutual engagement between two persons, possessing all the subjective requisites of a contract, but which did not give rise to an action, nor receive the sanction of the law, as bearing an "obligation," until the objective requisite of a solemn ceremonial, (such as stipulatio) was supplied. In other words, convention was the informal agreement of .the parties, which formed the basis of a contract, and which became a contract when the external formalities were superimposed. See Maine, Anc. Law, 313. "The division of conventions into contracts and pacts was important in* the Roman law. The former were such conventions as already, by the older civil law, founded an obligation and action; all the other conventions were termed 4Dacts.' These generally did not produce an actionable obligation. Actionability was subsequently given to several pacts, whereby they received the same power and efficacy that contracts received." Mackeld. Rom. Law, ft 395. In English law. An extraordinary assembly of the houses of lords and commons, without the assent or summons of the sovereign. It can only be Justified ex necessitate rei, as the parliament which restored Charles II., and that which disposed of the crown and kingdom to William and Mary. Wharton. Also the name of an old writ that lay for the breach of a covenant. In legislation. An assembly of delegates or representatives chosen by the people for special and extraordinary legislative pur* poses, such as the framing or revision of a state constitution. Also an assembly of delegates chosen by a political party, or by the party organization in a larger or smaller territory, to nominate candidates for an approaching election. State v. Metcalf, 18 S. D. 393, 100 N. W. 925, 67 L. R. A. 331; State v. Tooker, 18 Mont. 540, 46 Pac. 530, 34 L. R. A. 315; Schafer v. Whipple, 25 Colo. 400, 55 Pac. 180. Constitutional convention. See CONSTITUTION. In public and international law. A pact or agreement between states or nations in the nature of a treaty; usually applied (a) to agreements or arrangements preliminary to a formal treaty or to serve as Its basis, or (b) international agreements for the regulation of matters of common Interest but not coming within the sphere of politics or commercial Intercourse, such as international postage or the protection of submarine cables. U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 3589; U. S. v. Hunter (C. C.) 21 Fed. 615. Less...

Depending on, or arising from, the mutual agreement of parties; as distinguished from legal, which means created by, or arising from, the act of the law. As to conventional "Estates," "Interest," "Mortgage," "Subrogation," and "Trustees," see those titles.

Depending on, or arising from, the mutual agreement of parties; as distinguished from legal, which means created by, or arising from, the act of the law. As to conventional "Estates," "Interest," "Mortgage," "Subrogation," and "Trustees," see those titles. Less...

The name of a writ for the breach of any covenant in writing, whether real or personal. Reg. Orig. 115; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 145.

The name of a writ for the breach of any covenant in writing, whether real or personal. Reg. Orig. 115; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 145. Less...

This name is sometimes given to compacts or treaties with foreign countries as to the apprehension and extradition of fugitive offenders. See EXTRADITION.

This name is sometimes given to compacts or treaties with foreign countries as to the apprehension and extradition of fugitive offenders. See EXTRADITION. Less...

In ecclesiastical law. That which consists of regular clerks, professing some order or religion; or of dean and chapter; or other societies of spiritual men.

In ecclesiastical law. That which consists of regular clerks, professing some order or religion; or of dean and chapter; or other societies of spiritual men. Less...

Religious men united in a convent or religious house. Cowell.

Religious men united in a convent or religious house. Cowell. Less...

Lat. A coming together; a convention or assembly. Conventus magna-turn vel procerum (the assembly of chief men or peers) was one of the names of the English parliament 1 BL Comm. 148. In the civil law. The term meant a gathering together of people; a crowd assembled for any purpose; More...

Lat. A coming together; a convention or assembly. Conventus magna-turn vel procerum (the assembly of chief men or peers) was one of the names of the English parliament 1 BL Comm. 148. In the civil law. The term meant a gathering together of people; a crowd assembled for any purpose; also a convention, pact or bargain. —Conventus jurldicus. In the Roman law. A court of sessions held in the Roman provinces, by the president of the province, assisted by a certain number of counsellors and assessors, at fixed periods, to hear and determine suits, and to provide for the civil administration of the province. Schm. Civil Law, Introd. 17. Less...