Legal Term Dictionary

One who is in the habit of being in a particular place is said to be conversant there. Barnes, 162. Acquainted; familiar.

One who is in the habit of being in a particular place is said to be conversant there. Barnes, 162. Acquainted; familiar. Less...

In old English law. Conversant or dwelling; commorant.

In old English law. Conversant or dwelling; commorant. Less...

Manner of living; habits of life; conduct; as in the phrase "chaste life and conversation." Bradshaw v. People, 153 111. 156, 38 N. E. 652. "Criminal conversation" means seduction of another man's wife, considered as an actionable injury to the husband. Prettyman v. Williamson, 1 Pennewill (Del.) 224, 39 Atl. More...

Manner of living; habits of life; conduct; as in the phrase "chaste life and conversation." Bradshaw v. People, 153 111. 156, 38 N. E. 652. "Criminal conversation" means seduction of another man's wife, considered as an actionable injury to the husband. Prettyman v. Williamson, 1 Pennewill (Del.) 224, 39 Atl. 731; Crocker v. Crocker, 98 Fed. 702. Less...

The transposition of the subject and predicate in a proposition, as:' "Everything is good in its place." Converse, "Nothing is good which is not in its place." Wharton.

The transposition of the subject and predicate in a proposition, as:' "Everything is good in its place." Converse, "Nothing is good which is not in its place." Wharton. Less...

In equity. The transformation of one species of property into another, as money into land or land into money; or, more particularly, a fiction of law, by which equity assumes that such a transformation has taken place (contrary to the fact) when it is rendered necessary by the equities of More...

In equity. The transformation of one species of property into another, as money into land or land into money; or, more particularly, a fiction of law, by which equity assumes that such a transformation has taken place (contrary to the fact) when it is rendered necessary by the equities of the case,—as to carry into effect the directions of a will or settlement,—and by which the property so dealt with becomes invested with the properties and attributes of that Into which it is supposed to have been converted. Seymour v. Freer, 8 Wall. 214, 19 L. Ed. 306; Uaward v. Peavey, 128 111. 430, 21 N. BL 503, 15 Am. St Rep. 120; Yerkes v. Yerkes, 200 Pa. 419, 50 Atl. 186; Appeal of Clarke, 70 Conn. 195, 39 Atl. 155. At law. An unauthorized assumption and exercise of the right of ownership over goods-or personal chattels belonging to another, to the alteration of their condition or the exclusion of the owner's rights. Baldwin v. Cole, 6 Mod. 212; Trust Co. v. Tod, 170 N. Y. 233, 63 N. E. 285; Boyce v. Brockway, 31 N. Y. 490; University v. Bank, 96 N. C. 280, 3 S. E. 359; Webber v. Davis, 44 Me. 147, 69 Am. Dec. 87; Gilman v. Hill, 36 N. H. 311; Stough v. Stefani, 19 Neb. 468, 27 N. W. 445; Schroeppel v. Corning, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 286; Aschermann v. Brewing Co., 45 Wis. 266. . —Constructive conversion. An. implied or virtual conversion, which takes place where a person does such acts in reference to the goods of another as amount in law to the appropriation of the property to himself. Scruggs v. Scruggs (C. C.) 105 Fed. 28; Laverty v. Sneth-en, 68 N. Y. 524, 23 Am. Rep. 184. Less...

To pass or transmit the title to property from one to another; to transfer property or the title to property by deed, or instrument under seaL To convey real estate is, by an appropriate instrument, to transfer the legal title to it from the present owner to another. Abend roth More...

To pass or transmit the title to property from one to another; to transfer property or the title to property by deed, or instrument under seaL To convey real estate is, by an appropriate instrument, to transfer the legal title to it from the present owner to another. Abend roth v. Greenwich, 29 Conn. 356. Convey .relates properly to the disposition of real property, not to personal. Dickerman v. Abrahams, 21 Barb. (N. Y.) 551, 561. Less...

In pleading. Introduction or inducement In real property law. The transfer of the title of land from one person or class of persons to another. Klein v. McNamara, 54 Miss. 105; Alexander v. State, 28 Tex. Appw 186, 12 S. W. 595; Brown v. Fitz, 13 N. H. 283; Pickett More...

In pleading. Introduction or inducement In real property law. The transfer of the title of land from one person or class of persons to another. Klein v. McNamara, 54 Miss. 105; Alexander v. State, 28 Tex. Appw 186, 12 S. W. 595; Brown v. Fitz, 13 N. H. 283; Pickett v. Buckner, 45 Miss. 245; Dickerman v. Abrahams, 21 Barb. (N. Y.) 551. . An instrument in writing under seal, (anciently termed an "assurance,") by which some estate or interest in lands Is transferred from one person to another; such as a deed, mortgage, etc. 2 Bl. Comm. 293, 295, 309. Conveyance includes every instrument in writing by which any estate or interest in real estate is created, aliened, mortgaged, or assigned, or by which tbe title to amy real estate may be affected in law or equity, except last wills and testaments, leases for a term not exceeding three years, and executory contracts for the sale or purchase of lands. 1 Rev. St N. Y. p. 762, i. 38;. Gen. St. Minn. 1878, c. 40, § 26; How. St Mich, 1882, f 5689. The term "conveyance," as used in the California Code, embraces every Instrument in writing by which any estate or Interest in real property is created, aliened, mortgaged, or incumbered, or by which the title to any real property may be affected, except wills. Civil Code Cal. f 1215. —Absolute or conditional conveyance. An absolute conveyance is one by which the right or property in a thing is transferred, free of any condition or qualification, by which it might be defeated or changed; as an ordinary deed of lands, in contradistinction to a mortgage, which is a conditional conveyance. Burrill ; Falconer v. Buffalo, etc., R. Co., 09 N. Y. 491.—Mesne conveyance. An intermediate conveyance; one occupying an intermediate position in a chain of title between the first grantee and the present holder.—Primary conveyances. Those by means whereof the benefit or estate is created or first arises; as distinguished from those whereby it may be enlarged, restrained, transferred, or extinguished. The term includes feoffment, gift, grant, lease, exchange, and partition, and is opposed to derivative conveyances, such as release, surrender, confirmation, etc. 2 Bl. Comm. 309.—Secondary conveyances. The name given to that class of conveyances which presuppose some other conveyance precedent, and only serve to enlarge, confirm, alter, restrain, restore, or transfer the interest granted by such original conveyance. 2 Bl. Comm. 324. Otherwise termed "derivative conveyances," (q. v.)—Voluntary oonvevance. A conveyance without valuable consideration; such as a deed or settlement in favor of a wife or children.. See Gentry v. Field, 143 Mo. 399, 45 S. W. 286; Trumbull v. Hewitt, 62 Conn. 451, 26 Atl. 350; Martin v. White, 115 Ga. 866, 42 S. E. 279. As to fraudulent conveyances, see FRAUDULENT. Less...

One whose business it is to draw deeds, bonds, mortgages, wills, writs, or other legal papers, or to examine titles to real estate. 14 St.-at Large, 118. He who draws conveyances; especially a barrister who confines himself to drawing conveyances, and other chamber practice. Mozley & Whitley.

One whose business it is to draw deeds, bonds, mortgages, wills, writs, or other legal papers, or to examine titles to real estate. 14 St.-at Large, 118. He who draws conveyances; especially a barrister who confines himself to drawing conveyances, and other chamber practice. Mozley & Whitley. Less...

A term Including both the science and act of transferring titles to real estate from one mah to another. Conveyancing is that part of the lawyer's business which relates to the alienation and transmission of property and other rights from one person to another, and to the framing of legal More...

A term Including both the science and act of transferring titles to real estate from one mah to another. Conveyancing is that part of the lawyer's business which relates to the alienation and transmission of property and other rights from one person to another, and to the framing of legal documents intended to create, define, transfer, or extinguish rights. It therefore includes the investigation of the title to land, and the preparation of agreements, wills, articles of association, private statutes operating as conveyances, and many other instruments In addition to conveyances properly so called. Sweet; Livermore v. Bagley, 3 Mass. 505. Less...

Certain counsel, not less than six in number, appointed by the lord chancellor, for the purpose of assisting the court of chancery, or any judge thereof, with their opinion in matters of title and conveyancing. Mozley & Whitley. Convicia si irasoarls tna divnlgas; sprota ozolosonnt. 3 Inst. 198. If you More...

Certain counsel, not less than six in number, appointed by the lord chancellor, for the purpose of assisting the court of chancery, or any judge thereof, with their opinion in matters of title and conveyancing. Mozley & Whitley. Convicia si irasoarls tna divnlgas; sprota ozolosonnt. 3 Inst. 198. If you be moved to anger by insults, you publish them; if despised, they are forgotten. Less...