Legal Term Dictionary

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the Holy Land during the crusades, for the purpose of identifying them, some such contrivance being necessary in order to distinguish More...

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the Holy Land during the crusades, for the purpose of identifying them, some such contrivance being necessary in order to distinguish knights when clad In armor from one another. Wharton. Less...

In medical jurisprudence. A method of serum-diagnosis of insanity from haemolysis (breaking vp of the red corpuscles of the blood) by injections of the venom of cobras or other serpents. This test for Insanity has recently been employed in Germany and some other European countries and in Japan.

In medical jurisprudence. A method of serum-diagnosis of insanity from haemolysis (breaking vp of the red corpuscles of the blood) by injections of the venom of cobras or other serpents. This test for Insanity has recently been employed in Germany and some other European countries and in Japan. Less...

To place the yards of a ship at an angle with the deck. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1288.

To place the yards of a ship at an angle with the deck. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1288. Less...

In English law. A seal belonging to the custom-house, or rather a scroll of parchment, sealed and delivered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants, as a warrant that their merchandises are entered; likewise a sort of measure. Fleta, lib. % c ix.

In English law. A seal belonging to the custom-house, or rather a scroll of parchment, sealed and delivered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants, as a warrant that their merchandises are entered; likewise a sort of measure. Fleta, lib. % c ix. Less...

A name which nsed to be given to the judicial committee of the privy council, the council-room being built on the old cockpit of Whitehall Place.

A name which nsed to be given to the judicial committee of the privy council, the council-room being built on the old cockpit of Whitehall Place. Less...

A boatman; a cockswain. Cowell.

A boatman; a cockswain. Cowell. Less...

A collection or compendium of laws. A complete system of positive law, scientifically arranged, and promulgated by legislative authority. Johnson v. Harrison, 47 Minn. 575, 50 N. W. 923, 28 Am. St Rep. 882; Railroad Co. v. State, 104 Ga. 831, 31 8. E. 531, 42 I* It A. 518; More...

A collection or compendium of laws. A complete system of positive law, scientifically arranged, and promulgated by legislative authority. Johnson v. Harrison, 47 Minn. 575, 50 N. W. 923, 28 Am. St Rep. 882; Railroad Co. v. State, 104 Ga. 831, 31 8. E. 531, 42 I* It A. 518; Railroad Co. v. Weiner, 49 Miss. 739. The collection of laws and constitutions made by order of the Emperor Justinian is distinguished by the appellation of "The Code," by way of eminence. See CODE or JUSTINIAN. A body of law established by the legislative authority, and intended to set forth, in generalised and systematic form, the principles of the entire law, whether written or unwritten, positive or customary, derived from enactment or from precedent Abbott A code is to be distinguished from a digest. Hie subject-matter of the latter is usually reported decisions of the courts. But there are also digests of statutes. These consist of an orderly collection and classification of the existing statutes of a state or nation, while a code is promulgated as one new law covering the whole field of jurisprudence. —Code civil. The code which embodies the civil law of France. Framed in the first instance by a commission of jurists appointed in 1800. This code, after having passed both the tribunate and the legislative body, was promulgated in 1804 as the "Code Civil des Francais." When Napoleon became emperor, the name was changed to that of "Code Napoleon," by which it is still often designated, though it is now officially styled by its original name of "Code Civil."—Code de oommeroe. A French code, enacted in 1807, as a supplement to the Code Napoleon, regulating commercial transactions, the laws of business, bankruptcies, and the jurisdiction and procedure of the courts dealing with these subjects.—Code do procedure civil. That part of the Code Napoleon which regulates the system of courts, their organization, civil procedure, special and extraordinary remedies, and the execution of judgments.— Code d'instrnotion crimineUe. A French code, enacted in 1808. regulating criminal procedure.—Code Napoleon. See CODE CIVIL.— Code noir. Fr. The black code. A body of laws which formerly regulated the institution of slavery in the French colonies.—Code of Justinian. The Code of Justinian (Codex Jus-tinianeus) was a collection of imperial constitutions, compiled, by order of that emperor, by a commission of ten jurists, including Tribonian, and promulgated A. D. 523. It comprised twelve books, and was the first of the four compilations of law which make np the Corpus Juris Civilis. This name is often met in a connection indicating that the entire Corpus Juris Civilis is intended, or, sometimes, the Digest; but its use should be confined to the Code*.— Code penal. The penal or criminal code of France, enacted in 1810.—Codification. The process of collecting and arranging the laws of a country or state into a code, t. e., into a complete system of positive law, scientifically ordered, and promulgated by legislative authority. Less...

Lat. A code or collection of laws; particularly the Code of Justinian. Also a roll or volume, and a book written on paper or parchment —Codex Gregorianns. A collection of imperial constitutions made by Gregorius, a Roman jurist of the fifth century, about the middle of the century. It contained More...

Lat. A code or collection of laws; particularly the Code of Justinian. Also a roll or volume, and a book written on paper or parchment —Codex Gregorianns. A collection of imperial constitutions made by Gregorius, a Roman jurist of the fifth century, about the middle of the century. It contained the constitutions from Hadrian down to Constantine. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 63.—Codex Hermogeni-anns. A collection of imperial constitutions made by Hermogenes, a jurist of the fifth century. It was nothing more than a supplement to the Codex Gregorianns, (supra,) containing the constitutions of Diocletian and Maximilian. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 63.—Codex Justinian-ens. A collection of imperial constitutions, made by a commission of ten persons appointed by Justinian, A. D. 528.—-Codex repetita) prseloetionis. The new code of Justinian; or the new edition of the first or old code, promulgated A. D. 534. being the one now extant Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 78. Tayl. Civil Law, 22.—Codex Theodosianus. A code compiled by the emperor Theodosius the younger, A. D. 438, being a methodical collection, in sixteen books, of all the imperial constitutions then in force. It was - the only body of civil law publicly received as authentic in the western part of Europe till the twelfth century, the use and authority of the Code of Justinian being daring that interval confined to the East. 1 Bl. Comm. 81.—Codex vetus. The old code. The first edition of the Code of Justinian; now lost. Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 70. Less...

A testamentary disposition subsequent to a will, and by which the will is altered, explained, added to, subtracted from, or confirmed by way of republication, but in no case totally revoked. Lamb v. Lamb, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 376; Dunham v. Averlll, 45 Conn. 70, 20 Am. Rep. 642; Green v. More...

A testamentary disposition subsequent to a will, and by which the will is altered, explained, added to, subtracted from, or confirmed by way of republication, but in no case totally revoked. Lamb v. Lamb, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 376; Dunham v. Averlll, 45 Conn. 70, 20 Am. Rep. 642; Green v. Lane, 45 N. C. 113; Grimball v. Patton, 70 Ala. 631; Proctor v. Clarke, 3 Redf. Sur. (N. Y.) 448. A codicil is an addition or supplement to a will, either to add to, take from, or alter the provisions of the will. It must be executed with the same formality as a will, and, when admitted to probate, forms a part of the will. Code Ga. 1882, § 2404. Less...

In the Roman law. A codicil; an informal and Inferior kind of will, in use among the Romans.

In the Roman law. A codicil; an informal and Inferior kind of will, in use among the Romans. Less...