Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. Common things, res communes. Such as running water, the air, the sea, and sea shores. Bract fol. 7b.

In old English law. Common things, res communes. Such as running water, the air, the sea, and sea shores. Bract fol. 7b. Less...

In old English law. Common pleas or actions; those between one subject and another, as distinguished from pleas of the crown.

In old English law. Common pleas or actions; those between one subject and another, as distinguished from pleas of the crown. Less...

An ancient writ directed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, forbidding them to hold pleas between common persons (i. e., not debtors to the king, who alone originally sued and were sued there) in that court, where neither of the parties belonged to the same. Reg. Orig. 187.

An ancient writ directed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, forbidding them to hold pleas between common persons (i. e., not debtors to the king, who alone originally sued and were sued there) in that court, where neither of the parties belonged to the same. Reg. Orig. 187. Less...

In feudal law on the continent of Europe, this name was given to towns enfranchised by the crown, about the twelfth century, and formed into free corporations by grants called "charters of community."

In feudal law on the continent of Europe, this name was given to towns enfranchised by the crown, about the twelfth century, and formed into free corporations by grants called "charters of community." Less...

In ordinary years; on the annual average.

In ordinary years; on the annual average. Less...

Information given; the sharing of knowledge by one with another; conference; consultation or bargain* ing preparatory to making a contract Also intercourse; connection. 4 In French law. The production of a merchant's books, by delivering them either to a person designated by the court, or to his adversary, to be More...

Information given; the sharing of knowledge by one with another; conference; consultation or bargain* ing preparatory to making a contract Also intercourse; connection. 4 In French law. The production of a merchant's books, by delivering them either to a person designated by the court, or to his adversary, to be examined in all their parts, and as shall be deemed necessary to the suit Arg. Fr. Merc Law, 552. —Confidential communications. These are certain classes of communications, passing between persons who stand in a confidential or fiduciary relation to each other, (or who, on account of their relative situation, are -under a special duty of secrecy and fidelity,) which the law will not permit to be divulged, or allow them to be inquired into in a court of justice, for the sake of public policy and the good order of society. Examples of such privileged relations are those of husband and wife and attorney and client. Hatton v. Robinson, 14 Pick. (Mass.) 416, 25 Am. Dec. 415 ; Parker v. Carter, 4 Munf. (Va.) 287, 6 Am. Dec. 513; Chirac v. Reinicker, 11 Wheat 280, 6 L. Ed. 474: Parkhurst v. Berdell, 110 N. Y. 386, 18 N. E. 123, 6 Am. St Rep. 384.—Privileged communication. In the law of evidence. A communication made to a counsel, solicitor, or attorney, in professional confidence, and which he is not permitted to divulge; otherwise called a "confidential communication." 1 Starkie, Ev. 185. In the law of libel and slander. A de* famatory statement made to another in pursuance of a duty, political, judicial, social, or personal, so that an action for libel or slander will not lie, though the statement be false, unless in the last two cases actual malice be S roved in addition. Bacon v. Railroad Co., 66 lich. 166. 33 N. W. 181. Less...

In Scotch law. The negotiations preliminary to the entering into a contract

In Scotch law. The negotiations preliminary to the entering into a contract Less...

In the civil law. A term signifying a community (q. v.) of goods.

In the civil law. A term signifying a community (q. v.) of goods. Less...

In Scotch law. The right enjoyed by married persons in the movable goods belonging to them. Bell. Communis error facit jus. Commou error makes law. 4 Inst 240; Noy, Max. p. 37, max. 27. Common error goeth for a law. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, no. 54. Common error More...

In Scotch law. The right enjoyed by married persons in the movable goods belonging to them. Bell. Communis error facit jus. Commou error makes law. 4 Inst 240; Noy, Max. p. 37, max. 27. Common error goeth for a law. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, no. 54. Common error sometimes passes current • as law. Broom, Max. 139, 140. Less...

Common opinion; general professional opinion. According to Lord Coke, (who places it on the footing of observance or usage,) common opinion is good authority in law. Co. Litt 186a.

Common opinion; general professional opinion. According to Lord Coke, (who places it on the footing of observance or usage,) common opinion is good authority in law. Co. Litt 186a. Less...