Legal Term Dictionary

In the civil law. A common or party wall. Dig. 8, 2, 8, 13.

In the civil law. A common or party wall. Dig. 8, 2, 8, 13. Less...

In old English law. A common scold, (q. v.) 4 Bl. Comm. 168.

In old English law. A common scold, (q. v.) 4 Bl. Comm. 168. Less...

In old English law. A common writing; a writing common to both parties; a chirograph. Glan. lib. 8, c. 1.

In old English law. A common writing; a writing common to both parties; a chirograph. Glan. lib. 8, c. 1. Less...

A common stock of descent; a common ancestor.

A common stock of descent; a common ancestor. Less...

A name given to proposed systems of life or social organization based npon the fundamental principle of the non-existence of private property and of a community of goods in a society. An equality of distribution of the physical means of life and enjoyment as a transition to a still higher More...

A name given to proposed systems of life or social organization based npon the fundamental principle of the non-existence of private property and of a community of goods in a society. An equality of distribution of the physical means of life and enjoyment as a transition to a still higher standard of justice that all should work according to their capacity and receive according to their wants. 1 Mill, Pol. Be 248. Less...

The general assembly of the kingdom of England. One of the ancient names of the English parliament 1 Bl. Comm. 148.

The general assembly of the kingdom of England. One of the ancient names of the English parliament 1 Bl. Comm. 148. Less...

A society of people living in the same place, under the same laws and regulations, and who have common rights and privileges. In re Huss, 126 N. Y. 537, 27 N. Bl 784, 12 L. R. A. 620; Oilman v. Dwight, 13 Gray (Mass.) 356, 74 Am. Dec 634; Cunningham More...

A society of people living in the same place, under the same laws and regulations, and who have common rights and privileges. In re Huss, 126 N. Y. 537, 27 N. Bl 784, 12 L. R. A. 620; Oilman v. Dwight, 13 Gray (Mass.) 356, 74 Am. Dec 634; Cunningham v. Underwood, 116 Fed. 808, 53 0. 0. A, 99; Berkson v. Railway CO., 144 Mo. 211, 45 S. W. 1119. In the civil law. A corporation or body politic. Dig. 3, 4. In French law. A species of partnership which a man and a woman contract when they are lawfully married to each other. —Community debt. One chargeable to the community (of husband and wife) rather than to either of the parties individually. Calhoun v. Leary, 6 Wash. 17. 32 Pac. 1070.—Community of profits. This term, as used in the definition of a partnership, (to which a community of profits is essential,) means a proprietorship in them as distinguished from a personal claim upon the other associate, a property right' in them from the start in one associate as much as in the other. Bradley v. Ely. 24 Ind. App. 2, 56 N. E. 44, 79 Am. St. Rep. 251; Moore v. Williams, 26 Tex. Civ. App. 142, 62 S. W. 977.—Community property. Community property is property acquired by husband and wife, or either, during marriage, when not acquired as tbe separate property of either. In re Lux's Estate, 114 Cal. 73, 45 Pac. 1023; Mitchell v. Mitchell, 80 Tex. 101, 15 S. W. 705; Ames v. Hubby, 49 Tex. 705; Holyoke v. Jackson, 3 Wash. T. 235, 3 Pac. 841; Civ. Code Cal. ft 687. This partnership or community consists of the profits of all the effects of which the husband has the administration and enjoyment either of right or in fact, of the produce of the reciprocal industry and labor of both husband and wife, and of the estates which they may acquire during the marriage, either by donations made jointly to them both, or by purchase, or in any other similar way, even although the purchase be only in the name of one of the two, and not of both, because in that case the period of time when the purchase is made is alone attended to, and not the person who made the purchase. Civ. Code La. art. 2402. Less...

In criminal law. Change; substitution. The substitution of one punishment for another, after conviction of the party subject to it The change of a punishment from a greater to a less; as from hanging to imprisonment Commutation of a punishment is not a conditional pardon, but the substitution of a More...

In criminal law. Change; substitution. The substitution of one punishment for another, after conviction of the party subject to it The change of a punishment from a greater to a less; as from hanging to imprisonment Commutation of a punishment is not a conditional pardon, but the substitution of a lower for a higher grade of punishment, and is presumed to be for the culprit's benefit In re Victor, 31 Ohio St 207; Ex parte Janes, 1 Nev. 321; Rich v. Chamberlain, 107 Mich. 881, 65 N. W. 235. In civil matters. The conversion of the right to receive a variable or periodical payment into the right to receive a fixed or gross payment Commutation may be effected by private agreement but' it is usually done under a statute. —Commutation of taxes. Payment of a designated lump sum (permanent or annual) for the privilege of exemption from taxes, or the settlement in advance of a specific sum in lieu of an ad valorem tax. Cotton Mfg. Co. v. New Orleans, 31 La. Ann. 440.—Commutation of tithes. Signifies the conversion of tithes into a fixed payment in money.—Commutation ticket. A railroad ticket giving the holder the right to travel at a certain rate for a limited number of trips (or for an unlimited number within a certain period of time) for a less amount than would be paid in the aggregate for so many separate trips. Interstate Commerce Com'n v. Baltimore & O. R. Co. (C. C.) 43 Fed. 56. Less...

See CONTRACT.

See CONTRACT. Less...

See JUSTICE.

See JUSTICE. Less...