Legal Term Dictionary

The feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of the place, but by those of all the neighboring villages, who usually came thither; and such assemblies were allowed as lawful. It More...

The feast of dedication of churches, or rather the feast day of the saint and patron of a church, which was celebrated not only by the inhabitants of the place, but by those of all the neighboring villages, who usually came thither; and such assemblies were allowed as lawful. It was usual for the people to feast and to drink on those daj*s. Cowell. Less...

(Lat. We have given and granted.) Words used by the king, or where there were more grantors than one, instead of dedi et eoncessi.

(Lat. We have given and granted.) Words used by the king, or where there were more grantors than one, instead of dedi et eoncessi. Less...

(We have given power.) In English practice. A writ or commission issuing out of chancery, empowering the persons named therein to perform certain acts, as to administer oaths to defendants in chancery and take their answers, to administer oaths of office to justices of the peace, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. More...

(We have given power.) In English practice. A writ or commission issuing out of chancery, empowering the persons named therein to perform certain acts, as to administer oaths to defendants in chancery and take their answers, to administer oaths of office to justices of the peace, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. 447. It was anciently allowed for many purposes not now in use, as to make an attorney, to take the acknowledgment of a fine, etc. In the United States, a commission to take testimony is sometimes termed a "dedimus potettatem." Buddicum v. Kirk, 3 Cranch, 293, 2 L. Ed. 444; Sergeant's Lessee v. Bid-die, 4 Wheat. 508, 4 L. Ed. 627. Less...

In old English practice. A writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court by attorney without this writ

In old English practice. A writ, issued by royal authority, empowering an attorney to appear for a defendant Prior to the statute of Westminster 2, a party could not appear in court by attorney without this writ Less...

The act of yielding up anything ; surrender.

The act of yielding up anything ; surrender. Less...

In Roman law. Criminals who had been marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron, so that the mark could not be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calvin.

In Roman law. Criminals who had been marked in the face or on the body with fire or an iron, so that the mark could not be erased, and subsequently manumitted. Calvin. Less...

By "deduction" is understood a portion or thing which an heir has a right to take from the mass of the succession before any partition takes place. Civil Code La. art. 1358.

By "deduction" is understood a portion or thing which an heir has a right to take from the mass of the succession before any partition takes place. Civil Code La. art. 1358. Less...

In marine insurance. An allowance or drawback credited to the insurers on the cost of repairing a vessel for damage arising from the perils of the sea insured against. This allowance is usually one-third, and is made on the theory that the parts restored with new materials are better, in More...

In marine insurance. An allowance or drawback credited to the insurers on the cost of repairing a vessel for damage arising from the perils of the sea insured against. This allowance is usually one-third, and is made on the theory that the parts restored with new materials are better, in that proportion than they were before the damage. Less...

A sealed instrument, containing a contract or covenant, delivered by the party to be bound thereby, and accepted by the party to whom the contract or covenant runs. A writing- containing a contract sealed and delivered to the party thereto. 3 Washb. Real Prop. 239. In its legal sense, a More...

A sealed instrument, containing a contract or covenant, delivered by the party to be bound thereby, and accepted by the party to whom the contract or covenant runs. A writing- containing a contract sealed and delivered to the party thereto. 3 Washb. Real Prop. 239. In its legal sense, a "deed" is an instrument in writing, upon paper or parchment between parties able to contract, subscribed, sealed, and delivered. Insurance Co. v. Avery, 60 Ind. 572; 4 Kent, Comm. 452. In a more restricted sense, a written agreement signed, sealed, and delivered, by which one person conveys land, tenements, or hereditaments to another. This Is its ordinary modern meaning. Sanders v. Riedinger, 30 App. Div. 277, 51 N. Y. Supp. 937; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321, 15 Pac. 177; Dudley v. Sumner, 5 Mass. 470; Fisher v. Pender, 52 N. C. 485. The term is also used as sjTionymous with "fact," "actuality," or "act of parties." Thus a thing "In deed" is one that has been really or expressly done; as opposed to "in law," which means that it is merely implied or presumed to have been done. -Deed In fee. A deed conveying the title to land in fee simple with the usual covenants. Rudd v. Savelli, 44 Ark. 152; Moody v. Railway Co., 5 Wash. 699. 32 Pac. 751.-Deed indented, or indenture. In conveyancing. A deed executed or purporting to be executed in para, between two or more parties, and distinguished by having the edge of the paper or parchment on which it is written indented or cut at the top in a particular manner. This was formerly done at the top or side, in a line resembling the teeth of a saw; a formality derived from the ancient practice of dividing chirographs; but the cutting is now made either in a waving line, or more commonly by notching or nicking the paper at the edge. 2 Bl. Comm. 295,296; Litt. ? 370; Smith, Cont. 12.-Deed of covenant. Covenants are sometimes entered into by a separate deed, for title, or for the indemnity of a purchaser or mortgagee, or for the production of title-deeds. A covenant with a penalty is sometimes taken for the payment of a debt, instead of a bond with a condition, but the legal remedy is the same in either case. -Deed of release. One releasing property from the incumbrance of a mortgage or similar pledge upon payment or performance of the conditions; more specifically, where a deed of trust to one or more trustees has been executed, pledging real property for the payment of a debt or the performance of other conditions, substantially as in the case of a mortgage, a deed of release is the conveyance executed by the trustees, after payment or performance, for the purpose of divesting themselves of the legal title and revesting it in the original owner. See Swain v. McMillan, 30 Mont 433, 76 Pac. 943.-Deed of separation. An instrument by which, through the medium of some third person acting as trustee, provision is made by a husband for separation from his wife and for her separate maintenance. Whitney v. Whitney, 15 Misc. Rep. 72, 36 N. Y. Supp. 891.- Deed of trust. An instrument in use in many states, taking the place and serving the uses of a common-law mortgage, by which the legal title to real property is placed in one or more trustees, to secure the repayment of a sum of money or the performance of other conditions. Bank v. Pierce, 144 Cal. 434, 77 Pac. 1012. See TRUST DEED.-Deed poll In conveyancing. A deed of one part or made by one party only; and originally so called because the edge of the paper or parchment was polled or cut in a straight line, wherein it was distinguished from a deed indented or indenture. As to a special use of this term in Pennsylvania in colonial times, see Herron v. Dater, 120 U. S. 464, 7 Sup. Ct. 620, 30 L. Ed. 748.-Deed to declare uses. A deed made after a fine or common recovery, to show the object thereof.-Deed to lead uses. A deed made before a fine or common recovery, to show the object thereof. As to "Quitclaim" deed, "Tax Deed," "Trust Deed," and "Warranty" deed, see those titles. Less...

To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn. Cory v. Spencer, 67 Kan. 648, 73 Pac. 920, 63 L. R. A. 275; Blaufus v. People, 69 N. Y. Ill, 25 Am. Rep. 148; U. S. v. Doher-ty (D. C.) 27 Fed. 730; Leonard v. Grant (C. C.) 5 Fed. 11. When, by statute, More...

To hold; consider; adjudge; condemn. Cory v. Spencer, 67 Kan. 648, 73 Pac. 920, 63 L. R. A. 275; Blaufus v. People, 69 N. Y. Ill, 25 Am. Rep. 148; U. S. v. Doher-ty (D. C.) 27 Fed. 730; Leonard v. Grant (C. C.) 5 Fed. 11. When, by statute, certain acts are "deemed" to be a crime of a particular nature, they are such crime, aud not a semblance of it nor a mere fanciful approximation to or designation of the offense. Com. v. Pratt 132 Mass. 247. Less...