Legal Term Dictionary

This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants and bondmen might solemnize the day on which the English conquered the Danes, being the second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell.

This was a duty given to the landlord that his tenants and bondmen might solemnize the day on which the English conquered the Danes, being the second Tuesday after Easter week. Cowell. Less...

A knight of the post; a decayed man; a basket carrier. Cowell.

A knight of the post; a decayed man; a basket carrier. Cowell. Less...

A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley of incongruous subjects.

A name applied to a statute which comprises a medley of incongruous subjects. Less...

In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a koto. Orene hoga, Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman.

In old English law. A hill or mountain. In old English, a koto. Orene hoga, Grenehow. Domesday; Spelman. Less...

In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79, ss 4, 12. A young hog. Cowell.

In old English law. A sheep of the second year. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 79, ss 4, 12. A young hog. Cowell. Less...

A hog or swine. Cowell.

A hog or swine. Cowell. Less...

In Saxon law. A house-servant Any stranger who lodged three nights or more at a man's house in a decennary was called "haghenhyne," and his host became responsible for his acts as for those of his servant.

In Saxon law. A house-servant Any stranger who lodged three nights or more at a man's house in a decennary was called "haghenhyne," and his host became responsible for his acts as for those of his servant. Less...

A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixty-three gallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinite contents, but usually containing from one hundred to one hundred and forty gallons. Webster.

A measure of a capacity containing the fourth part of a tun, or sixty-three gallons. Cowell. A large cask, of indefinite contents, but usually containing from one hundred to one hundred and forty gallons. Webster. Less...

v. 1. To possess In virtue of a lawful title; as In the expression, common in grants, "to have and to hold," or in that applied to notes, "the owner and holder." Thompson v. Sandford, 13 Ga. 241; Bank of Michigan v. Nlles, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 407, 41 Am. Dec. More...

v. 1. To possess In virtue of a lawful title; as In the expression, common in grants, "to have and to hold," or in that applied to notes, "the owner and holder." Thompson v. Sandford, 13 Ga. 241; Bank of Michigan v. Nlles, 1 Doug. (Mich.) 407, 41 Am. Dec. 575; Stansbury v. Hubner, 73 Md. 228, 20 Atl. 904, 11 L. R. A. 204, 25 Am. St Rep. 584. 2. To be the grantee or tenant of another; to take or have an estate from another. Properly, to have an estate on condition of paying rent, or performing service. 3. To adjudge or decide, spoken of a court, particularly to declare the conclusion of law reached by the court as to the legal effect of the facts disclosed. 4. To maintain or sustain; to be under the necessity or duty of sustaining or proving; as when it is said that a party "holds the affirmative" or negative of an issue in a cause. 5. To bind or obligate; to restrain or constrain; to keep in custody or under an obligation; as in the phrases "hold to bail," "hold for court," "held and firmly bound," etc. 6. To administer; to conduct or preside at; to convoke, open, and direct the operations of; as to hold a court, hold pleas, eta Smith v. People, 47 N. Y. 334. 7. To prosecute; to direct and bring about officially; to conduct according to law; as to hold an election. 8. To possess; to occupy; to be in possession and administration of; as to hold office. -Hold over. To hold possession after the expiration of a term or lease. To retain possession of property leased, after the end of the term. To continue in possession of an office and continue to exercise its functions, after the end of the officer's lawful term. State v. Simon, 20 Or. 365, 26 Pac. 174; Frost v. Akron Iron Co., 1 App. Div. 449, 37 N. Y. Supp. 874.-Hold pleas. To hear or try causes. 3 Bl. Comm. 35. 298. Less...

n. In old law. Tenure. A word constantly occurring in conjunction with others, as freehold, leasehold, copyhold, etc., hut rarely met with in the separate form.

n. In old law. Tenure. A word constantly occurring in conjunction with others, as freehold, leasehold, copyhold, etc., hut rarely met with in the separate form. Less...