Legal Term Dictionary

Fr. In feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hommes de fief, (g. v.) Montesq., Esprit des Lois, Hv. 28, c. 36.

Fr. In feudal law. Feudal tenants; the same with hommes de fief, (g. v.) Montesq., Esprit des Lois, Hv. 28, c. 36. Less...

Lat. A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal, or feudal tenant; a retainer, dependent, or servant. -Homo chartularius. A slave manumitted by charter.-Homo oommendatus. In feudal law. One who surrendered himself into the power of another for the sake ofprotection or support. See COMMENDATION.-Homo ecole-slastions. A church More...

Lat. A man; a human being, male or female; a vassal, or feudal tenant; a retainer, dependent, or servant. -Homo chartularius. A slave manumitted by charter.-Homo oommendatus. In feudal law. One who surrendered himself into the power of another for the sake ofprotection or support. See COMMENDATION.-Homo ecole-slastions. A church vassal; one who was bound to serve a church, especially to do service of an agricultural character. Spelman.-Homo exer-dtalis. A man of the army, (exercitus;) a soldier.-Homo f codalis. A vassal or tenant; one who held a fee, (feodum,) or part of a fee. Spelman.-Homo nscalls, or fiscalinns. A servant or vassal belonging to the treasury or fisous.- Homo franons. In old English law. A freeman. A Frenchman.-Homo ingcnnns. A free man. A free and lawful man. A yeoman. -Homo liber. A freeman.-Homo ligins. A liege man; a subject; a king's vassal. The vassal of a subject.-Homo novoi, In feudal law. A new tenant or vassal; one who was invested with a new fee. Spelman. Also one who, after conviction of a crime, had been pardoned, thus "making a new man of him."-Homo pertinens. In feudal law. A feudal bondman or vassal; one who belonged to the soil, (oui glebm adscribitur.)--ILomo rcgins. A king s vassal.-Homo Romanns. A Roman. An appellation given to the old inhabitants of Gaul and other Roman provinces, and retained in the laws of the barbarous nations. Spelman. -Homo trinm litterarnm. A man of the three letters; that is, the three letters, "f," "u," "r;" the Latin word fur meaning "thief." Homo potest esse habills et inhabUis diversis tcmporibns. 5 Coke, 98. A man may be capable and incapable at different times. Homo Tocabnlnm est naturae; persona juris civilis. Man (homo) is a term of nature; person (persona) of civil law. Calvin. Less...

In Spanish law. The tacit consent and approval inferred by law from the omission of the parties, for the space of ten days, to complain of the sentences of arbitrators, appointment of syndics, or assignees of insolvents, settlements of successions, etc. Also the approval given by the judge of certain More...

In Spanish law. The tacit consent and approval inferred by law from the omission of the parties, for the space of ten days, to complain of the sentences of arbitrators, appointment of syndics, or assignees of insolvents, settlements of successions, etc. Also the approval given by the judge of certain acts and agreements for the purpose of rendering them more binding and executory. Becriche. Less...

In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; to confess. Calvin.

In the civil law. To confirm or approve; to consent or assent; to confess. Calvin. Less...

In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologates a proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to say the like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart O. S. (La.) 324. To assent to what another says or writes.

In modern civil law. To approve; to confirm; as a court homologates a proceeding. See HOMOLOGATION. Literally, to use the same words with another ; to say the like. Viales v. Gardenier, 9 Mart O. S. (La.) 324. To assent to what another says or writes. Less...

In the civil law. Approbation; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act Merl. Repert. The term is also used In Louisiana. Hecker v. Brown, 104 La. 524, 29 South. 232. In English law. An estoppel in pais. L. R. 3 App. Gas. More...

In the civil law. Approbation; confirmation by a court of justice; a judgment which orders the execution of some act Merl. Repert. The term is also used In Louisiana. Hecker v. Brown, 104 La. 524, 29 South. 232. In English law. An estoppel in pais. L. R. 3 App. Gas. 1026. In Scotch law. An act by which a person approves of a deed, the effect of which is to render that deed, though in itself defective, binding upon the person by whom it is homologated. Bell. Confirmation of a voidable deed. Less...

A term applied in the civil law to cases where a law was repeated, or laid down in the same terms or to the same effect, more than once. Cases of iteration and repetition. 2 Kent, Comm. 489, note.

A term applied in the civil law to cases where a law was repeated, or laid down in the same terms or to the same effect, more than once. Cases of iteration and repetition. 2 Kent, Comm. 489, note. Less...

Sax. Having in hand. See HANDHABEND.

Sax. Having in hand. See HANDHABEND. Less...

Lat. To live honorably, creditably, or virtuously. One of the three general precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (Inst. 1, 1, 3; Bract, fols. 3, 3b,) the others being alterum non l&dere, (not to injure others,) and suum cuique tribuere, (to render to every man More...

Lat. To live honorably, creditably, or virtuously. One of the three general precepts to which Justinian reduced the whole doctrine of the law, (Inst. 1, 1, 3; Bract, fols. 3, 3b,) the others being alterum non l&dere, (not to injure others,) and suum cuique tribuere, (to render to every man his due.) Less...

Lat. Of good character or standing. Coram duobus vel pluribus viris legalibus et honestis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bract fol. 61.

Lat. Of good character or standing. Coram duobus vel pluribus viris legalibus et honestis, before two or more lawful and good men. Bract fol. 61. Less...