Legal Term Dictionary

A marshy or fenny ground. Co. Litt. 5c

A marshy or fenny ground. Co. Litt. 5c Less...

An obsolete writ for the tenant in frank-marriage to recover lands, etc., of which he was deforced.

An obsolete writ for the tenant in frank-marriage to recover lands, etc., of which he was deforced. Less...

The portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony. -Marltagium habere. To have the free disposal of an heiress in marriage. Maritagium est ant liberum ant ser-vitio obligatum; liberum maritagium More...

The portion which is given with a daughter in marriage. Also the power which the lord or guardian in chivalry had of disposing of his infant ward in matrimony. -Marltagium habere. To have the free disposal of an heiress in marriage. Maritagium est ant liberum ant ser-vitio obligatum; liberum maritagium di-eitnr ubi donator vult quod terra sic data quieta sit et libera ab omni secular! servitio. Co. Litt. 21. A marriage portion is either free or bound to service; it is called "frank-marriage" when the giver wills that land thus" given be exempt from all secular service. Less...

Relating to, or connected with, the status of marriage; pertaining to a husband; incident to a husband. -Marital eoereion. Coercion of the wife by the husband.-Marital portion. In Louisiana. The name given to that part of a deceased husband's estate to which the widow is entitled. Civ. Code La. art. More...

Relating to, or connected with, the status of marriage; pertaining to a husband; incident to a husband. -Marital eoereion. Coercion of the wife by the husband.-Marital portion. In Louisiana. The name given to that part of a deceased husband's estate to which the widow is entitled. Civ. Code La. art. 55; Abercrombie v. Caffray, 3 Mart. N. S. (La.) 1.-Marital rights. The rights of a husband. The expression is chiefly used to denote the right of a husband to property which his wife was entitled to during the continuance of the marriage. See Kilburn v. Kilburn, 89 Cal. 40, 26 Pac. 636, 23 Am. St. Rep. 447; McCown v. Owens, 15 Tex. Civ. App. 346, 40 S7*W. 336. Less...

In old English law. The emolument or revenue coming to the king from the sea, which the sheriffs anciently collected, but which was afterwards granted to the admiral. Spelman.

In old English law. The emolument or revenue coming to the king from the sea, which the sheriffs anciently collected, but which was afterwards granted to the admiral. Spelman. Less...

In old English law. Marine increases. Lands gained from the sea. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt. 1, c. 4.

In old English law. Marine increases. Lands gained from the sea. Hale, de Jure Mar. pt. 1, c. 4. Less...

Pertaining to the sea or ocean or the navigation thereof; or to commerce conducted by navigation of the sea or (in America) of the great lakes and rivers. It is nearly equivalent to "marine" In many connections and uses; in others, the two words are used as quite distinct. -Maritime More...

Pertaining to the sea or ocean or the navigation thereof; or to commerce conducted by navigation of the sea or (in America) of the great lakes and rivers. It is nearly equivalent to "marine" In many connections and uses; in others, the two words are used as quite distinct. -Maritime cause. A cause of action originating on the high seas, or growing out of a maritime contract. 1 Kent, Comm. 367, et seq. -Maritime contract. A contract whose subject-matter has relation to the navigation of the seas or to trade or commerce to be con0 MARITIME ducted by navigation or to be done upon the sea or in ports. Over such contracts the admiralty has concurrent jurisdiction with the common-law courts. Edwards v. Elliott, 21 Wall. 553, 22 L. Ed. 487; Doolittle v. Knobe-loch (D. C.) 39 Fed. 40; Holt v. Cummings, 102 Pa. 215, 48 Am. Rep. 199; De Lovio v. Boit, 7 Fed. Cas. 435; Freights of The Kate (D. C.) 63 Fed. 720.-Maritime oourt. A court exercising jurisdiction in maritime causes; one which possesses the powers and jurisdiction of a court of admiralty.-Maritime interest. An expression equivalent to marine interest, (g. v.)-Maritime jurisdiction. Jurisdiction in maritime causes; such jurisdiction as belongs to a court of admiralty on the instance side.-Maritime law. That system of law which particularly relates to commerce and navigation, to business transacted at sea or relating to navigation, to ships and shipping, to seamen, to the transportation of persons and property by sea, and to marine affairs generally. The law relating to harbors, ships, and seamen. An important branch of the commercial law of maritime nations; divided into a variety of departments, such as those about harbors, property of ships, duties and rights of masters and seamen, contracts of affreightment, average, salvage, etc. Wharton; The Lottawanna, 21 Wall. 572. 22 L. Ed. 654; The Unadilla (D. C.) 73 Fed. 351; Jervey v. The Carolina (D. C.) 66 Fed. 1013.-Maritime Uen. A lien arising out of damage done by a ship in the course of navigation, as by collision, which attaches to the vessel and freight, and is to be enforced by an action in rem in the admiralty courts. The Unadilla (D. C.) 73 Fed. 351; Paxson v. Cunningham, 63 Fed. 134, 11 C. C. A. Ill; The Underwriter (D. C.) 119 Fed. 715; Stephenson v. The Francis Less...

Lat. A husband; a married man. Calvin.

Lat. A husband; a married man. Calvin. Less...

1. A character, usually in the form of a cross, made as a substitute for his signature by a person who cannot write, in executing a conveyance or other legal document. It Is commonly made as follows: A third person writes the name of the marksman, leaving a blank space More...

1. A character, usually in the form of a cross, made as a substitute for his signature by a person who cannot write, in executing a conveyance or other legal document. It Is commonly made as follows: A third person writes the name of the marksman, leaving a blank space between the Christian name and surname; in this space the latter traces the mark, or crossed lines, and above the mark is written "his," (or "her,") and below it, "mark." 2. The sign, writing, or ticket put upon manufactured goods to. distinguish them from others, appearing thus in the compound, "trade-mark."" 3. A token, evidence, or proof; as in the phrase "a mark of fraud."" 4. A weight used in several parts of Europe, and for several commodities, especially gold and silver. When gold and silver are sold by the MARK, It is divided into twenty-four carats." 5. 'A money of accounts in England, and In some other countries a coin. The English mark is two-thirds of a pound sterling, or 13s. 4d.; and the Scotch mark is of equal value In Scotch money of account. Enc. Amer. 6. In early Tentonlo and English law." A species of village community, being the lowest unit in the political system; one of the forms of the gens or clan, variously known as the "mark," "gemeinde," "commune" or "parish" Also the land held in common by such a community. The union of several such village communities and their marks, or common lands, forms the next higher political union, the hundred. Freem. Conipar. Politics, 116, 117. 7. The word is sometimes used as another" form of "marque," a license of reprisals. -Demi-mark. Half a mark; a sum of money which was anciently required to be tendered In a writ of right, the effect of such tender being to put the demandant, in the first instance, upon proof of the seisin as stated in his count; that is, to prove that the seisin was in the king's reign there stated. Rose. Real Act. 216. -Ugh and low water-mark. See WATER-MARK.-Mark banco. See MARC BANCO. Less...

A penny anciently paid at the town of Maldon by those who had gutters laid or made out of their houses into the streets. Wharton.

A penny anciently paid at the town of Maldon by those who had gutters laid or made out of their houses into the streets. Wharton. Less...