Legal Term Dictionary

See BILL.

See BILL. Less...

In ships of war, a kind of naval cadet whose business is to second or transmit the orders of the superior officer* and assist in the necessary business of the vessel, but understood to be in training for a commission. A passed midshipman is one who has passed an examination More...

In ships of war, a kind of naval cadet whose business is to second or transmit the orders of the superior officer* and assist in the necessary business of the vessel, but understood to be in training for a commission. A passed midshipman is one who has passed an examination and is a candidate for promotion to the rank of lieutenant. See U. S. v. Cook, 128 U. S. 254, 9 Sup. Ct. 108, 32 L. Ed. 464. Less...

The summer solstice, which is on the 24th day of June, and the feast of St John the Baptist, a festival first mentioned by Maxlmus Tauricensis, A. D. 400. It Is generally a quarter-day for the payment of rents, etc Wharton.

The summer solstice, which is on the 24th day of June, and the feast of St John the Baptist, a festival first mentioned by Maxlmus Tauricensis, A. D. 400. It Is generally a quarter-day for the payment of rents, etc Wharton. Less...

In medical jurisprudence. A woman who .practices midwifery; an accoucheuse.

In medical jurisprudence. A woman who .practices midwifery; an accoucheuse. Less...

In Spanish law. Crops of grain. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 7, c 5, I?. Migrans jura amittat ae privilegia et immunitates domicilii priori*. One who emigrates will lose the rights, privileges, and Immunities of his former domicile. Voet Com. a

In Spanish law. Crops of grain. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 7, c 5, I?. Migrans jura amittat ae privilegia et immunitates domicilii priori*. One who emigrates will lose the rights, privileges, and Immunities of his former domicile. Voet Com. a Less...

A measure of length or distance, containing 8 furlongs, or 1,760 yards, or 5,280 feet This is the measure of an ordinary; or statute mile; but the nautical or geographical mile contains 6,080 feet

A measure of length or distance, containing 8 furlongs, or 1,760 yards, or 5,280 feet This is the measure of an ordinary; or statute mile; but the nautical or geographical mile contains 6,080 feet Less...

A payment or charge, at a fixed rate per mile, allowed as a compensation for traveling expenses to members of legislative bodies, witnesses, sheriffs, and bailiffs. Richardson v. State, 66 Ohio St 108, 63 N. E. 593; Howes v. Abbott, 78 Cal. 270, 20 Pac 572.

A payment or charge, at a fixed rate per mile, allowed as a compensation for traveling expenses to members of legislative bodies, witnesses, sheriffs, and bailiffs. Richardson v. State, 66 Ohio St 108, 63 N. E. 593; Howes v. Abbott, 78 Cal. 270, 20 Pac 572. Less...

Lat In the civil law. A soldier. In old English law. A knight because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight 1 Bl. Comm. 404; Seld. Tit. Hon. 834.

Lat In the civil law. A soldier. In old English law. A knight because military service was part of the feudal tenure. Also a tenant by military service, not a knight 1 Bl. Comm. 404; Seld. Tit. Hon. 834. Less...

To be knighted.

To be knighted. Less...

Pertaining to war or to the army; concerned with war. Also the whole body of soldiers; an army. -Military bounty lnud. See BOUNTY.- Military causes. In English law. Causes of aetion or injuries cognizable in the court military, or court of chivalry. 3 Bl. Comm. 103. -Military commissions. Courts whose More...

Pertaining to war or to the army; concerned with war. Also the whole body of soldiers; an army. -Military bounty lnud. See BOUNTY.- Military causes. In English law. Causes of aetion or injuries cognizable in the court military, or court of chivalry. 3 Bl. Comm. 103. -Military commissions. Courts whose procedure and composition are modeled upon courts-martial, being the tribunals by which alleged violations of martial law are tried and determined. The membership of such commissions is commonly made up of civilians and army officers. They are probably not known outside of the United States, and were first used by General Scott during the Mexican war. 15 Amer. A Eng. Enc. Law, 473.-Military oonrts. In England the court of chivalry and courts-martial, in America courts-martial and courts of inquiry, are called by this general name.-Military fends. See FEUD.-Military government. Tbe dominion exercised by a general over a conquered state or province. It is a mere application or extension of the force by which the conquest was effected, to the end of keeping the vanquished in subjection; and being derived from war, is incompatible with s state of peace. Com. v. Shortall, 206 Pa. 165, 55 Atl. 952, 65 L. R. A. 193, 98 Am. St Rep. 759.-Military jurisdiction. "There are, under the constitution, three kinds of military jurisdiction,-one to be exercised both in peace and war; another to be exercised in time of foreign war without the boundaries of the United States, or in time of rebellion and civil war within states or districts occupied by rebels treated as belligerents;, and a third to be exercised in time of invasion or insurrection within the limits of the United States, or during rebellion within the limits of states maintaining adhesion to the national government when the public danger requires its exercise. The first of these may be called 'jurisdiction under military law,' and is found in acts of congress prescribing rules and articles of war, or otherwise providing for the government of the national forces; the second may be distinguished as 'military government^ superseding, as far as may be deemed expedient, the local law, and exercised by the military commander under the direction of the president, with the express or implied sanction of congress; while the third may be denominated 'martial law proper,' and is called into action by congress, or temporarily, when the action of congress cannot be invited, and in the case of justifying or excusing peril, by the president in times or insurrection or invasion, or of civil or foreign war, within districts or localities where ordinary law no longer adequately secures public safety and private rights." Per Chase, C. J., in Ex parte Milligan, 4 -Wall. 141, 18 L. Ed. 281.-Military law. A system of regulations for the government of an army. 1 Kent, Comm. 341, note. That branch of the laws which respects military discipline and the government of persons employed in the military service. De Hart. Mil. Law, 16. State v. Rankin, 4 Cold. (Tenn.) 156; Johnson v. Jones. 44 111. 153. 92 Am. Dec. 159; In re Bogart 3 Fed. Cas. 801; Neall v. U. S., 118 Fed. 704, 56 C. C. A. 31.-Military offenses. Those offenses which are cognisable by the courts military, as insubordination, sleeping on guard, desertion, etc.-Military state. The soldiery of the kingdom of Great Britain. -Military tenures. The various tenures by knight-service, grand-serjeanty, cornage, etc., are frequently called "military tenures," from the nature ot the services which they involved. 1 Steph. Comm. 204.-Military testament. See TESTAMENT. Less...