Legal Term Dictionary

The sum paid or agreed to be paid by an assured to the underwriter as the consideration for the insurance; being a certain rate per cent on the amount insured. 1 PhiL Ins. 205; State v. Pittsburg, etc., Ry. Co., 68 Ohio St 9, 67 N. E. 93, 64 h. More...

The sum paid or agreed to be paid by an assured to the underwriter as the consideration for the insurance; being a certain rate per cent on the amount insured. 1 PhiL Ins. 205; State v. Pittsburg, etc., Ry. Co., 68 Ohio St 9, 67 N. E. 93, 64 h. R. A. 405, 96 Am St Rep. 635; Hill v. Insurance Co., 129 Mich. 141, 88 N. W. 392. A bounty or bonus; a consideration given to invite a loan or a bargain; as the consideration paid to the assignor by the assignee of a lease, or to the transferrer by the transferee of shares of stock, etc. So stock is said to be "at a premium" when its market ])rice exceeds its nominal or face value. Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. v. Arming-ton, 21 R, L 33, 41 Atl. 571; White v. Williams, 90 Md. 719, 45 Aa 1001; Washington, etc., Ass'n v. Stanley, 38 Or. 319, 63 Pac 489, 58 L. R. A. 816, 84 Am. St Rep. 793; Building Ass'n v. Eklund, 190 111. 257, 60 N. E. 521, 52 IA R. A. 637. See PAB. In granting a lease, part of the rent Is sometimes capitalized and paid in a lump sum at the time the lease Is granted. This is called a "premium." -Premium note. A promissory note given by the insured for part or all of the amount of the premium.-Preminm pndieitise. The price of chastity. A compensation for the loss of chastity, paid or promised to, or for the benefit of, a seduced female. Less...

See PRAEMUNIRE

See PRAEMUNIRE Less...

In Spanish law. Pledge. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 7.

In Spanish law. Pledge. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 7. Less...

L. Fr. To take. The power or right of taking a thing without waiting for it to be offered. See A PRENDER.

L. Fr. To take. The power or right of taking a thing without waiting for it to be offered. See A PRENDER. Less...

L. Fr. In old English law. A taking of husband; marriage. An exception or plea which might be used to disable a woman from pursuing an appeal of murder against the killer of her former husband. Staundef. P. C. lib. 3, c. 59.

L. Fr. In old English law. A taking of husband; marriage. An exception or plea which might be used to disable a woman from pursuing an appeal of murder against the killer of her former husband. Staundef. P. C. lib. 3, c. 59. Less...

Forethought; preconceived; premeditated. See Territory v. Banni-gan, 1 Dak. 451, 46 N. W. 597; People v. Clark, 7 N. Y. 885.

Forethought; preconceived; premeditated. See Territory v. Banni-gan, 1 Dak. 451, 46 N. W. 597; People v. Clark, 7 N. Y. 885. Less...

This word means something more than "weight;" it denotes a superiority of weight, or outweighing. The words are not synonymous, but substantially different There is generally a "weight" of evidence on each side in case of contested facts. But juries cannot properly act upon the weight of evidence, in favor More...

This word means something more than "weight;" it denotes a superiority of weight, or outweighing. The words are not synonymous, but substantially different There is generally a "weight" of evidence on each side in case of contested facts. But juries cannot properly act upon the weight of evidence, in favor of the one having the onus, unless it overbear, in some degree, the weight upon the other side. Shinn v. Tucker, 37 Ark. 588. And see Hoffman y. Loud, 111 Mich. 158, 69 N. W. 231; Willcox v. Hines, 100 Tenn. 524, 45 S. W. 781, 66 Am. St Rep. 761; Mortimer v. Mo-Mullen, 202 111. 413, 67 N. E. 20; Bryan v. Chicago, etc., R. Co., 63 Iowa, 464, 19 N. W. 295. Less...

An exclusive or peculiar privilege. The special power, privilege, immunity, or advantage vested In an official person, either generally, or in respect to the things of his office, or in an official body, as a court or legislature. See Attorney General v. Blossom, 1 Wis. 817; Attorney General v. Eau More...

An exclusive or peculiar privilege. The special power, privilege, immunity, or advantage vested In an official person, either generally, or in respect to the things of his office, or in an official body, as a court or legislature. See Attorney General v. Blossom, 1 Wis. 817; Attorney General v. Eau Claire, 37 Wis. 443. In English law. That special pre-eminence which the king (or queen) has over and above all other persons, in right of his (or her) regal dignity. A term used to denote those rights and capacities which the sovereign enjoys alone, in contradistinction to others. 1 BL Comm. 239. -Prerogative eonrt. In English - law. A court established for the trial of all testamentary causes, where the deceased left bona net a-bilta within two different dioceses; in which case the probate of wills belonged to the archbishop of the province, by way of special prerogative. And all causes relating to the wills, administrations, or legacies of such persons were originally cognizable herein, before a judge appointed by the archbishop, called the judge of the prerogative court," from whom an appeal lay to the privy council. 3 Bl. Comm. 66; 8 Steph. Comm. 432. In New Jersey the Surogative oourt is the court of appeal from ecrees of the orphans' courts in the several counties of the state. The court is held before the chancellor, under the title of the "ordinary.** See In re Coursen's Will, 4 N. J. Eq. 413; Flanigan v. Guggenheim Smelting Co., 63 N. J. Law, 647, 44 Atl. 762; Robinson v. Fair. 128 U. S. 53, 9 Sup. Ct 30, 32 L. Ed. 415.-Prerogative law. That part of the common law of England which is more particularly applicable to tbe king. Com. Dig. tit "Ley," A.-- Prerogative writs. In English law, the name is given to certain judicial writs issued by the courts only upon proper cause shown, never as a mere matter of right, the theory being that they involve a direct interference by the government with the liberty and property of the subject, and therefore are justified only as an exercise of the extraordinary power (prerogative) of the crown. In America, a theory has sometimes been advanced that these writs should issue only in cases publici jurU and those affecting the sovereignty of the state, or ita franchises or prerogatives, or the liberties of the people. But their issuance is now generally regulated by statute, and the use of the term "prerogative," in describing them, amounts only to a reference to their origin and history. These writs are the writs of mandamus, procedendo, prohibition, quo warranto, habeas corpus, and certiorari. Bee 3 Steph. Comm.. 629; Territory v. Ashenfelter, 4 N. M. 93, 12 Pac 879 ; State v. Archibald, 5 N. D. 359, 66 N. W. 234; Du-luth Elevator Co. v. White, 11 N. D. 534, 90 N. W. 12; Attorney General v. Eau Claire, 37 Wis. 400. Less...

L. Fr. Near. Oy pres, so near; as near. See Cr Pass.

L. Fr. Near. Oy pres, so near; as near. See Cr Pass. Less...

Lat In civil and ecclesiastical law. An elder;a presbyter; a priest Cod. 1, 3, 6, 20; Nov. 6.

Lat In civil and ecclesiastical law. An elder;a presbyter; a priest Cod. 1, 3, 6, 20; Nov. 6. Less...