Legal Term Dictionary

This term is commonly used in Indictments for larceny, ("take, steal, and carry away,") and denotes the commission of theft. But In popular usage, "stealing" seems to be a wider term than "larceny," inasmuch as it may include the unlawful appropriation of things which are not technically the subject .of More...

This term is commonly used in Indictments for larceny, ("take, steal, and carry away,") and denotes the commission of theft. But In popular usage, "stealing" seems to be a wider term than "larceny," inasmuch as it may include the unlawful appropriation of things which are not technically the subject .of larceny, e. p., immovables. See Randall v. Evening News Ass'n, 101 Mich. 561, 60 N. W. 301; People v. Du-mar, 42 Hun (N. Y.) 85; Com. v. Kelley, 184 Mass. 320, 68 N. E. 346; Holmes v. Gil-man, 64 Hun, 227, 10 N. Y. Supp. 151; Dun-nell v. Flske, 11 Mete. (Mass.) 554; Barnhart v. State, 164 Ind. 177, 56 N. E. 212. -Stealing children. See KIDNAPPING. Less...

Lat In tbe civil law. Established; determined. A term applied to judicial action. Dig. 50, 16, 46, pr. In old English law. A statute; an act of parliament -Statutum do mercatoribus. The statute of Acton Burnell. (q. t?.)-Statutum Hibernis de cohaeredibus. The statute 14 Hen. III. The third public act More...

Lat In tbe civil law. Established; determined. A term applied to judicial action. Dig. 50, 16, 46, pr. In old English law. A statute; an act of parliament -Statutum do mercatoribus. The statute of Acton Burnell. (q. t?.)-Statutum Hibernis de cohaeredibus. The statute 14 Hen. III. The third public act in the statute-book, It has been pronounced not to be a statute. In the form of it, it appears to be an instruction given by the king to bis justices in Ireland, directing them how to proceed in a certain point where they entertained' a doubt. It seems the justices itinerant in that country had a doubt when land descended to sisters, whether the younger sisters ought to hold of the eldest and do homage to her for their several portions, or of the chief lord, and do homage to him; and certain knights had been sent over to know what the practice was in England in such a case. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 259.-Statutum sessionum. In old English law. The statute session; a meeting in every hundred of constables and householders, by custom, for the ordering of servants, and debating of differences between masters and servants, rating of wages, etc, 5 Eliz. c 4.-Statutum Wallise. The statute of Wales. The title of a statute passed in the twelfth year of EMw. I., being a sort of constitution for the principality of Wales, which was thereby, in a great measure, put on the footing of England with respect to its laws and the administration of justice. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 93, 94. Statutum affirmatiTum non derogat eommnni legi. Jenk. Cent 24. An affirmative statute does not derogate from the common law. Statutum en gratia regis dieitnr, q.uaav-do rex dignatur cedere de jure suo regio, pro eammodo et qniete populi sui. 2 Inst 878. A statute is said to be by the grace of the king, when the king deigns to yield some portion of his royal rights for the good and quiet of his people. Statutum generaliter est intelligem-dum quando verba statnti sunt speeialia, ratio autem generally. When the words of a statute are special, but the reason of It general, the statute is to be understood generally. 10 Coke, 101. Statutum speoiale statuto speciali mon derogat. Jenk. Cent 199. One special statute does not take from another special statute. Less...

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the order of a court See In re Schwarz (D. C.) 14 Fed. 788. -Stay laws. Acts of the legislature prescribing a stay of execution in certain cases, or a stay of foreclosure of mortgages, or closing the More...

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the order of a court See In re Schwarz (D. C.) 14 Fed. 788. -Stay laws. Acts of the legislature prescribing a stay of execution in certain cases, or a stay of foreclosure of mortgages, or closing the courts for a limited period, or providing that suits shall not be instituted until a certain time after the cause of action arose, or otherwise suspending legal remedies; designed for the relief of debtors, in times of general distress or financial trouble.-Stay of execution. The stopping or arresting of execution on a judgment, that is, of the judgment-creditor's right to issue execution, for a limited period. This is given by statute in many jurisdictions, as a privilege to the debtor, usually on his furnishing bail for the debt, costs, and interest. Or it may take place by agreement of the parties. See National Docks, etc., Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co., 54 N. J. Eq. 167, 33 Atl. 936.-Stay of proceedings. The temporary suspension of the regular order of proceedings in a cause, by direction or order of the court usually to await the action of one of the parties in regard to some omitted step or some act which the court has required him to perform as incidental to the suit; as where a non-resident plaintiff has been ruled to give security for costs. See Wallace v. Wallace, 13 Wis. 226; Lewton v. Hower, 18 Fht. 876; Ross iter v. iEtna L. Ins. Qo., 96 Wis. 466. 71 N. W. 898. Less...

Theft is so called by some ancient writers. "Stealth is the wrongful taking of goods without pretense of title." Finch, Law, b. 3, c. 17.

Theft is so called by some ancient writers. "Stealth is the wrongful taking of goods without pretense of title." Finch, Law, b. 3, c. 17. Less...

In Scotch law. Corns, cattle, straw, and implements of husbandry delivered by a landlord to bis tenant, by which the tenant is enabled to stock and labor the farm; in consideration of which he Becomes bound to return articles equal in quantity and quality, at the expiry of the lease. More...

In Scotch law. Corns, cattle, straw, and implements of husbandry delivered by a landlord to bis tenant, by which the tenant is enabled to stock and labor the farm; in consideration of which he Becomes bound to return articles equal in quantity and quality, at the expiry of the lease. Bell. Less...

Fr. In French law. A party who fraudulently mortgages property to which he has no title.

Fr. In French law. A party who fraudulently mortgages property to which he has no title. Less...

In Scotch law. The crime of aliening the same subject to different persons. 2 Karnes, Eq. 40.

In Scotch law. The crime of aliening the same subject to different persons. 2 Karnes, Eq. 40. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. A general name for any kind of fraud not falling under any specific class. But the term is chiefly applied to fraud practiced in the sale or pledging of property; as, selling the same property to two different persons, selling another's property as one's own, More...

Lat. In the civil law. A general name for any kind of fraud not falling under any specific class. But the term is chiefly applied to fraud practiced in the sale or pledging of property; as, selling the same property to two different persons, selling another's property as one's own, placing a second mortgage on property without disclosing the existence of the first, etc. Less...

One who is skilled in the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write in short-hand. See Ry-nerson v. Allison, 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 656; In re Appropriations for Deputy State Officers, 25 Neb. 662, 41 N. W. 643; Chase v. Vandergrift, 88 Pa. 217.

One who is skilled in the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write in short-hand. See Ry-nerson v. Allison, 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 656; In re Appropriations for Deputy State Officers, 25 Neb. 662, 41 N. W. 643; Chase v. Vandergrift, 88 Pa. 217. Less...

The daughter of one's wife by a former husband, or of one's husband by a former wife.

The daughter of one's wife by a former husband, or of one's husband by a former wife. Less...