Legal Term Dictionary

In old Saxon law. An accusation.

In old Saxon law. An accusation. Less...

A place tilled or cultivated; land under cultivation, as opposed to lands lying fallow or in pasture.

A place tilled or cultivated; land under cultivation, as opposed to lands lying fallow or in pasture. Less...

Wood felled for building or other such like use. In a legal sense it generally means (in England) oak, ash, and elm, but in some parts of England, and generally in America, it is used in a wider sense, which is recognized by the law. The term "timber," as used More...

Wood felled for building or other such like use. In a legal sense it generally means (in England) oak, ash, and elm, but in some parts of England, and generally in America, it is used in a wider sense, which is recognized by the law. The term "timber," as used in commerce, refers generally only to large sticks of wood, squared or capable of being squared for building houses or vessels; and certain trees only having been formerly used for such purposes, namely, the oak, the ash, and the elm, they alone were recognized as timber trees. But the numerous uses to which wood has come to be applied, and the general employment of all kinds of trees for some valuable purpose, has wrought a change in the general acceptation of terms in connection therewith, and we find that Webster defines "timber" to be "that sort of wood which is proper for buildings or for tools; utensils, furniture, carriages, fences, ships, and the like." This would include all sorts of wood from which any useful articles may be made, or which may be used to advantage in any class of manufacture or construction. U. S. v. Stores (C. O.) 14 Fed. 824. And- see Donworth v. Sawyer, 94 Me. 243, 47 Atl. 523: Wilson v. State, 17 Tex. App. 393; U. S. v. Soto, 7 Ariz. 230, 64 Pac 420. -Timber culture entry. See ENTRY.- Timber-trees. Oak, ash, elm, in all places, and, by local custom, such other trees as are used in building. 2 Bl. Comm. 281. Less...

A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord's house. Cowell

A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord's house. Cowell Less...

The measure of duration. The word is expressive both of a precise point or terminus and of an interval between two points. In pleading. A point in or space of duration at or during which some fact is alleged to have been committed. --Cooling time. See that title.-Reasonable time. Such More...

The measure of duration. The word is expressive both of a precise point or terminus and of an interval between two points. In pleading. A point in or space of duration at or during which some fact is alleged to have been committed. --Cooling time. See that title.-Reasonable time. Such length of time as may fairly, properly, and reasonably be allowed or required, having regard to the nature of the act or duty, or of the subject-matter, and to the attending circumstances. It is a maxim of English law that "bow long a 'reasonable time' ought to be is not defined in law, but is left tp the discretion of the judges." Co. Litt. 50. See Hoggins v. Becraft, 1 Dana (Ky.) 28: Hill v. Hobart, 16 Me. 168; Twin Lick Oil Co. v. Marbury, 91 U. S. 591, 23 L. Ed. 328; Campbell v. Whoriskey, 170 Mass. 63, 48 N. E, 1070.-Time-bargain. In the language of the stock exchange, a time-bargain is an agreement to buy or sell stock at a future time, or within a fixed time, at a certain price. It is in reality nothing more than a bargain to pay differences.-Time cbeck. A certificate signed bv a master mechanic or other person in charge Of laborers, reciting the amount due to the la? borer for labor for a specified time. Burlington-Voluntary Relief Dept. v. White, 41 Neb. 547, 59 N. W. 747, 43 Am. St. Rep. 701.-Time immemorial. * Time Whereof the memory of a man is not to the.contrary,-Time of memory. In English law. Time commencing from the beginning of the reign of Richard I. 2 Bl. Comm. 31. Lord Coke defines time of memory to be "when no man alive hath had any proof to the contrary, nor hath any conusance to the contrary." Co. Litt. 86a, 866.-Time out of memory. Time beyond memory; time out of mind; time to which memory does not extend. -Time-policy. A policy of marine insurance in which the risk Is limited, not to a given voyage, but to a certain fixed term or period of time.-Time the essence of tbe contract. A case in which "time is of the essence of the contract" is one where the parties evidently contemplated a punctual performance, at the precise time named, as vital to the agreement, and one of its essential elements. Time is not of the essence of the contract in any case where a moderate delay in performancewould not be regarded as an absolute violation of the contract. Less...

An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income. Timores vanI sunt sestimandi qui non cadnnt in constantem virnm. 7 Coke, 17. Fears which do not assail a resolute man are to be accounted vain.

An aristocracy of property; government by men of property who are possessed of a certain income. Timores vanI sunt sestimandi qui non cadnnt in constantem virnm. 7 Coke, 17. Fears which do not assail a resolute man are to be accounted vain. Less...

is a custom regulating the manner in which tin is obtained from waste-land, or land which has formerly been waste-land, within certain districts in Cornwall and Devon. The custom is described In the leading case on the subject as follows: "Any person may enter on the waste-land of another, and More...

is a custom regulating the manner in which tin is obtained from waste-land, or land which has formerly been waste-land, within certain districts in Cornwall and Devon. The custom is described In the leading case on the subject as follows: "Any person may enter on the waste-land of another, and may mark out by four corner boundaries a certain area. A written description of the plot of land so marked out with metes and bounds, and the name of the person, Is recorded in the local stannaries court, aud is proclaimed on three successive court-days. If no objection is sustained by any other person; the court awards a writ to the bailiff to deliver possession of the said 'bounds of tin-work' to the 'bounder,' who thereupon has the exclusive right to search for, dig, and take for his own use all tin and tin-ore within the Inclosed limits, paying as a royalty to the owner of the waste a certain proportion of the produce under the name ot otoll-tin.'" 10 Q. B. 26, cited in Elton Commons, 113. The right of tlnbounding is not a right of common, but is an interest in land, and, in Devonshire, a corporeal hereditament In Cornwall tin bounds are personal estate. Sweet. Less...

L. Fr. A place where justice was administered. Kelhani.

L. Fr. A place where justice was administered. Kelhani. Less...

Sax. In old forest law. A petty oflicer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night and performed other servile duties.

Sax. In old forest law. A petty oflicer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night and performed other servile duties. Less...

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Co Well; Blount

In old records. Brush-wood and thorns for fencing and hedging. Co Well; Blount Less...