Legal Term Dictionary

In Scotch law. An annual rent out of a house built in a burgh. Whishaw. A duty which, from the act 1551, c. 30, appears to have been due from certain lands in Edinburgh, the nature of which is not now known. Bell.

In Scotch law. An annual rent out of a house built in a burgh. Whishaw. A duty which, from the act 1551, c. 30, appears to have been due from certain lands in Edinburgh, the nature of which is not now known. Bell. Less...

Wrong; injury; the opposite of right. So called, according to Lord Coke, because it is wrested or crooked, being contrary to that which is right and straight Co* Litt 1586. In modern practice, tort is constantly used as an English word to denote a wrong or wrongful act for which More...

Wrong; injury; the opposite of right. So called, according to Lord Coke, because it is wrested or crooked, being contrary to that which is right and straight Co* Litt 1586. In modern practice, tort is constantly used as an English word to denote a wrong or wrongful act for which an action will lie, as, distinguished from a contract. 3 Bl. Comm."117. A tort is a . legal wrong committed upon the person or property independent of conn tract. It may be either (1) a direct invasion of some legal right of the individual; the infraction of some public duty by which i special damage accrues to the individual; the violation of some private obligation by* which like damage accrues to the individual. In the former case, no special damage Is necessary to entitle the party to reeover. Inv the two latter cases, such damage is necessary.) Code Ga. 1882, { 2951. And see Hayes v. Insurance Co., 125 111. 626, 18 N. E. 322}H L. R. A. 303; Railway Co. v. Hennegan, 33 Tex.-$!v. App/ 314; 76 S. W. 453; Mumford v. Wright, 12 Colo. App. 214, 55 Pac. 744 ji Tomlin v. Hildreth, 65 N. J. Law, 438, 47 Atl. 649; Merrill v. St Louis, 83 M6/25&Y53 Am. Rep. 576; Denning v. State, -128 Cate 316, 55 Pac, 1000; Shirk v. Mitchell, 13P Ind. 185, 36 N. E. 850; Western Union TetJ Oo. v. Taylor, 84 Ga. 408, 11 S. E. 396, 8 U R. A. 189; Rich v. Railroad Co., 8? N. 390. -Maritime tort. See MARITIME personal tort. One involving or consisting in an injujqy. to the person or to the reputation or 'feelings' as distinguished from 'an injury or damage to real or personal property, called a "property tort." See Mumford v. Wright 12 CoJo* APP; 214, 55 Pac. 744.-Quasi tort, though not a recognized term of English law, may be conveniently used in those cases where a man who bas not committed a tort is liable as if he had." Thus, a master is liable for wrongful acts done' by his servant in the course of his employment.1 Broom, Com. Law, 090; Underh. Torts, 29. Less...

A wrong-doer; one who commits or is guilty of a tort '

A wrong-doer; one who commits or is guilty of a tort ' Less...

Wrongful; of the nature of a tort Formerly certain modes of conveyance (c. p., feoffments, fines, etc.) bafl the effect of passing not merely the estate of the person making the conveyance, but the whole fee-simple, to the injury of the person really entitled to the fee; and they were More...

Wrongful; of the nature of a tort Formerly certain modes of conveyance (c. p., feoffments, fines, etc.) bafl the effect of passing not merely the estate of the person making the conveyance, but the whole fee-simple, to the injury of the person really entitled to the fee; and they were hence .call; ed "tortious conveyances*" Litt ? 611; Co* Litt. 2715, n. 1; 330b, n. 1. But this operation has been taken away. Sweet. Tortnra legum pessima. The torture or wresting of laws is the worst {kind * of torture.] 4 JBa con's .Works, 434. Less...

In old criminal law. The question; the infliction of violent bodily pain upon a person, by means of the rack, wheel or other engine, under judicial sanction and superintendence, in connection with the interrogation or examination of the person, as a means of extorting a confession of guilt, or of More...

In old criminal law. The question; the infliction of violent bodily pain upon a person, by means of the rack, wheel or other engine, under judicial sanction and superintendence, in connection with the interrogation or examination of the person, as a means of extorting a confession of guilt, or of compelling him to disclose his accomplices. Less...

Originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. Afterwards given to, and adopted by, one of the two great parliamentary parties which have alternately governed Great Britain since the Revolution in 1688. Wharton. The name was also given, in America, during the struggle of the colonies for independence, to More...

Originally a nickname for the wild Irish in Ulster. Afterwards given to, and adopted by, one of the two great parliamentary parties which have alternately governed Great Britain since the Revolution in 1688. Wharton. The name was also given, in America, during the struggle of the colonies for independence, to the party of those residents who favored the side of the king and opposed the war. Less...

In old English practice, A word written by the foreign opposer or other officer opposite to a debt due the king, to denote that it was a good debt; which was hence said to be totted.

In old English practice, A word written by the foreign opposer or other officer opposite to a debt due the king, to denote that it was a good debt; which was hence said to be totted. Less...

L. Lat In the old reports. The whole court.

L. Lat In the old reports. The whole court. Less...

Lat In so many words.

Lat In so many words. Less...

Lat As often as occasion shall arise.

Lat As often as occasion shall arise. Less...