Legal Term Dictionary

In England, a shop-keeper; a small shop-keeper. In the United States, a mechanic or artificer of any kind, whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. Richie v. Mo: Cauley, 4 Pa. 472. . "Primarily the words 'trader' and 'tradesman' mean one who trades, and they have been treated More...

In England, a shop-keeper; a small shop-keeper. In the United States, a mechanic or artificer of any kind, whose livelihood depends upon the labor of his hands. Richie v. Mo: Cauley, 4 Pa. 472. . "Primarily the words 'trader' and 'tradesman' mean one who trades, and they have been treated by the courts in many instances as synonymous. But, in their general application and usage, I think they describe different vocations* By 'tradesman' is usually meant a shop-keeper. Such is the definition given the word in Bur-rill's Law Dictionary. It is used in this sense by Adam Smith. He says, (Wealth of Nations:) 'A tradesman in London is obliged to hire a whole house in that part of the town where his customers live. His shop is on the ground floor,' etc. Dr. Johnson gives it the same meaning, and quotes Prior and Goldsmith as authorities." In re Ragsdale, 7. Bias. 155, Fed. Cas. No. 11,530. Less...

Span. In Spanish law. Delivery. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 9.

Span. In Spanish law. Delivery. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 9. Less...

Engaging in trade, (9. v.;) pursuing the business or occupation of trade1 or of a trader. ----Trading corporation. See CORPORATION*.1 -Trading partnership; Whenever the business of a firm, according to the usual modes of conducting it, imports, in its nature, the necessity of buying and selling, the firm is properly More...

Engaging in trade, (9. v.;) pursuing the business or occupation of trade1 or of a trader. ----Trading corporation. See CORPORATION*.1 -Trading partnership; Whenever the business of a firm, according to the usual modes of conducting it, imports, in its nature, the necessity of buying and selling, the firm is properly regarded as a "trading partnership" 2nd is invested with the powers and subject to tbe obligations incident to that relation. Doing v. National Exch. Bank. 145 U. S. 512, 12 Sup. Ct 928, 36 L. Ed. 795.----Trading voyage. One which contemplates the touching and stopping of the vessel at various ports for the purpose of traffic or sale and purchase or exchange of commodities on account of the owners ana shippers, rather than the transportfitibe of cargo between terminal points, which is called a "freighting voyage." See Brown v, Jones, 4 Fed. Cas. 406. Less...

Delivery. A close translation or formation from the Latin "fradi-tto." 2 Bl. Comm. 307. The tradition or delivery is the transferring of the thing sold into the power and possession of the buyer. Civ. Code La. art. 2477. In the rule respecting the admission of tradition or general reputation to More...

Delivery. A close translation or formation from the Latin "fradi-tto." 2 Bl. Comm. 307. The tradition or delivery is the transferring of the thing sold into the power and possession of the buyer. Civ. Code La. art. 2477. In the rule respecting the admission of tradition or general reputation to prove boundaries, questions of pedigree, etc., this word means knowledge or belief derived from the statements or declarations of contemporary witnesses and handed down orally through a considerable period of time. See Westfelt v. Adams, 131 N. C. 370, 42 S. E. 823; In re Hurlburt's Estate, 68 Vt 366, 35 Atl. 77, 35 L. R. A. 704. Less...

In old English law. A traitor; one guilty of high treason. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21, | 8.

In old English law. A traitor; one guilty of high treason. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21, | 8. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. Delivery; transfer of possession; a derivative mode of acquiring, by which the owner of a corporeal thing, having the right and the will of aliening it, transfers it for a lawful consideration to the. receiver. Heinecc. telem. lib. 2, tit. 1, ? 380. -Quasi' traditio. More...

Lat. In the civil law. Delivery; transfer of possession; a derivative mode of acquiring, by which the owner of a corporeal thing, having the right and the will of aliening it, transfers it for a lawful consideration to the. receiver. Heinecc. telem. lib. 2, tit. 1, ? 380. -Quasi' traditio. A -supposed or implied delivery of property from one to another. Thus, if the purchaser of an article was already in possession of it before the sale, his continuing in possession is considered as equivalent to ? fresh delivery of it, delivery being one of the necessary elements of a sale; in other words, a quasi traditio is predicated.-Traditio brevi manu. A species of- constructive, or implied delivery. When he who already holds possession of a thing in another's name agrees with that other that thenceforth he shall possess It in his own name, in this case a delivery and redelivery are not necessary. And this species of delivery is termed "traditio brevi manu" Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 284.-^T*aditio davit nnt. Delivery of keys; a symbolical kind of delivery, by which the ownership of merchandise in a warehouse might be transferred to a buyer. Inst. 2, 1. 44.-*Tradi?le long* manu. A species of ^eltverjfc which-tabes place where the transferor places the article in the hands of the transferee, or, on Ms order, delivers it at his house. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 284.- Traditio rei. Delivery,of the thing. See 5 Maule A S. 82. Traditio loqui faoit enartam. Delivery makes a deed speak. 5 Coke, la. Delivery gives effect to the words of a deed. Id. Traditio nihil amplius transferre debet vel potest, ad eum qui acclpit, qnam est apnd eum qui tradit. Delivery ought to, and can, transfer nothing more to him who receives than is with him who delivers. Dig. 41, 1, 20, pr. Less...

In old practice. Is delivered to bail. Emphatic words of the old Latin bail-piece. 1 Salk. 105.

In old practice. Is delivered to bail. Emphatic words of the old Latin bail-piece. 1 Salk. 105. Less...

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See In re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647, 34 S. W. 969; People v. Hamilton, 17 Misc. Rep. 11, 39 N. Y. Supp. 531; Merriam v. Langdon, 10 Conn. 471.

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See In re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647, 34 S. W. 969; People v. Hamilton, 17 Misc. Rep. 11, 39 N. Y. Supp. 531; Merriam v. Langdon, 10 Conn. 471. Less...

Lat In French law. The drawer of a hill. Story, Bills, ? 12, note.

Lat In French law. The drawer of a hill. Story, Bills, ? 12, note. Less...

Justices of trail-bas-ton were Justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Hollingshed, for trailing or drawing the staff of justice. Their office was to make inquisition, throughout the kingdom, of all officers and More...

Justices of trail-bas-ton were Justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Hollingshed, for trailing or drawing the staff of justice. Their office was to make inquisition, throughout the kingdom, of all officers and others, touching extortion, bribery, and such like grievances, of intruders into other men's lands, barrators, robbers, breakers of the peace, and divers other offenders. Cowell; Tomlins. Less...