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  • OVER
    In conveyancing, the word "over" Is used to denote a contingent limitation intended to take effect on the failure of a prior estate. Thus, in what is commonly called the "name and arms clause" in a will or settlement there is generally a proviso that if the devisee fails to More...
  • OVER SEA
    Beyond the sea; outside the limits of the state or country. See Gus-tin v. Brattle, Kirby (Conn.) 300. See BEYOND SEA.
  • OVERCYTEDOR OVERCHYSED
    Proved guilty or convicted. Blount.
  • OVERDRAW
    To draw upon a person or a bank, by bills or checks, to an amount in excess of the funds remaining to the drawer's credit with the drawee, or to an amount greater than what is due. The term "overdraw" has a definite and well-understood meaning. Money in drawn from More...
  • OVERDUE
    A negotiable instrument or other evidence of debt is overdue when the day of its maturity is past and it remains unpaid. Camp v. Scott, 14 Vt 387; La Due v. First Nat Bank, 31 Minn. 33, 10 N. W. 426. A vessel is said to be overdue when she More...
  • OVERHAUL
    To inquire into; to review; to disturb. "The merits of a judgment can never be overhauled by an original-suit" 2 H. Bl. 414.
  • OVERHERNISSA
    In Saxon law. Contumacy or contempt of court Leg. JEtheL c 25.
  • OVERISSUE
    To issue in excessive quantity ; to issue in excess of fixed legal limits. Thus, "overissued stock" of a private corporation is capital stock issued in excess of the amount limited und prescribed by the charter or certificate of incorporation. See Hayden v. Charter Oak Driving Park, 63 Conn. 142, More...
  • OVERLIVE
    To survive; to live longer than another. Finch, Law, b. 1, c 3, no. 58; 1 Leon. L
  • OVERPLUS
    What is left beyond a certain amount; the residue; the remainder of a thing. Lyon v. Tomkies, 1 Mees. & W. 603; Page v. Leapingwell, 18 Ves. 466.
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