Legal Term Dictionary

In the civil law. A feeding wood; a wood devoted to the feeding of cattle. Dig. 50, 16, 30, 5.

In the civil law. A feeding wood; a wood devoted to the feeding of cattle. Dig. 50, 16, 30, 5. Less...

The grazing or pasturage of cattle..

The grazing or pasturage of cattle.. Less...

v. 1. In practice. To utter or pronounce; as when the court passes sentence upon a prisoner. Also to proceed; to be rendered or given; as when judgment is said to pass for the plaintiff in a suit 2. In legislative parlance, a bill or resolution is said to pass More...

v. 1. In practice. To utter or pronounce; as when the court passes sentence upon a prisoner. Also to proceed; to be rendered or given; as when judgment is said to pass for the plaintiff in a suit 2. In legislative parlance, a bill or resolution is said to pass when It is agreed to or enacted by the house, or when the body has sanctioned its adoption by the requisite majority of votes; in the same circumstances, the body is said to pass the bill or motion."3.When an auditor appointed to examine Into any accounts certifies to their correctness, he is said to pass them; ". e., they pass through the examination without being detained or sent back for inaccuracy or imperfection. Brown." 4.The term also means to examine into anything and then authoritatively determine the disputed questions which it Involves. In this sense a jury is said to pass upon the rights or issues in litigation before them.5.In the language of conveyancing, the term means to move from one person to another ; to be transferred or conveyed from one owner to another; as in the phrase "the word 'heirs' will pass the fee.6.To publish; utter; transfer; circulate; impose fraudulently. This is the meaning of the word when the offense of passing counterfeit money or a forged paper Is spoken of." . "Pass," "utter," "publish," and "sell" are in some respects convertible terms, and, in a given case, "pass" may include utter, publish, and sell. The words "uttering" and "passing," used of onotes, do not necessarily import that they are .transferred as genuine. The words include any delivery of a note to another for value, with intent that it shall be put into circulation as money. U. S. v. Nelson, 1 Abb. (U. S.) 135, Fed. Cas. No. 15,861. Passing a paper is putting it off in payment or exchange. Uttering it is a declaration that it is good, with an intention to pass, or an offer to pass it. Less...

n. Permission to pass; a license to go or come; a certificate, emanating from authority, wherein it Is declared that a designated person is permitted to go beyand certain boundaries which, without such authority, he could not lawfully pass. Also a ticket issued by a railroad or other transportation company, More...

n. Permission to pass; a license to go or come; a certificate, emanating from authority, wherein it Is declared that a designated person is permitted to go beyand certain boundaries which, without such authority, he could not lawfully pass. Also a ticket issued by a railroad or other transportation company, authorizing a designated person to travel free on its lines, between certain points or for a limited time. Less...

A book In which a bank or banker enters the deposits made by a customer, and which is retained by the latter. Also a book in which a merchant enters the items of sales on credit to a customer, and which the latter carries or keeps with him.

A book In which a bank or banker enters the deposits made by a customer, and which is retained by the latter. Also a book in which a merchant enters the items of sales on credit to a customer, and which the latter carries or keeps with him. Less...

A way over water; an easement giving the right to pass over a piece of private water. Travel by sea; a voyage over water; the carriage of passengers by water; money paid for such carriage. Enactment; the act of carrying a bill or resolution through a legislative or deliberative body More...

A way over water; an easement giving the right to pass over a piece of private water. Travel by sea; a voyage over water; the carriage of passengers by water; money paid for such carriage. Enactment; the act of carrying a bill or resolution through a legislative or deliberative body In accordance with the prescribed forms and requisites; the emergence of the bill in the form of a law, or the motion in the form of a resolution. Less...

An ancient court of record In Liverpool, once called the "mayor's court of pays sage," but now usually called the "court of the passage of the borough of Liverpool.' This court was formerly held before the mayor and two bailiffs of the borough, and had jurisdiction in actions where the More...

An ancient court of record In Liverpool, once called the "mayor's court of pays sage," but now usually called the "court of the passage of the borough of Liverpool.' This court was formerly held before the mayor and two bailiffs of the borough, and had jurisdiction in actions where the amount in question exceeded forty shillings. Mozley A Whitley. Less...

The fare of a passenger by sea; money paid for the transportation of persons in a ship or vessel; as distinguished from "freight" or "freight-money," which is paid for the transportation of goods and merchandise.

The fare of a passenger by sea; money paid for the transportation of persons in a ship or vessel; as distinguished from "freight" or "freight-money," which is paid for the transportation of goods and merchandise. Less...

An ancient writ addressed to the keepers of the ports to permit a man who had the king's leave to pass over sea. Reg. Orig. 193.

An ancient writ addressed to the keepers of the ports to permit a man who had the king's leave to pass over sea. Reg. Orig. 193. Less...

A voyage or expedition to the Holy Land made by the kings of England in person. Cowell.

A voyage or expedition to the Holy Land made by the kings of England in person. Cowell. Less...