Legal Term Dictionary

An officer of the army or navy whose duty Is to keep the pay-accounts and pay the wages of the officers and men. Any official charged with the disbursement of public money. -Paymaster general. In English law. The officer who makes the various payments put of the public money required More...

An officer of the army or navy whose duty Is to keep the pay-accounts and pay the wages of the officers and men. Any official charged with the disbursement of public money. -Paymaster general. In English law. The officer who makes the various payments put of the public money required for the different degirtments of the state by issuing drafts on the ank of England. Sweet In American law, the ofllcer at the head of the pay corps of the army is so called, also the naval officer holding corresponding office and rank with reference to the pay department of the navy. Less...

The performance of a duty, promise, or obligation, or discharge of a debt or liability, by the delivery of money or other value. Also the money or other thing so. delivered. Brady v. Wasson, 6 Heisk. (Tenn.) 135; Bloodworth v. Jacobs, 2 La. Ann. 24; Root v. Kelley, 39 Misc. More...

The performance of a duty, promise, or obligation, or discharge of a debt or liability, by the delivery of money or other value. Also the money or other thing so. delivered. Brady v. Wasson, 6 Heisk. (Tenn.) 135; Bloodworth v. Jacobs, 2 La. Ann. 24; Root v. Kelley, 39 Misc. Rep. 530, 80 N. Y. Supp. 482; Moulton' v. Robison, 27 N. H. 554; Clay v. Lakenan, 101 Mo. App. 563, 74 S. W. 391; Claflln v. Continental! Works, 85. 6a. 27, 11 S. E. 721; Huffman* v. Walker, 26 Grat. (Va.) 316. By "payment" la meant not only the delivery of a sum of money, when such Is the obligation of the contract, but the performance of that which the parties respectively undertook, whether It be to give or to do. Civ. Code La. art. 2131. Performance of an obligation for the delivery of money only is called "payment" Civ. Code Cal. ? 1478. In pleading. When the defendant alleges that he has paid the debt or claim laid in the declaration, this is called a "plea of payment" -Part payment. The reduction of any debt or demand by the payment of a sum less than tbe whole amount originally due. Young v. Perkins, 29 Minn. 173, 12 N. W. 515; Moffitt v. Carr, 48 Neb. 403, 67 N. W. 150, 58 Am. St. Rep. 696.-Payment Into court. In practice. The act of a defendant in depositing the amount which he admits to be due, with the proper officer of the court, for the benefit of the plaintiff and in answer to his claim.-Voluntary payment. A payment made by a debtor of his own will and choice, as distinguished from one exacted from him by process of execution or other compulsion. Redmond v. New York, 125 N. Y. 632, 26 N. E 727; Rumford Chemical Works v. Ray. 19 R. I. 456. 34 Atl. 814; Tag-gart v. Rice, 37 Vt. 47; Maxwell v. Griswold, 10 How. 255, 13 L. Ed. 405. Less...

Fr. Country. Trial per pays, trial by Jury, (the country.) See PAIS.

Fr. Country. Trial per pays, trial by Jury, (the country.) See PAIS. Less...

As applied to the affairs of a state or nation peace may be either external or internal. In the former case, the term denotes the prevalence of amicable relations and mutual good will between the particular society and all foreign powers. In the latter case, it means the tranquility, security, More...

As applied to the affairs of a state or nation peace may be either external or internal. In the former case, the term denotes the prevalence of amicable relations and mutual good will between the particular society and all foreign powers. In the latter case, it means the tranquility, security, and freedom from commotion or disturbance which is the sign of good order and harmony and obedience to the laws among all the members of the society. In a somewhat technical sense, peace denotes the quiet security, good order, and decorum which is guarantied by the constitution of civil society and by the laws. People v. Rounds, 67 Mich. 482, 35 N. W. 77; Corvallis v. Carlile, 10 Or. 139, 45 Am. Rep. 134.The concord or final agreement in a fine of lands. 18 Edw. I. "Modus Levandi Finis:-Articles of the peace. See ARTICLES.- Bill of peace. See BILL.-Breach of peace. See BREACH.-Conservator of the peace. See CONSERVATOR-Justice of the peace. See that title.-Peaee of God and the church. In old English law. That rest and cessation which the king's subjects had from trouble and suit of law between the terms and on Sundays and holidays. Cowell; Spelman. -Peace of the state. The protection, security, and immunity from violence which tne state undertakes to secure and extend to all persons within its jurisdiction and entitled to the benefit of its laws. This is part of the definition of murder, it being necessary that the victim should be "in the peace of the state," which now practically includes all persons except armed public enemies. See MURDER. And see State v. Dunkley, 25 N. C. 121.-Peace officers. This term is variously defined by statute in the different states; but generally it includes sheriffs and their deputies, constables, marshals, members of the police force of cities, and other officers whose duty is to enforce and preserve the public peace. See People v. Clinton. 28 App. Div. 478, 51 N. Y. Supp. 115; Jones v. State (Tex. Cr. App.) 65 S. W. 92.-Public peace. The peace or tranquillity of the community in general; the good order and repose of the people composing a state or municipality. See Neuendorf! v. Duryea, 6 Daly (N. Y.) 280 ; State v. Benedict, 11 Vt. 236, 34 Am. Dec. 688. Less...

Free from the character of force, violence, or trespass; as, a "peaceable entry" on lands. "Peaceable possession" of real estate is such as is acquiesced in by all other persons, including rival claimants, and not disturbed by any forcible attempt at ouster nor by adverse suits to recover the possession More...

Free from the character of force, violence, or trespass; as, a "peaceable entry" on lands. "Peaceable possession" of real estate is such as is acquiesced in by all other persons, including rival claimants, and not disturbed by any forcible attempt at ouster nor by adverse suits to recover the possession or the estate. See Stanley v. Schwalby, 147 U. S. 508, 13 Sup. Ct. 418, 37 L. Ed. 259; Allaire v. Ketcham, 55 N. J. Eq. 168, 35 Atl. 900; Bowers v. Cherokee Bob, 45 Cal. 504; Gltten v. Lowry, 15 Ga. 336. Peeeata contra natnram snnt gravis* sima. 3 Inst 20. Crimes against nature are the most heinous. Peeeatnm peccato addit qnl culpa) qnam facit patrocinia defensionis ad* jnngit. 5 Coke, 49. He adds fault to fault who sets up a defense of a wrong committed by him. Less...

A piece or small quantity of ground. Paroch. Antlq. 240.

A piece or small quantity of ground. Paroch. Antlq. 240. Less...

A measure of two gallons; a dry measure

A measure of two gallons; a dry measure Less...

Lat. In Roman law. Cattle; beasts. The term included all quadrupeds that fed In flocks. Dig. 32, 65, 4.

Lat. In Roman law. Cattle; beasts. The term included all quadrupeds that fed In flocks. Dig. 32, 65, 4. Less...

In the civil law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government Intrusted to his care, to his own use, or that of others. Domat. Supp. au Droit Public, 1. 3, tit 5. See Bork v. People, 91 N. Y. 16.

In the civil law. The unlawful appropriation, by a depositary of public funds, of the property of the government Intrusted to his care, to his own use, or that of others. Domat. Supp. au Droit Public, 1. 3, tit 5. See Bork v. People, 91 N. Y. 16. Less...

Lat In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word "peculation" but "embezzlement" is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122.

Lat In the civil law. The offense of stealing or embezzling the public money. Hence the common English word "peculation" but "embezzlement" is the proper legal term. 4 Bl. Comm. 121, 122. Less...