Legal Term Dictionary

In ecclesiastical law. A parish or church in England which has jurisdiction of ecclesiastical matters within itself, and independent of the ordinary, and is subject only to the metropolitan.

In ecclesiastical law. A parish or church in England which has jurisdiction of ecclesiastical matters within itself, and independent of the ordinary, and is subject only to the metropolitan. Less...

In English law. A branch of and annexed to the court of arches. It has a jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, in the midst of other dioceses, which are exempt from the ordinary's jurisdiction, and subject to the metropolitan only.

In English law. A branch of and annexed to the court of arches. It has a jurisdiction over all those parishes dispersed through the province of Canterbury, in the midst of other dioceses, which are exempt from the ordinary's jurisdiction, and subject to the metropolitan only. Less...

Lat In Roman law. Such private property as might be held by a slave, wife, or son who was unuer the patria potest as, separate from the property of the father or master, and in the personal disposal of the owner. -Peculium castrense. In Roman law. That kind of peoulium More...

Lat In Roman law. Such private property as might be held by a slave, wife, or son who was unuer the patria potest as, separate from the property of the father or master, and in the personal disposal of the owner. -Peculium castrense. In Roman law. That kind of peoulium which a son acquired in war. or from his connection with the camp, (castrum.) Heinecc. Elem. lib. 2, tit. 9, ? 474. Less...

Lat. Originally and radically, property in cattle, or cattle themselves. So called because the wealth of the ancients consisted in cattle. Co. Litt. 207b. In the civil law. Property in general, real or personal; anything that is actually the subject of private property. In a narrower sense, personal property; * More...

Lat. Originally and radically, property in cattle, or cattle themselves. So called because the wealth of the ancients consisted in cattle. Co. Litt. 207b. In the civil law. Property in general, real or personal; anything that is actually the subject of private property. In a narrower sense, personal property; * fungible things. In the strictest sense, money. This has become the prevalent, and almost the exclusive, meaning of the word. In old English law. Goods and chattels. Spelman. -Pecunia eonstitnta. In Roman law. Money owing (even upon a moral obligation) upon a day being fixed (eonstituta) for its payment, became recoverable upon the implied promise to pay on that day, in an action called "de peeunia eonstituta," the implied promise not amounting (of course) to a sttpulaUo. Brown. --Peunia non numerate. In the civil law. Money not paid. The subject of an exception or plea in certain cases. Inst 4, 13, 2.-Pecunia numerata. Money numbered or counted qut; t. e.. given in payment of a debt.-Pecunia sepulchralis. Money anciently paid to the priest at the opening of a grave for the good of the deceased's soul.-Pecunia trajeotitia. In the civil law. A loan in money, or in wares which the debtor purchases with the money to be sent by sea, and whereby the creditor, according to the contract, assumes the risk of the loss from the day of the departure of the vessel till the day of her arrival at her port of destination. Interest does not necessarily arise from this loan, but when is stipulated for it is termed "nauticum foznus," (maritime interest) and, be-canse of the risk which the creditor assumes, he is permitted to receive a higher interest than usual. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 433. Pecunia dieitnr a peeus, omnes enim ?etcrum divitiss in animalibus eonsis-tebaat. Co. Litt. 207. Money (peeunia) fs so called from cattle, (pecus,) because all the wealth of our ancestors consisted in cattle. Less...

Monetary; relating to money; consisting of money. -Pecuniary causes. In English ecclesiastical practice. Causes arising from the withholding of ecclesiastical dues, or the doing or neglecting some act relating to the church, whereby some damage accrues to the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 88.-Pecuniary consideration. See CONSIDERATION.-Pecuniary damages. See "DAMAGES.-Pecuniary legacy. More...

Monetary; relating to money; consisting of money. -Pecuniary causes. In English ecclesiastical practice. Causes arising from the withholding of ecclesiastical dues, or the doing or neglecting some act relating to the church, whereby some damage accrues to the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 88.-Pecuniary consideration. See CONSIDERATION.-Pecuniary damages. See "DAMAGES.-Pecuniary legacy. See LEO ACT. -Pecuniary loss. A pecuniary loss is a loss of money, or of something by which money, or something of money value, may be acquired. Green v. Hudson River R. Co., 32 Barb. (N. Y.) 33. Less...

Lat In Roman law. Cattle; a beast Under a bequest of pecudes were included oxen and other beasts of burden. Dig. 32, 81, 2.

Lat In Roman law. Cattle; a beast Under a bequest of pecudes were included oxen and other beasts of burden. Dig. 32, 81, 2. Less...

In old English law. A toll or tax paid by travelers for the privilege of passing, on foot or mounted, through a forest or other protected place. Spelman.

In old English law. A toll or tax paid by travelers for the privilege of passing, on foot or mounted, through a forest or other protected place. Spelman. Less...

L. Lat Pedage, (q. v.)

L. Lat Pedage, (q. v.) Less...

Lat. In Roman law. At the foot; in a lower position; on the ground. See JUDEX PEDANEUS.

Lat. In Roman law. At the foot; in a lower position; on the ground. See JUDEX PEDANEUS. Less...

Itinerant traders; persons who sell small wares, which they carry with them in traveling about from place to place. In re Wilson, 19 D. C 341, 12 L. R. A. 624; Com. v. Farnum, 114 Mass. 270; Hall v. State, 39 Fla. 637, 23 South. 119 ; Graffty v. Rushville, More...

Itinerant traders; persons who sell small wares, which they carry with them in traveling about from place to place. In re Wilson, 19 D. C 341, 12 L. R. A. 624; Com. v. Farnum, 114 Mass. 270; Hall v. State, 39 Fla. 637, 23 South. 119 ; Graffty v. Rushville, 107 Ind. 602, 8 N. E. 609, 57 Am. Rep. 128; In re Pringle, 67 Kan. 364, 72 Pac. 864. Persons, except those peddling newspapers, Bibles, or religious tracts, who sell, or offer to sell, at retail, goods, wares, or other commodities, traveling from place to place, in the street or through different parts of the country. 12 U. S. St. at Large, p. 458, ? 27. Less...