Legal Term Dictionary

1. The act of publishing anything or making it public; offering It to public notice, or rendering it accessible to public scrutiny. "2.AB descriptive of the publishing of laws and ordinances, "publication" means printing or otherwise reproducing copies of them and distributing them In such a manner as to make More...

1. The act of publishing anything or making it public; offering It to public notice, or rendering it accessible to public scrutiny. "2.AB descriptive of the publishing of laws and ordinances, "publication" means printing or otherwise reproducing copies of them and distributing them In such a manner as to make their contents easily accessible to the public; it forms no part of the enactment of the law. "Promulgation," on the other hand, seems to denote the proclamation or announcement of the edict or statute as a preliminary to its acquiring the force and operation of law. But the two terms are often used interchangeably. Chicago v. McCoy, 136 111. 344, 26 N. E. 363, 11 L. R. A. 413; Sholes v. State, 2 Pin. (Wis.) 499.""3. The formal declaration made by a testator at the time of signing his will that it is his last will and testament. 4 Kent, Comm.* 515, and note. In re Simpson, 56 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 134; Compton v. Mitton, 12 N. J. Law, 70; Lewis v. Lewis, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 2a" "4. In the law of libel, publication denotes the act of making the defamatory matter known publicly, of disseminating it, or communicating it to one or more persons. Wilcox v. Moon, 63 Yt 481, 22 Atl. 80; Sproul v. Pillsbury, 72 Me. 20; Gambriil v. Schooley, 93 Md. 48, 48 Atl. 730, 52 L. R. A. 87, 86 Am. St Rep. 414." "5. In the practice of the states adopting the reformed procedure, and in some others, publication of a summons is the process of giving it currency as an advertisement in a newspaper, under the conditions prescribed by law, as a means of giving notice of the suit to a defendant upon whom personal service cannot be made." "6. In eqnity praetiee. The making public the depositions taken in a suit which have previously been kept private in the office of the examiner. Publication is said to pass when the depositions are so made public, or openly shown, and copies of them given out in order to the hearing of the cause. 3 Bl. Comm. 450.""7. In copyright law. The act of making public a book, writing, chart, map, etc.; that 1B, offering or communicating it to the public by the sale or distribution of copies. Keene v. Wheatley, 14 Fed. Cas. 180; Jewelers' Mercantile Agency v. Jewelers' Weekly Pub. Co., 155 N. Y. 241, 49 N. E. 872, 41 L. R. A. 846, 63 Am. St. Rep. mi." Less...

Lat Of public right This term, as applied to a thing or right means that it is open to or exercisable by all persons. When a thing is common property, so that any one can make use of it who likes, it is said to be "publici juris;" as In More...

Lat Of public right This term, as applied to a thing or right means that it is open to or exercisable by all persons. When a thing is common property, so that any one can make use of it who likes, it is said to be "publici juris;" as In the case of light, air, and public water. Sweet Or it designates things which are owned by "the public;" that is, the entire state or community, and not by any private person. Less...

In tbe civil law. The name of an action introduced by the pnetor Publiclus, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost Its effects were similar to those of our action of trover. Mackeld. Rom. Law, J 298. See Inst. 4, 6, 4; Dig. 6, More...

In tbe civil law. The name of an action introduced by the pnetor Publiclus, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost Its effects were similar to those of our action of trover. Mackeld. Rom. Law, J 298. See Inst. 4, 6, 4; Dig. 6, 2, 1, 16. Less...

One versed in, or writing upon, public law, the science and principles of government, or international law.

One versed in, or writing upon, public law, the science and principles of government, or international law. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. Public law; that law which regards the state of the commonwealth. Inst 1, 1, 4.

Lat. In the civil law. Public law; that law which regards the state of the commonwealth. Inst 1, 1, 4. Less...

One whose business is the manufacture, promulgation, and sale of books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, or other literary productions.

One whose business is the manufacture, promulgation, and sale of books, pamphlets, magazines, newspapers, or other literary productions. Less...

Chastity; purity; continence.

Chastity; purity; continence. Less...

In old English law. Supposed to be a corruption of the Saxon "umd-geld," (woodgeld,) a freedom from payment of money for taking wood in any forest Co. Litt 233a.

In old English law. Supposed to be a corruption of the Saxon "umd-geld," (woodgeld,) a freedom from payment of money for taking wood in any forest Co. Litt 233a. Less...

In Spanish law. People; all the inhabitants of any country or place, with* out distinction. A town, township, or mu-> niclpallty. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c. 6, * 4. This term "pueblo." in its original signification, means "people' or "population," butv is used in the sense of More...

In Spanish law. People; all the inhabitants of any country or place, with* out distinction. A town, township, or mu-> niclpallty. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c. 6, * 4. This term "pueblo." in its original signification, means "people' or "population," butv is used in the sense of the English word "town." It has the indefiniteness of that term, and, like it, is sometimes applied to a mere collection of individuals residing at a particular place, a settlement or village, as well as to a regularly organized municipality. Trenouth v. San Francisco, 100 U. S. 251, 25 L. Ed. 626. Less...

Lat In the civil law. A child; one of the age from seven to fourteen, including, in this sense, a girl. But it also meant a "boy," as distinguished from a "girl;" or a servant -- Pneri snnt de sanguine parentnm, sed pater et mater non snnt de sanguine pnoromm. More...

Lat In the civil law. A child; one of the age from seven to fourteen, including, in this sense, a girl. But it also meant a "boy," as distinguished from a "girl;" or a servant -- Pneri snnt de sanguine parentnm, sed pater et mater non snnt de sanguine pnoromm. 3 Coke, 40. Children are of the blood of their parents, but the father and mother are not of the blood of the children. Less...