Legal Term Dictionary

Wines drawn from the lees. Cowell.

Wines drawn from the lees. Cowell. Less...

A political party. The term arose in England, in 1818, when t\e popular leaders, Hunt Cartwright, and others, sought to obtain a radical reform In the representative system of parliament. Bol-ingbroke (Disc. Parties, Let. 18) employs the term in Its present accepted sense: "Such a remedy might have wrought a More...

A political party. The term arose in England, in 1818, when t\e popular leaders, Hunt Cartwright, and others, sought to obtain a radical reform In the representative system of parliament. Bol-ingbroke (Disc. Parties, Let. 18) employs the term in Its present accepted sense: "Such a remedy might have wrought a radical cure of the evil that threatens our constitution," etc. Wharton. Less...

In French law. A term including the repairs made to a ship, and a fresh supply of furniture and victuals, munitions, and other provisions required for the voyage. 8 Pard. Droit Commer. f 602.

In French law. A term including the repairs made to a ship, and a fresh supply of furniture and victuals, munitions, and other provisions required for the voyage. 8 Pard. Droit Commer. f 602. Less...

A kind of lottery in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor of it Webster; Prendergast v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 358, 57 More...

A kind of lottery in which several persons pay, in shares, the value of something put up as a stake, and then determine by chance (as by casting dice) which one of them shall become the sole possessor of it Webster; Prendergast v. State, 41 Tex. Cr. R. 358, 57 S. W. 850; State v. Ken-non, 21 Mo. 264; People v. American Art Union, 7 N. Y. 241. A raffle may be described as a species of "adventure or hazard," but is held not to be a lottery. State v. Pinchbeck, 2 Mill, Const (S. C.) 130. Less...

A statute, so called, of justices assigned by Edward I. and his council, to go a circuit through all England, and to hear and determine all complaints of injuries done within five years next before Michaelmas, in the fourth year of his reign. Spelman. Also a rule, form, regimen, or More...

A statute, so called, of justices assigned by Edward I. and his council, to go a circuit through all England, and to hear and determine all complaints of injuries done within five years next before Michaelmas, in the fourth year of his reign. Spelman. Also a rule, form, regimen, or precedent. Less...

A roll, called from one Ragimund or Ragimont a legate in Scotland, who, summoning all the beneficed clergymen in that kingdom, caused them on oath to give in tin true value of their benefices, according to which they were afterwards taxed by the court of Rome. Wharton.

A roll, called from one Ragimund or Ragimont a legate in Scotland, who, summoning all the beneficed clergymen in that kingdom, caused them on oath to give in tin true value of their benefices, according to which they were afterwards taxed by the court of Rome. Wharton. Less...

A road or way on which iron or steel rails are laid for wheels to run on, for the conveyance of heavy loads in cars or carriages propelled by steam or other motive power. The word "railway" is of exactly equivalent import. Whether or not this term includes roads operated More...

A road or way on which iron or steel rails are laid for wheels to run on, for the conveyance of heavy loads in cars or carriages propelled by steam or other motive power. The word "railway" is of exactly equivalent import. Whether or not this term includes roads operated by horse-power, electricity, cable-lines, etc., will generally depend upon the context of the statute in which it is found. The decisions on this point are at variance. -Railroad commission. A body of commissioners, appointed in several of the states, to regulate railway traffic within the state, with power, generally, to regulate and fix rates, see to the enforcement of police ordinances, and sometimes assess the property of railroads for taxation. See Southern Pac. Co. v. Board ot Railroad Oom're (C. C.) 78 Fed. 252. Less...

In law, this term Is of exactly equivalent import to "railroad." See State v..Brin, 30 Minn. 522,. 10 N. W. 406; Millvale Borough v. Evergreen Ry. Co., 131 Pa. 1, 18 Atl. 093, 7 L. R. A. 369; Massa chusetts L. & T. Co. v. Hamilton, 88 Fed 592, 32 More...

In law, this term Is of exactly equivalent import to "railroad." See State v..Brin, 30 Minn. 522,. 10 N. W. 406; Millvale Borough v. Evergreen Ry. Co., 131 Pa. 1, 18 Atl. 093, 7 L. R. A. 369; Massa chusetts L. & T. Co. v. Hamilton, 88 Fed 592, 32 C. C. A. 46. -Railway commissioners. A body of three ocommissioners appointed under the English regulation of railways act, 1873, principally to enforce the provisions of the railway and canal traffic act, 1854, by compelling railway and canal companies to give reasonable facilities for traffic, to abstain from giving unreasonable preference to any company or person, and to forward through traffic at through rates. They also have the supervision of working agreements between companies. Sweet. Less...

To create. A use may be raised; i. e., a use may be created. Also to infer; to create or bring to light by construction or interpretation. -Raise a presumption. To give occasion or ground for a' presumption; to be of such a character, or to be attended with such More...

To create. A use may be raised; i. e., a use may be created. Also to infer; to create or bring to light by construction or interpretation. -Raise a presumption. To give occasion or ground for a' presumption; to be of such a character, or to be attended with such circumstances, as to justify an inference or presumption of law. Thus, a person's silence, in some instances, will "raise a presumption" of his consent to what Is done.-Raise an issne. To bring leadings to an issue; to have the effect of pro-ucing an issue between the parties pleading in an action.-Raise revenue. To levy a tax, as a means of collecting revenue; to bring together, collect, or levy revenue. The phrase does not imply an increase of revenue. Perry County v. Selma, etc., R. Co., 58 Ala. 557.-Raising a promise. By this phrase is meant the act of the law in extracting from the facts and circumstances of a particular transaction a promise which was implicit therein, and postulating it as a ground of legal liability.-Raising a use. Creating, establishing, or calling into existence a use. Thus, if a man conveyed land to another in fee, without any consideration, equity would presume that he meant it to .be to the use of himself, and would therefore raise an implied use for his benefit. Brown.- Raising an action, in Scotland, is the Institution of an action or suit.-Raising money. To raise money is to realize money by subscription, loan, or otherwise. New York & R. Cement Co. v. Davis, 173 N. Y. 235, 66 N. E. 9; New London Literary Inst. v. Prescott, 40 N. H. 333.-Raising portions. When a landed estate is settled on an eldest son, it is generally burdened with the payment of specific sums of money in favor of his brothers and sisters. A direction to this effect is called a direction for "raising portions for younger children;" and, for this purpose, it is usual to demise or lease the estate to trustees for a term of years, upon trust to raise the required portions by a sale or mortgage of the same. Mozley & Whitley. Less...

Sax. In Saxon and old English law. Open theft, or robbery.

Sax. In Saxon and old English law. Open theft, or robbery. Less...