Legal Term Dictionary

Applying to the matter in question; affording something to the purpose. In Scotch law, good in law, legally sufficient; as, a "relevant" plea or defense. -Relevant evidenoe. See EVIDENCE. o RELICT. This term is applied to the survivor of a pair of married people, whether the survivor is the husband More...

Applying to the matter in question; affording something to the purpose. In Scotch law, good in law, legally sufficient; as, a "relevant" plea or defense. -Relevant evidenoe. See EVIDENCE. o RELICT. This term is applied to the survivor of a pair of married people, whether the survivor is the husband or the wife; it means the relict of the united pair, (or of the marriage union,) not the relict of the deceased individual. Spitler v. Heeter, 42 Ohio St 10L Less...

L. Lat Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea waa withdrawn, it was called a ^confession" or "cognovit actionem relictu veriflcetione." Wharton.

L. Lat Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea waa withdrawn, it was called a ^confession" or "cognovit actionem relictu veriflcetione." Wharton. Less...

An increase of the land by the sudden withdrawal or retrocession of the sea or a river. Hammond v. Shepard, 18b* 111. 235, 57 N. E. 867, 78 Am. St Rep. 274; Sapp v. Frazier, 51 La. Ann. 1718, 26 South. 378, 72 Am. St Rep. 493.

An increase of the land by the sudden withdrawal or retrocession of the sea or a river. Hammond v. Shepard, 18b* 111. 235, 57 N. E. 867, 78 Am. St Rep. 274; Sapp v. Frazier, 51 La. Ann. 1718, 26 South. 378, 72 Am. St Rep. 493. Less...

1. In feudal law. A sum payable by the new tenant the duty being incident to every feudal tenure, by way of line or composition with the lord for taking up tbe estate which was lapsed or fallen in by the death of the last tenant At one time the More...

1. In feudal law. A sum payable by the new tenant the duty being incident to every feudal tenure, by way of line or composition with the lord for taking up tbe estate which was lapsed or fallen in by the death of the last tenant At one time the amount was arbitrary, but afterwards tbe relief of a knights fee became fixed at one hundred shillings. 2 Bl. Comm. 65. "2.'-Relief" also means deliverance from oppression, wrong, or injustice! In this sense it is used as a general designation of the assistance, redress, or benefit which a complainant seeks at the hands of a court particularly in equity. It may be thus used of such remedies as specific performance, or the reformation or rescission of a contract; but it doea not seem appropriate to the awarding of money damages". "3. The assistance or support pecuniary or otherwise, granted to indigent persons by the proper administrators of the poor-laws, ia also called "relief." Less...

In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigniory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term la not common in English writers. Sweet

In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigniory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term la not common in English writers. Sweet Less...

As used in constitutional provisions forbidding the "establishment of religion," the term means a particular system of faith and worship recognized and practised by a particular church, sect, or denomination. See Reynolds v. U. S., 98 U. S. 149, 26 L. Ed. 244; Davis v. Reason, 133 U. S. 333, More...

As used in constitutional provisions forbidding the "establishment of religion," the term means a particular system of faith and worship recognized and practised by a particular church, sect, or denomination. See Reynolds v. U. S., 98 U. S. 149, 26 L. Ed. 244; Davis v. Reason, 133 U. S. 333, 10 Sup. Ct 299, 33 L. Ed. 637; Board of Education v. Minor, 23 Ohio St 241, 13 Am, Bep. 233. -Religion, offenses against. In English law. They are thus enumerated by Blackstone: (1) Apostasy; (2) heresy: (3) reviling the ordinances of the church; (4) blasphemy; (5) profane swearing; (6) conjuration or witchcraft; (7) religious imposture; (8) simony; (9) profanation of the Lord's day; (10) drunkenness; (11) lewdness. 4 Bl. Comm. 43. Less...

When religious books, or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning is so limited by associated words or circumstances as to show that the speaker or writer had reference to some other More...

When religious books, or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning is so limited by associated words or circumstances as to show that the speaker or writer had reference to some other mode of worship. Simpson v. Welcome, 72 Me. 500, 39 Am. Rep. 349. -Religions eorporation. See CORPORATION.-Religions houses. Places set apart for pious uses; such as monasteries, churches, hospitals, and all other places where charity was extended to the relief of the poor and orphans, or for the use or exercise of religion. -Religions Impostors. In English law. Those who falsely pretend an extraordinary commission from heaven, or terrify and abuse the people with false denunciations of judgment; punishable with fine, imprisonment, and infamous corporal punishment 4 Broom A H. Comm. 71.-ReUgious liberty. See LIBERTY. -Religions men. Such as entered into some monastery or convent In old English deeds, the vendee was often restrained from aliening to "Jews or religious men" lest the lands should fall into mortmain. Religious men were civilly dead. Blount.-Religions society.' A body of persons associated together for the purpose of maintaining religious worship. A church and society are often united in maintaining worship, and in such cases the society commonly owns the property, and makes the pecuniary contract with the minister. But in many instances, societies exist without a church, and churches without a society. Silsby v. Barlow, 16 Gray (Mass.) 330; Weld v. May. 9 Cush. (Mass.) 188; Hebrew Free School Ass'n v. New York, 4 Hun (N. Y.) 449.-Religions use. See CHABITABLE USES. Less...

In practice. A forsaking, abandoning, renouncing, or giving over a right.

In practice. A forsaking, abandoning, renouncing, or giving over a right. Less...

The remaiuder or debt which a person finds himself debtor in upon the balancing or liquidation of an account. Hence ^reliquary, the debtor of a reliqua; as also a person who only pays piece-meal. Enc. Lond.

The remaiuder or debt which a person finds himself debtor in upon the balancing or liquidation of an account. Hence ^reliquary, the debtor of a reliqua; as also a person who only pays piece-meal. Enc. Lond. Less...

Remains; such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials. They have been forbidden to be used or brought into England. St 3 Jac. I. c. 26.

Remains; such as the bones, etc., of saints, preserved with great veneration as sacred memorials. They have been forbidden to be used or brought into England. St 3 Jac. I. c. 26. Less...