Legal Term Dictionary

Properly the final adjournment of the court for the term, though the term is also sometimes used to express the cessation of judicial business for the day or for a recess; it is the opposite of "sitting" or "session." See State v. Weaver, 11 *feb. 163, 8 Ni Wi 865.

Properly the final adjournment of the court for the term, though the term is also sometimes used to express the cessation of judicial business for the day or for a recess; it is the opposite of "sitting" or "session." See State v. Weaver, 11 *feb. 163, 8 Ni Wi 865. Less...

In insurance law; the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc., covered by the policy. -Risks of navigation. It is held that this term is not the More...

In insurance law; the danger or hazard of a loss of the property insured; the casualty contemplated in a contract of insurance; the degree of hazard; and, colloquially, the specific house, factory, ship, etc., covered by the policy. -Risks of navigation. It is held that this term is not the equivalent of "perils of navigation," but is of more comprehensive import than the latter. Pitcher v. Hennessey, 48 N. Y. 419. Less...

Fr. In insurance law ; the dissolution of a policy or contract of insurance for any cause. Emerig. Traite des Assur. c 16.

Fr. In insurance law ; the dissolution of a policy or contract of insurance for any cause. Emerig. Traite des Assur. c 16. Less...

Lat Duly and formally; legally; properly; technically.

Lat Duly and formally; legally; properly; technically. Less...

In French law. The shore, as of the sea. In Englisb law. A toll anciently paid to the crown for the passage of boats or vessels on certain rivers. Cowell.

In French law. The shore, as of the sea. In Englisb law. A toll anciently paid to the crown for the passage of boats or vessels on certain rivers. Cowell. Less...

To have the liberty of a river for fishing and fowling. Cowell.

To have the liberty of a river for fishing and fowling. Cowell. Less...

A natural stream of water, of greater volume than a creek or rivulet, flowing in a more or less permanent bed or channel, between defined banks or walls, with a current which may either be continuous in one direction or affected by the ebb and flow of the tide. See More...

A natural stream of water, of greater volume than a creek or rivulet, flowing in a more or less permanent bed or channel, between defined banks or walls, with a current which may either be continuous in one direction or affected by the ebb and flow of the tide. See Howard v. Ingersoll, 13 How. 391,14 L. Ed. 189; Alabama v. Georgia, 23 How. 513, 16 L. Ed. 556; The Garden City (D. C.) 26 Fed 772; Berlin Mills Co. v. Wentworth's Location, 60 N. H. 158; Dud-den v. Guardians of Clutton Union, 1 Hurl. A N. 627; Chamberlain v. Hemingway, 63 Conn. 1, 27 Atl. 239, 22 L. R. A. 45, 38 Am. St. Rep. 330. Rivers are public or private; and of public rivers some are navigable and others not The common-law distinction is that navigable rivers are those only wherein the tide ebbs and flows. But, in familiar usage, any river is navigable which affords passage to ships and vessels, irrespective of its being affected by the tide. -Pnblio river. A river where there is a common navigation exercised: otherwise called a "navigable river." 1 Crabb, Real Prop. p. Ill, fi 106. Less...

Lat In the civil law. A quarrel; a strife of words. Calvin.

Lat In the civil law. A quarrel; a strife of words. Calvin. Less...

In old English law. A scold; a scolding or quarrelsome woman. 4 Bl. Comm. 168.

In old English law. A scold; a scolding or quarrelsome woman. 4 Bl. Comm. 168. Less...

A highway; an open way or public passage; a line of travel or communication extending from one town or place to an-( other; a strip of land appropriated and nsed for 'purposes of travel and communication between different places. See Stokes V. Scott County, 10. Iowa, 176; Com. v. Gammons,. More...

A highway; an open way or public passage; a line of travel or communication extending from one town or place to an-( other; a strip of land appropriated and nsed for 'purposes of travel and communication between different places. See Stokes V. Scott County, 10. Iowa, 176; Com. v. Gammons,. 23 Pick. (Mass.) 202; Hutson v. New York, 5 Sandf. (N. Y.) 312; Stedman v. South-bridge, 17 Pick. (Mass.) 164; Horner v. State, 40 Md. 288; Northwestern Tel. Exch. Co. T; Minneapolis, 81 Minn. 140, 86 N. W. 69, 68 L. It A. 176; Hart v.. Town of Red Cedar, 63 Wis. 634, 24 N. W. 410. In maritime law. An open passage Of the sea that receives its denomination commonly from some part adjacent, which, though it He out at sea, yet, in respect of the situation of the land adjacent, and the depth and wideness of the place, is a safe place for the common riding or anchoring of ships; as Dover road, Klrkley road, etc. Hale de Jure Mar. pt 2, c. 2. -law of tne road. See LAW.-Private road. This term has various meanings: (1) A road, the soil of which belongs to tbe owner of the land which it traverses, but which is burdened with a right of way. Morgan v. Livingston, 6 Mart O. S. (La.) 231. (2) A neighborhood wav, not commonly used by others than the people of the neighborhood, though it may be used by any one having occasion. State v. Mobley, 1 McMul. (S. C.) 44. (3) A road intended for the use of one or more private in* dividuals, and not wanted nor intended for general public use, which may be opened across the lands of other persons by statutory authority in some states. Witham v. Osburn, 4 Or. 318, .18 Am. Rep. 287; Sherman v. Buick, 32 Cal. 252, 91 Am. Dec. 577; Madera County v. Raymond Granite Co., 139 Cal. 128, 72 Pac 915. (4) A road which is only open for the benefit of certain individuals to go from and to their homes for the service of their lands and for the use of some estates exclusively. Civ. Code La, 1900, art. 706.-PnbUo road. A highway; a road or way established and adopted (or accepted as a dedication) by the proper authorities for tbe use of the general public, and over which every person has a right to pass and to use it for all purposes of travel or transportation to which it is adapted and devoted. Cincinnati It Co. v. Com., 80 Ky. 138: Shelby County v. Castetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 33 N.E.986; Abbott v.Duluth (C. C.) 104 Fed. 837; Heninger v.Peery, 102Va. 896,47 S. E. 1013.-Road districts. Public or quasi municipal corporations organised or authorized by statutory authority in many of the states for the special purpose of establishing, maintaining, and caring for public roads and highways within their limits, sometimes invested with powers of local taxation, and generally having elective officers styled "overseers" or ''commissioners" of roads. See Farmer v. Myles, 106 La. 333, 30 South. 858; San Bernardino County v. Southern Pac R. Co., 137 Cal. 659, 70 Pac. 782; Madden v. Lancaster County, 65 Fed. 191, 12 C. C. A. 566.-Road tax. A tax for the maintenance and repair of the public roads within the particular jurisdiction, levied either in money or in the form of so many days' labor on the public roads exacted of all the inhabitants of the district. See Lewin v. State, 77 Ala. 46. Less...