Legal Term Dictionary

Fr. A word anciently used by sailors for the cargo of a ship. The Italian "roba" had the same meaning.

Fr. A word anciently used by sailors for the cargo of a ship. The Italian "roba" had the same meaning. Less...

In old English law. Persons who, in the reign of Richard I., committed great outrages on the borders of England and Scotland. Said to have been the followers of Robert Hood, or Robin Hood. 4 Bl. Comm. 246. ROD. A lineal measure of sixteen feet and a half, otherwise called More...

In old English law. Persons who, in the reign of Richard I., committed great outrages on the borders of England and Scotland. Said to have been the followers of Robert Hood, or Robin Hood. 4 Bl. Comm. 246. ROD. A lineal measure of sixteen feet and a half, otherwise called a "perch." ROD KNIGHTS. In feudal law. Certain servitors who held their land by serving their lords on horseback. Cowell Less...

Lat. In Roman law. To ask Or solicit. Rogare legem, to ask for the adoption of a law, i. e. to propose it for enactment, to bring in a bill. In a derivative sense, to vote for a law so proposed; to adopt or enact it.

Lat. In Roman law. To ask Or solicit. Rogare legem, to ask for the adoption of a law, i. e. to propose it for enactment, to bring in a bill. In a derivative sense, to vote for a law so proposed; to adopt or enact it. Less...

Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from bis person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear. Pen. Code Cal. $.211; I Hawk. P. C. 25; 4 Bl. Comm. 243; United States v. Jones, 3 Wash. G. More...

Robbery is the felonious taking of personal property in the possession of another, from bis person or immediate presence, and against his will, accomplished by means of force or fear. Pen. Code Cal. $.211; I Hawk. P. C. 25; 4 Bl. Comm. 243; United States v. Jones, 3 Wash. G. C. 209, Fed. Cas. No. 10,494; Seymour v. State, 15 Ind" 288,% McDaniel v. State, 16 Miss. 401, 47 Am. Dec 93. - Robbery is the wrongful, fraudulent, and violent taking of money, goods, or chattels* from the person of another by force, or inr timidatlon, without the consent of ti*e owner. Code Ga. 1882, ? 4389. Bobbery is where a person, either with violence or with threats of injury, and putting the person robbed in fear, takes and carries away a thing which is on the body, or in the immediate presence, of tbe person from whom It is taken, under such circum* stances that, in the absence of violence or threats, the act committed would be a theft Steph. Crim. Dig. 208; 2 Russ. Crimes, 78. And see, further, State v. Osborne, 116 Iowa, 479, 89 N. W. 1077 ; In re Coffey, 128 Cal. 622, 56 Pac. 448; Matthews v. State, 4 Ohio St 540; Benson v. McMahon, 127 U.. S. 457, 8 Sup. Ct. 1240, 32 L. Ed. 234* State v. McGihnis, 158 Mo. 105, 59 S. W. 83; State v. Burke, 73 N. 0. 87;, Reardon v. State, 4 Tex. App. 610; Houston v. Com.^ 87 Va. 257, 12 S. E. 385; Thomas v. State, 91 Ala. 34, 9 South. 81; Hickey v. State, 23 Ind. 22. -Highway robbery. In criminal law. The crime of robbery committed upon or near a public highway. State v. Brown, 113 N. C. 645, 18 S. E. 51. In England, by St 23 Hen. VIII. c. 1, this was made felony without benefit of clergy, while, robbery committed elsewhere was less severely punished. Less...

Lat In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form.

Lat In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form. Less...

in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to Dear Witness that he has declared his will. Williams! Ex'rs, 116; Browne, Prob. Pr. 59.

in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to Dear Witness that he has declared his will. Williams! Ex'rs, 116; Browne, Prob. Pr. 59. Less...

In English ecclesiastical law. The second week before Whitsunday, thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called "Rogation days," because of the extraordinary prayers then made for the fruits of the earth, or as a preparation for the devotion of Holy Thursday. Wharton. Rogationes, qnesstiones, More...

In English ecclesiastical law. The second week before Whitsunday, thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called "Rogation days," because of the extraordinary prayers then made for the fruits of the earth, or as a preparation for the devotion of Holy Thursday. Wharton. Rogationes, qnesstiones, et positioned debent esse simplioes. nob. 143. Demands, questions, and claims ought to be simple. Less...

Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation.

Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation. Less...

A commission from one judge to another requesting him to examine a witness. See LETTER.

A commission from one judge to another requesting him to examine a witness. See LETTER. Less...

Lat In Roman law. 1 ask; I request. A precatory expression often used in wills. Dig. 30, 108, 13, 14.

Lat In Roman law. 1 ask; I request. A precatory expression often used in wills. Dig. 30, 108, 13, 14. Less...