Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law.Security; surety. In tbe civil law. An acquittance or release. Spelman; Calvin.

In old English law.Security; surety. In tbe civil law. An acquittance or release. Spelman; Calvin. Less...

An ancient writ, lying for the sovereign, against any of his subjects, to stay them from going out of the kingdom to foreign parts; the ground whereof is that every man is bound to serve and defend the commonwealth as tbe crown shall think fit. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 115.

An ancient writ, lying for the sovereign, against any of his subjects, to stay them from going out of the kingdom to foreign parts; the ground whereof is that every man is bound to serve and defend the commonwealth as tbe crown shall think fit. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 115. Less...

In old English law. Security of the peace. A writ that lay for one who was threatened with death or bodily harm by another, against him who so threatened. Reg. Orig. 88.

In old English law. Security of the peace. A writ that lay for one who was threatened with death or bodily harm by another, against him who so threatened. Reg. Orig. 88. Less...

Lat. Otherwise; to the contrary. This word is used in the books to Indicate the converse of a foregoing proposition, or the rule applicable to a different state of facts, or an exception to a rule before stated.

Lat. Otherwise; to the contrary. This word is used in the books to Indicate the converse of a foregoing proposition, or the rule applicable to a different state of facts, or an exception to a rule before stated. Less...

Lat But It is not allowed. A phrase used in the old reports, to signify that the court disagreed with the arguments of counsel.

Lat But It is not allowed. A phrase used in the old reports, to signify that the court disagreed with the arguments of counsel. Less...

Lat But by tbe "court". This phrase is used In the reports to introduce a statement made by tbe court, on the argument, at variance with the propositions advanced by counsel, or the opinion of tHe whole court, where that is different from the opinion of a single jndge immediately More...

Lat But by tbe "court". This phrase is used In the reports to introduce a statement made by tbe court, on the argument, at variance with the propositions advanced by counsel, or the opinion of tHe whole court, where that is different from the opinion of a single jndge immediately before quoted. Less...

Lat But Inquire; examine this further. A remark indicating, briefly, that the particular statement or rule laid down is doubted or challenged In respect to its correctness.

Lat But Inquire; examine this further. A remark indicating, briefly, that the particular statement or rule laid down is doubted or challenged In respect to its correctness. Less...

Lat. But see. This remark, followed by a citation, directs the reader's attention to an authority or a statement which conflicts with or contradicts the statement or principle laid down.

Lat. But see. This remark, followed by a citation, directs the reader's attention to an authority or a statement which conflicts with or contradicts the statement or principle laid down. Less...

Protection; assurance; indemnification. The term is usually applied to an obligation, pledge, mortgage, deposit, Uen, etc., given by a debtor in order to make sure the payment or performance of his debt, by furnishing the creditor with a resource to be used in case of failure in the principal obligation. More...

Protection; assurance; indemnification. The term is usually applied to an obligation, pledge, mortgage, deposit, Uen, etc., given by a debtor in order to make sure the payment or performance of his debt, by furnishing the creditor with a resource to be used in case of failure in the principal obligation. The name is also sometimes given to one who becomes surety or guarantor for another. See First Nat Bank v. Hollinsworth, 78 Iowa, 575, 43 N. W. 53C, 6 L. R. A. 92; Storm v. Waddell, 2 Sandf. Ch. (N. Y.) 507; Gogglns v. Jones, 115 Ga. 596, 41 S. E. 995; Jennings v. Davis, 31 Conn. 139; Mace v. Buchanan (Tenn. Ch-) 52 S. W. 507. -Collateral security. See COLLATERAL.- Counter security. See COUNTER.-Marshaling securities. See MARSHALING.- Personal security. (1) A person's legal and uninterrupted enjoyment of his life, his limbs, his body, his health, and his reputation. 1 Bl. Comm. 129. Sanderson v. Hunt, 25 Ky. Law Rep. 626, 76 S. W. 179. (2) Evidences of debt which bind the person of the debtor, not real prroperty, are distinguished from such as are iens on land by the name of "personal securities." Merrill v. National Bank, 173 U. S. 131, 19 Sup. Ct. 360, 43 L. Ed. 640.-Public securities. Bonds, notes, certificates of indebtedness, and other negotiable or transferable instruments evidencing the public debt of a state or government.-Real security. The security of mortgages or other liens or incumbrances upon land. See Merrill v. National Bank, 173 U. S. 131, 19 Sup. Ct. 360, 43 L. Ed. 640.-Seenrity for costs. See COSTS.- Security for good behavior. A bond or recognisance which the magistrate exacts from a defendant brought before him on a charge of disorderly conduct or threatening violence, conditioned upon his being of good behavior, or keeping the peace, for a prescribed period, towards all people in general and the complainant in particular. Securiua eapediuntur negotia eont-missa pluribus, ot pins vident oemU qnam oculus. 4 Coke, 46a. Matters intrusted to several are more securely dispatched, and eyes see more than eye, [? e.( "two heads are better than one."] Less...

Lat With settled purpose. 5 Mod. 291.

Lat With settled purpose. 5 Mod. 291. Less...