Legal Term Dictionary

In English law. A tax, rate, or assessment.

In English law. A tax, rate, or assessment. Less...

Lat. In old English law. A Sitting; a session. Sessio parliamenti, the sitting of parliament. Cowell.

Lat. In old English law. A Sitting; a session. Sessio parliamenti, the sitting of parliament. Cowell. Less...

The sitting of a court legislature, council, commission, etc., for tbe transaction of its proper business. Hence, the period of time, within any one day, during which such body is assembled in form, and engaged in the transaction of business, or, in a more extended sense, the whole space-of time More...

The sitting of a court legislature, council, commission, etc., for tbe transaction of its proper business. Hence, the period of time, within any one day, during which such body is assembled in form, and engaged in the transaction of business, or, in a more extended sense, the whole space-of time from its first assembling to its prorogation or adjournment sine die. Synonyms. Strictly speaking, the word "session,'7 as applied to a court of justice, is not synonymous with tbe word "term." The "session" of a court is the time during which it actually sits for the transaction of judicial business, and hence terminates each day with the rising of the court. A "term" of court is tbe period fixed by law, usually embracing many days or weeks, during; which it shall be open for the transaction of judicial business and during vhich it may hold sessions from day to day. But this distinction is not always observed, many authorities using the two words interchangeably. See Lipari v. State. 19 Tex. App. 433; Stefani v. State, 124 Ind. 3, 24 N; E. 254; Mansfield v. Mutual Ben. L. Ins. Co., 63 Conn. 579. 29 Atl. 137; Heim v. Brammer, 145 Ind. 605, 44 N. E. 638; Ciesap v. Cresap, 54 W. Va. 581. 46 S. E. 582; v. S. v. Dietrich (C. C.) 126 Fed. 660. -Court of session. The supreme civil court of Scotland, instituted A. D. 1532, consisting of thirteen (formerly fifteen) judges, vis., the lord president, the lord justice clerk, and eleven ordinary lords.-General sessions. A court of record, in England, held by two or more justices of the peace, for the execution of the authority given them by the commission of the peaee and certain statutes. General sessions held at certain times in the four quarters of the year pursuant to St. 2 Hen. V. are properly called ''quarter sessions," (q. v.,) but intermediate general sessions may also be held Sweet.-Great session of Wales. A court which was abolished by St 1 Wm. IV. c 70. The proceedings now issue out of the courts at Westminster, and two of the judges of the superior courts hold the circuits in Wales and Cheshire, as in other English counties. Wharton.-Joint session. In parliamentary practice, a meeting together and commingling of the two houses of a legislative body, sitting and acting together as one body, instead of separately in their respective houses. Snow v. Hudson, 56 Kan. 378, 43 Pac 262.-Fatty sessions. In English law. A special or petty session is sometimes kept in corporations and counties at large by a few justices, for dispatching smaller business in the neighborhood between the times of the general sessions: as for licensing alehouses, passing the accounts of the parish officers, etc. Brown.-Quarter sessions. See that title.-Regular session. An ordinary, general, or stated aessionv (as of a legislative body,) as distinguished from a special or extra session.--Session, laws. The name commonly given to the body of laws enacted by a state legislature at one of its annual or biennial sessions. So called to distinguish them from the "compiled laws" or "revised statutes" of the state.-Session of tbe peaee, in English law, is a sitting of ojustices of the peace for the exercise of their powers. There are four kinds,-petty, special, onarter, and general sessions.-Sessional orders. Certain resolutions which are agreed to by both houses at the commencement of every session of. the English parliament, and have relation to the business and convenience thereof ; but they are not intended to continue in force beyond the session in which they are adopted. They are principally of use as directing the order of business. Brown.-Sessions. A sitting of justices in court upon their commission, or by virtue of their appointment, and most commonly for the trial of criminal cases. The title of several courts in England and the United States, chiefly those of criminal jurisdiction. Burrill.-Special sessions. In English law. A meeting of two or more justices of the peace held for a special purpose, (such as the licensing of alehouses,) either as required by statute or when specially convoked, which can only be convened after notice to all the other magistrates of the division, to give them an opportunity of attending. Stone, J. Pr. 52, 55. Less...

This word appears to be nearly synonymous with "lease." A lease of mines is frequently termed a "mining set" Brown.

This word appears to be nearly synonymous with "lease." A lease of mines is frequently termed a "mining set" Brown. Less...

To set aside a judgment, decree, award, or any proceedings is to cancel, annul, or revoke them at the instance of a party unjustly or Irregularly affected by them. State v. Primm, 61 Mo. 171; Brandt v. Brandt 40 Or. 477, 67 Pac. 508.

To set aside a judgment, decree, award, or any proceedings is to cancel, annul, or revoke them at the instance of a party unjustly or Irregularly affected by them. State v. Primm, 61 Mo. 171; Brandt v. Brandt 40 Or. 477, 67 Pac. 508. Less...

To set down a cause for trial or hearing at a given term is to enter ita title in the calendar, list or docket of causes which are to be brought on at that term.

To set down a cause for trial or hearing at a given term is to enter ita title in the calendar, list or docket of causes which are to be brought on at that term. Less...

In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively "flrst of exchange," "second of exchange," etc., and these parts together constitute a "set of exchange." Any one of them being paid, the others become void.

In mercantile law. Foreign bills are usually drawn in duplicate or triplicate, the several parts being called respectively "flrst of exchange," "second of exchange," etc., and these parts together constitute a "set of exchange." Any one of them being paid, the others become void. Less...

A counter-claim or cross-demand ; a claim or demand which the defendant in an action sets off against the claim of the plaintiff, as being his due, whereby he may extinguish the plaintiff's demand, either in whole or in part according to the amount of the set-off. See In re More...

A counter-claim or cross-demand ; a claim or demand which the defendant in an action sets off against the claim of the plaintiff, as being his due, whereby he may extinguish the plaintiff's demand, either in whole or in part according to the amount of the set-off. See In re Globe Ins. Co., 2 Edw. Ch. (N. Y.) 627; Sherman v. Hale, 76 Iowa, 883, 41 N. W. 48 ; Naylor v. Smith, 63 N. J. Law, 596, 44 Atl. 649; Hurdle y, Hanner, 50 N. C. 360; Wills v. Browning, 96 Ind. 149. Set-off Is a defense which goes not to tbe Justice of the plaintiffs demand, but sets up a demand against the plaintiff to counterbalance his in whole or in part Code Ga. 1882, ft 2899. For the distinction between set-off and recoupment, see RECOUPMENT. "Set-off" differs from a "lien," inasmuch as the former belongs exclusively to the remedy, and is merely a right to insist, if the party think proper to do so, when sued by his creditor on a counter-demand, which can only be enforced through the medium of judicial proceedings; while the latter is, in effect, a substitute for a suit. 2 Op. Attys. Gen. 677. Less...

In pleading. To recite or narrate facts or circumstances; to allege or aver; to describe or to incorporate; as, to set out a deed or contract First Nat Bank v. Engelbercht 58 Neb. 639, 79 N. W. 556; U. S. v. Watkins, 28 Fed. Cas. 436.

In pleading. To recite or narrate facts or circumstances; to allege or aver; to describe or to incorporate; as, to set out a deed or contract First Nat Bank v. Engelbercht 58 Neb. 639, 79 N. W. 556; U. S. v. Watkins, 28 Fed. Cas. 436. Less...

To bring forward or allege, as something relied upon or deemed sufficient; to propose or interpose, by way of defense, explanation, or justification; as, to set up the statute of limitations, i. e., offer and rely upon it as a defense to a claim.

To bring forward or allege, as something relied upon or deemed sufficient; to propose or interpose, by way of defense, explanation, or justification; as, to set up the statute of limitations, i. e., offer and rely upon it as a defense to a claim. Less...