Legal Term Dictionary

Lat. In the civil law. One's own heirs; proper heirs. Inst 2, 19, 2.

Lat. In the civil law. One's own heirs; proper heirs. Inst 2, 19, 2. Less...

Lat. Of his own right, possessing full social and civil rights; not under any legal disability, or the power of another, or guardianship. Having capacity to manage one's own affairs; not under legal disability to act for one's self. Story. Ag.

Lat. Of his own right, possessing full social and civil rights; not under any legal disability, or the power of another, or guardianship. Having capacity to manage one's own affairs; not under legal disability to act for one's self. Story. Ag. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. The condition or qualify of a suus haeres, or proper heir. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 9, no, 11; Calvin.

Lat. In the civil law. The condition or qualify of a suus haeres, or proper heir. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 9, no, 11; Calvin. Less...

Suicide is the willful and voluntary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and Intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. Nimick v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 10 Am. Law Reg. (N. S.) 101, Fed. Cas. No. 10,266. Suicide is the deliberate termination More...

Suicide is the willful and voluntary act of a person who understands the physical nature of the act, and Intends by it to accomplish the result of self-destruction. Nimick v. Mutual Life Ins. Co., 10 Am. Law Reg. (N. S.) 101, Fed. Cas. No. 10,266. Suicide is the deliberate termination of one's existence, while in the possession and enjoyment of his mental faculties. Self-killing by an insane person is not suicide. See Insurance Co. v. Moore, 34 Mich. 41; Weber v. Supreme Tent 172 N. Y. 490, 65 N. E. 258, 92 Am. St. Rep. 753; Clift v. Schwabe, 3 C. B. 458; Knights Templars, etc, Indemnity Co. v. Jarman, 187 U. S. 197, 23 Sup. Ct 108, 47 L. Ed. 139; Breasted v. Farmers' L. & T. Co., 8 N. Y. 299, 59 Am. Dec. 482; Daniels v. Railroad Co., 183 Mass. 393, 67 N. E. 424, 62 L. R. A. 751. Less...

is a clause in an English policy of marine insurance, generally in the following form: "In case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful for the assured, their factors, servants and assigns, to sue, labor, and travel for, in, and about the defense, safeguard, and recovery of the" More...

is a clause in an English policy of marine insurance, generally in the following form: "In case of any loss or misfortune, it shall be lawful for the assured, their factors, servants and assigns, to sue, labor, and travel for, in, and about the defense, safeguard, and recovery of the" property insured, "without prejudice to this insurance; to the charges whereof we, the assurers, will contribute." The object of the clause is to encourage the assured to exert themselves in preserving the property from loss. Sweet. Less...

In old English law. The witnesses or followers of the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 295. See SECTA. Old books mention the word in many connections which are now disused,-at least In the United States. Thus, "suit" was used of following any one, or in the sense of pursuit; as in More...

In old English law. The witnesses or followers of the plaintiff. 3 Bl. Comm. 295. See SECTA. Old books mention the word in many connections which are now disused,-at least In the United States. Thus, "suit" was used of following any one, or in the sense of pursuit; as in the phrase "making fresh suit." It was also used of a petition to the king or lord "Suit of court" was the attendance which: a tenant owed at the court of his lord. "Suit covenant" and "suit custom" seem to have signified a right to one's attendance, or one's obligation to attend, at the lord's court, founded upon a known covenant, or an immemorial usage or practice of ancestors. "Suit regal" was attendance at the sheriff's tourn or leet, (his court.) "Suit of the king's peace" was pursuing an offender,''-one charged with breach of the peace, Abbott. In modern law. "Suit" is a generic term, of comprehensive signification, and applies to any proceeding in a court of justice in which the plaintiff pursues, in such court, the remedy which the law affords him for the redress of an Injury or the recovery of a right See Kohl v. U. S., 91 U. S. 375, 23 L. Ed. 449; Weston v. Charleston, 2 Pet. 464, 7 L. Ed. 481; Drake v. Gilmore, 52 N. Y. 393; Philadelphia, etc., Iron Co. v. Chicago, 158 111. 9, 41 N. B. 1102; Cohens v. Virginia, 6 Wheat 405, 5 L. Ed. 257. It is, however, seldom applied to a criminal prosecution. And it is sometimes restricted to the designation of a proceeding in equity, to distinguish such proceeding from an action at law. -Suit of court. This phrase denoted the duty of attending the lord's court, and. in common with fealty, was one of the incidents of a feudal holding. Brown.----Suit of the king's The pursuing a man for breach of the ng's peace by treasons, insurrections, or trespasses. Cowell.-----Suit money. An allowance, in the nature of temporary alimony, authorized by statute in some states to be made to a wife on the institution of her suit for divorce, intended to cover tbe reasonable expenses of the suit and to provide her with means for the efficient preparation and trial of her case. See Yost v. Yost, 141 Ind. 584, 41 N. E. 11. -Suit silver. A small sum of money paid in lieu of attendance at the court-baron. Cowell. Less...

Those persons who by his authority follow or attend an ambassador or ether public minister.

Those persons who by his authority follow or attend an ambassador or ether public minister. Less...

A party to a suit or action in court In its ancient sense, "suitor" meant one who was bound to attend the county court; also one who formed part of the secta.

A party to a suit or action in court In its ancient sense, "suitor" meant one who was bound to attend the county court; also one who formed part of the secta. Less...

Formerly suitors in the English court of chancery derived no income from their cash paid into court unless it was invested at their request and risk. Now, however, it is provided by the court of chancery (funds) act, 1872, that all money paid into court, and' not required by the More...

Formerly suitors in the English court of chancery derived no income from their cash paid into court unless it was invested at their request and risk. Now, however, it is provided by the court of chancery (funds) act, 1872, that all money paid into court, and' not required by the suitor to be invested, shall be placed on deposit and shall bear interest at two per cent, per anuum for the benefit of the suitor entitled to it. Sweet . Less...

A fund in the, English court of chancery into which the fees of suitors In that court were paid, and out of which the salaries of various officers of the court were defrayed. Wharton.

A fund in the, English court of chancery into which the fees of suitors In that court were paid, and out of which the salaries of various officers of the court were defrayed. Wharton. Less...