Legal Term Dictionary

In Spanish law. A common; common land. Common because of vicinage. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c 6, | 1, note.

In Spanish law. A common; common land. Common because of vicinage. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 1, c 6, | 1, note. Less...

A day given to a defendant Spelman.

A day given to a defendant Spelman. Less...

A writ which lay for the reversioner, when the possession was withheld by the lessee, or a stranger, after the determination of a lease for years. Brown.

A writ which lay for the reversioner, when the possession was withheld by the lessee, or a stranger, after the determination of a lease for years. Brown. Less...

Boundary; a limit either of space or time. The phrases "terminus a quo" and "terminus ad quern" are used, respectively, to designate the starting point and terminating point of a private way. In the case of a street road, or railway, either end may be, and commonly is, referred to More...

Boundary; a limit either of space or time. The phrases "terminus a quo" and "terminus ad quern" are used, respectively, to designate the starting point and terminating point of a private way. In the case of a street road, or railway, either end may be, and commonly is, referred to as the "terminus." Terminus annorum eertus debet esse et determinatus. Co. Litt 45. A term of years ought to be certain and determinate. Terminus et feodum non possunt eon-stare simul in una eademque persona. Plowd. 29. A term and the fee cannot both be in one and the same person at the same time. Less...

In English ecclesiastical practice. A time for the determination of appeals, shorter than the terminus juris, appointed by the judge. HalUfaXr Civil Law, b. 3, c. 11, no. 36.

In English ecclesiastical practice. A time for the determination of appeals, shorter than the terminus juris, appointed by the judge. HalUfaXr Civil Law, b. 3, c. 11, no. 36. Less...

In English ecclesiastical practice. The time of one or two years, allowed by law for the determination of appeals. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 11. no. 38.

In English ecclesiastical practice. The time of one or two years, allowed by law for the determination of appeals. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 11. no. 38. Less...

He that holds lands or tenements for a term of years or life. But we generally confine the application of the word to a person entitled for a term of years. Mozley A Whitley.

He that holds lands or tenements for a term of years or life. But we generally confine the application of the word to a person entitled for a term of years. Mozley A Whitley. Less...

Lat. Earth; soil; arable land Kennett Gloss. -Terra affirmata. Land let to farm.-Tera boscalia. Woody land.-Terra eulta. Cultivated land.-Terra debUls Weak or bamn land.-Tera dominica a, or indominicata. The demesne land of a manor. Cowell.-Terra excultabilis. Land which may be plowed. Mon. Ang. i. 426.-Terra extenda-A writ addressed to an More...

Lat. Earth; soil; arable land Kennett Gloss. -Terra affirmata. Land let to farm.-Tera boscalia. Woody land.-Terra eulta. Cultivated land.-Terra debUls Weak or bamn land.-Tera dominica a, or indominicata. The demesne land of a manor. Cowell.-Terra excultabilis. Land which may be plowed. Mon. Ang. i. 426.-Terra extenda-A writ addressed to an escheator, etc.. that he inquire and find out the true yearly value of any land, etc., by the oath of twelve men, and to certify the extent into the chancery. Reg. Writs, 293.-Terra frusca. or frisca. Fresh land, not lately plowed. Cowell.-Terra hydata. Land subject to the payment of hvdage. Belden.-Terra lucrabilis. Land gained from the sea or inclosed out of a waste. Cowell.- 'Terra Normanorum. Land held by a Norman. Paroch. Antiq. 197.-Terra nova. Land newly converted from wood ground or arable. Cowell.-Terra putura. Land in forests, held by the tenure of furnishing food to the keepers therein. 4 Inst. 307.-Terra sabulosa. Gravelly or sandy ground.-Terra Salica. In Salic law. The land of the house; the land within that inclosure which belonged to a German house. No portion of the inheritance of Salic land passes to a woman, but this the male sex acquires; that is, the sons succeed in that inheritance. Lex Salic tit. 62, ft 6.-Terra tes-tamentalis. Gavel-kind land, being disposable by will. Spelman.-Terra veatita. Land sown with corn. Cowell.-Terra wainabilis. Tillable land. Cowell.-Terra warrenata. Land that has the liberty of free-warren.-Terras dominieales regis. The demesne lands of the crown. Terra manens vacua ooeupanti eon-eeditur. 1 Sid 847. Land lying unoccupied Is given to the first occupant Less...

In old English law. A kind of tax or charge on land; a boon or duty of plowing, reaping, etc. Cowell.

In old English law. A kind of tax or charge on land; a boon or duty of plowing, reaping, etc. Cowell. Less...

An exemption from all uncertain services. Cowell.

An exemption from all uncertain services. Cowell. Less...