Legal Term Dictionary

In feudal law. Slaves, captives, or bondmen. Spel. Feuds, c. 5.

In feudal law. Slaves, captives, or bondmen. Spel. Feuds, c. 5. Less...

At once; without interruption; without delay or lapse of time, Putnam v. Langley, 133 Mass. 205.

At once; without interruption; without delay or lapse of time, Putnam v. Langley, 133 Mass. 205. Less...

Treasurer. 3 State Tr. 691.

Treasurer. 3 State Tr. 691. Less...

The treasury; a treasure. -Thesaurus absconditus. In old English law. Treasure hidden or buried. Spelman. --Thesaurus inventus. In old English law" Treasure found; treasure-trove. Bract, fols. 1196, 122. Thesaurus competit domino regi, et non domino liberatis, nisi sit per verba speeialia. Fitzh. Coron. 281. A treasure belongs to the king, More...

The treasury; a treasure. -Thesaurus absconditus. In old English law. Treasure hidden or buried. Spelman. --Thesaurus inventus. In old English law" Treasure found; treasure-trove. Bract, fols. 1196, 122. Thesaurus competit domino regi, et non domino liberatis, nisi sit per verba speeialia. Fitzh. Coron. 281. A treasure belongs to the king, and not to the lord of a liberty, unless it be through special words. Thesaurus inventus est vetns dispositio pecuniae, etc., cujus non extat modo memoria, adeo ut jam dominum nen ha-beat. 3 Inst. 132. Treasure-trove is an ancient hiding of money, etc., of which no recollection exists, "so that it now has no owner. Thesaurus non competit regi, nisi quando nemo scit qui absoondit thesau-rum. 3 Inst 132. Treasure does not belong to the king, unless no one knows who hid it Thesaurus regis est vinculum pads ot bellorum nervus. Godb. 293. The king's treasure is the bond of peace and the sinews of war. Less...

A law-maker; a lawgiver.

A law-maker; a lawgiver. Less...

A tithing.

A tithing. Less...

Lat. in the civil and old European law. An aunt.

Lat. in the civil and old European law. An aunt. Less...

One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. The term covers both compound and simple larceny. America Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 1 Hill (N. Y.) 25.

One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. The term covers both compound and simple larceny. America Ins. Co. v. Bryan, 1 Hill (N. Y.) 25. Less...

The most general denomination of the subjects of property, as contradistinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 16, The word "estate" in general is applicable to anything of which riches or fortune may consist. The word is likewise relative to the word "things," which is the second object of jurisprudence, the More...

The most general denomination of the subjects of property, as contradistinguished from persons. 2 Bl. Comm. 16, The word "estate" in general is applicable to anything of which riches or fortune may consist. The word is likewise relative to the word "things," which is the second object of jurisprudence, the rules of which are applicable to persons; things, and actions. Civ. Code La. art. 448. Such permanent objects, not being persons, as are sensible, or perceptible through the senses. Aust. Jur. fi 452; A 'thing" is the object of a right; i.e, whatever is treated by the law as the object over which one person exercises a right, and with reference to which another person lies under a duty. Holl. Jur. 83., Things are the subjects of dominion or property, as distinguished from persons. They are distributed into three kinds: (1) Things real or Immovable, comprehending lands, tenements and hereditaments; (2) things personal or movable, comprehending goods and chattels; and (3) things mixed, partaking of the characteristics of the two former, as a title-deed, a term for years. The civil law divided things into corporeal (tangipossunt) and incorporeal (tangi non possunt.) Wharton. ------Things in action. A thing in action is a right to recover money or other personal property by a judicial proceeding. Civ. Code Cal. e--------- Things personal consist of goods, money, and all other movables, and of such rights and profits as relate to movables. 1 Steph. Comm. 156. See People v. Holbrook. 33 Johns. (N. y.).90; U. S. v. Moulton, 27 Fed. Cas. 11; People v. Brooklyn, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 546.- Things real. Such things as are permanent fixed, and immovable, which cannot be carried out of their place; as lands and tenements. 2 Bl. Comm. 16. This definition has been objected to as not embracing incorporeal rights. , Mr. Stephen idefines things real to "consist of things substantial and immovable, and of the rights and profits annexed to or issuing out of these." 1 Steph. Comm. 156. Things real are Otherwise described to consist of lands, tenements, and hereditaments. See Bates v. Spar-rell, 10 Mass. 324; People v. Brooklyn, 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 546. Things accessory are of the nature of the principal. Pinch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 25. Things are construed according 'to that which was the cause thereof; Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 4. Things are dissolved as they be contracted. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 7. Things grounded upon an ill and void beginning cannot have a good perfection. Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 3, n. 8. Things in action, entry, or re-entry cannot be granted over. Yan Rensselaer v. Ball, 19 N. Y. 100, 103. Things incident cannot be severed; Finch, Law, b. 3, c. 1, n. 12. Things incident pass by the grant of the principal. Seymour v. Canandaigua A N. F. R. Co., 25 Barb. (N. Y.) 284, 310. ' Things incident shall pass by the grant of the principal, but not the principal by the grant of the incident. Co:.Litt. 152a, 151b; Broom. Max. 433. Less...

In Saxon law. A thane or nobleman; knight or freeman. Cowell.

In Saxon law. A thane or nobleman; knight or freeman. Cowell. Less...