Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. A traitor; one guilty of high treason. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21, | 8.

In old English law. A traitor; one guilty of high treason. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 21, | 8. Less...

Lat. In the civil law. Delivery; transfer of possession; a derivative mode of acquiring, by which the owner of a corporeal thing, having the right and the will of aliening it, transfers it for a lawful consideration to the. receiver. Heinecc. telem. lib. 2, tit. 1, ? 380. -Quasi' traditio. More...

Lat. In the civil law. Delivery; transfer of possession; a derivative mode of acquiring, by which the owner of a corporeal thing, having the right and the will of aliening it, transfers it for a lawful consideration to the. receiver. Heinecc. telem. lib. 2, tit. 1, ? 380. -Quasi' traditio. A -supposed or implied delivery of property from one to another. Thus, if the purchaser of an article was already in possession of it before the sale, his continuing in possession is considered as equivalent to ? fresh delivery of it, delivery being one of the necessary elements of a sale; in other words, a quasi traditio is predicated.-Traditio brevi manu. A species of- constructive, or implied delivery. When he who already holds possession of a thing in another's name agrees with that other that thenceforth he shall possess It in his own name, in this case a delivery and redelivery are not necessary. And this species of delivery is termed "traditio brevi manu" Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 284.-^T*aditio davit nnt. Delivery of keys; a symbolical kind of delivery, by which the ownership of merchandise in a warehouse might be transferred to a buyer. Inst. 2, 1. 44.-*Tradi?le long* manu. A species of ^eltverjfc which-tabes place where the transferor places the article in the hands of the transferee, or, on Ms order, delivers it at his house. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 284.- Traditio rei. Delivery,of the thing. See 5 Maule A S. 82. Traditio loqui faoit enartam. Delivery makes a deed speak. 5 Coke, la. Delivery gives effect to the words of a deed. Id. Traditio nihil amplius transferre debet vel potest, ad eum qui acclpit, qnam est apnd eum qui tradit. Delivery ought to, and can, transfer nothing more to him who receives than is with him who delivers. Dig. 41, 1, 20, pr. Less...

In old practice. Is delivered to bail. Emphatic words of the old Latin bail-piece. 1 Salk. 105.

In old practice. Is delivered to bail. Emphatic words of the old Latin bail-piece. 1 Salk. 105. Less...

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See In re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647, 34 S. W. 969; People v. Hamilton, 17 Misc. Rep. 11, 39 N. Y. Supp. 531; Merriam v. Langdon, 10 Conn. 471.

Commerce; trade; dealings in merchandise, bills, money, and the like. See In re Insurance Co. (D. C.) 96 Fed. 757; Levine v. State, 35 Tex. Cr. R. 647, 34 S. W. 969; People v. Hamilton, 17 Misc. Rep. 11, 39 N. Y. Supp. 531; Merriam v. Langdon, 10 Conn. 471. Less...

Lat In French law. The drawer of a hill. Story, Bills, ? 12, note.

Lat In French law. The drawer of a hill. Story, Bills, ? 12, note. Less...

Justices of trail-bas-ton were Justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Hollingshed, for trailing or drawing the staff of justice. Their office was to make inquisition, throughout the kingdom, of all officers and More...

Justices of trail-bas-ton were Justices appointed by King Edward I., during his absence in the Scotch and French wars, about the year 1305. They were so styled, says Hollingshed, for trailing or drawing the staff of justice. Their office was to make inquisition, throughout the kingdom, of all officers and others, touching extortion, bribery, and such like grievances, of intruders into other men's lands, barrators, robbers, breakers of the peace, and divers other offenders. Cowell; Tomlins. Less...

The militia; the part of a community trained to martial exercises.

The militia; the part of a community trained to martial exercises. Less...

In old Scotch law. ; A roll containing the particular dittay taken up on malefactors, which, with the porteous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may be attached, conform to the dittay contained in* More...

In old Scotch law. ; A roll containing the particular dittay taken up on malefactors, which, with the porteous, is delivered by the justice clerk to the coroner, to the effect that the persons whose names are contained in the porteous may be attached, conform to the dittay contained in* the traistis. So called, 'because committed to the traist, [trust,] faith, and credit of the clerks and coroner. Skene; Burrill. Less...

One who, being trusted, betrays; one guilty of treason.

One who, being trusted, betrays; one guilty of treason. Less...

In criminal pleading. An essential word In indictments for treason, ihe offense must be laid to have been committed traitorously. Whart Crim. Law, 100.

In criminal pleading. An essential word In indictments for treason, ihe offense must be laid to have been committed traitorously. Whart Crim. Law, 100. Less...