Legal Term Dictionary

An assistant helper, or ally; particularly a person appointed to assist a bishop who from age or infirmity is unable to perform his duty. Olcott v. Ga-bert 86 Tex. 121, 23 S. W. 985. Also an overseer, (coadjutor of an executor,) and one who disseises a person of land not More...

An assistant helper, or ally; particularly a person appointed to assist a bishop who from age or infirmity is unable to perform his duty. Olcott v. Ga-bert 86 Tex. 121, 23 S. W. 985. Also an overseer, (coadjutor of an executor,) and one who disseises a person of land not to his own use, but to that of another. Less...

One who Is a joint administrator with .one or more others.

One who Is a joint administrator with .one or more others. Less...

A uniting or combining together of persons; a conspiracy. 9 Coke, 56.

A uniting or combining together of persons; a conspiracy. 9 Coke, 56. Less...

A species of promissory note, formerly In use in the port of London, containing the phrase "value received in coals." By the statute 8 Geo. II. c. 26, || 7, 8, these were to be protected and noted as Inland bills of exchange. But this was repealed by the statute More...

A species of promissory note, formerly In use in the port of London, containing the phrase "value received in coals." By the statute 8 Geo. II. c. 26, || 7, 8, these were to be protected and noted as Inland bills of exchange. But this was repealed by the statute 47 Geo. III. sess. 2, c. 68, | 28. Less...

In French law. An unlawful agreement among several persons not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon; particularly, industrial combinations, strikes, etc.; a conspiracy.

In French law. An unlawful agreement among several persons not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon; particularly, industrial combinations, strikes, etc.; a conspiracy. Less...

One of two or more assignees of the same subject-matter.

One of two or more assignees of the same subject-matter. Less...

The edge or margin of a country bounding on the sea. It is held that the term includes small Islands and reefs naturally connected with the adjacent land, and rising above the surface of the water, although their composition may not be sufficiently firm and stable to admit of their More...

The edge or margin of a country bounding on the sea. It is held that the term includes small Islands and reefs naturally connected with the adjacent land, and rising above the surface of the water, although their composition may not be sufficiently firm and stable to admit of their be- tag Inhabited or fortified; but not shoals which are perpetually covered by the water. U. 8. Pope, 28 Fed. Cas. 680; Hamilton ?. Menifee, 11 Tex. 751. This word Is particularly appropriate to the edge of the sea, while "shore" may be nsed of the margins of inland waters. —Coast waters.' Tide waters navigable from the ocean by sea-going craft, the term embracing all waters opening directly or indirectly into the ocean and navigable by ships coming In from the ocean of draft as great as that or the larger ships which traverse the open seas. The Britannia. 153 U. S. 130, 14 Sup. Ct. 795, 38 L. Ed. 660; The Victory (D. C5 63 Fed. 636; The Garden City (D. 0.) 26 Fed. 773. —Coaster. A term applied to vessels plying exclusively between domestic ports, and usually to those engaged in domestic trade, as distinguished from vessels engaged in foreign trade and plying between a port of the United States and a port of a foreign country; not including pleasure yachts. Belden v. Chase, 150 U. S. 674, 14 Sup. Ct 264. 37 I* EH, 1218.—Coasting? trade. In maritime law. Commerce and navigation between different places along the coast of the United States, as distinguished from commerce with ports In foreign countries. Commercial intercourse carried on between different districts in different states, different districts in the same state, or different places In tbe same district on the sea-coast or on a navi- S ble river. Steamboat Co. v. Livingston, 3 ?w. (N. Y.) 747; San Francisco v. California Steam Nav. Co., 10 CaL 507; U. S. v. Pope, 28 Fed. Cas. 630; Ravesies v. U. S. (D. C.) 35 Fed. 919.—Coastwise. Vessels "plying coastwise'' are those which are engaged in the domestic trade, or plying between port and port in the United States, as contradistinguished from those engaged In the foreign trade, or plying between a port of the United States and a port of a foreign country. San Francisco v. California Steam Nav. Co., 10 Cal. 504. Less...

In English law. A body of officers and men raised and equipped by the commissioners of the admiralty for the defense of the coasts of the realm, and for the more ready manning of the navy In case of war or sudden emergency, as well as for the protection of More...

In English law. A body of officers and men raised and equipped by the commissioners of the admiralty for the defense of the coasts of the realm, and for the more ready manning of the navy In case of war or sudden emergency, as well as for the protection of the revenue against smugglers. Mozley A Whitley. Less...

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the Holy Land during the crusades, for the purpose of identifying them, some such contrivance being necessary in order to distinguish More...

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the Holy Land during the crusades, for the purpose of identifying them, some such contrivance being necessary in order to distinguish knights when clad In armor from one another. Wharton. Less...

In medical jurisprudence. A method of serum-diagnosis of insanity from haemolysis (breaking vp of the red corpuscles of the blood) by injections of the venom of cobras or other serpents. This test for Insanity has recently been employed in Germany and some other European countries and in Japan.

In medical jurisprudence. A method of serum-diagnosis of insanity from haemolysis (breaking vp of the red corpuscles of the blood) by injections of the venom of cobras or other serpents. This test for Insanity has recently been employed in Germany and some other European countries and in Japan. Less...