Legal Term Dictionary

Lat In Roman law. This name was given to a notice promulgated by a magistrate of his intention to present an impeachment against a citizen before the people, specifying the day appointed, the name of the accused, and the crime charged.

Lat In Roman law. This name was given to a notice promulgated by a magistrate of his intention to present an impeachment against a citizen before the people, specifying the day appointed, the name of the accused, and the crime charged. Less...

(Lat He has closed his last day,-died.) A writ which formerly lay on the death of a tenant in capite, to ascertain the lands of which he died seised, and reclaim them into the king's hands. It was directed to the king's escheators. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 251, K; 2 Reeve, More...

(Lat He has closed his last day,-died.) A writ which formerly lay on the death of a tenant in capite, to ascertain the lands of which he died seised, and reclaim them into the king's hands. It was directed to the king's escheators. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 251, K; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 327. A writ awarded out of the exchequer after the death of a crown debtor, the sheriff being commanded by it to inquire by a jury when and where the crown debtor died, and what chattels, debts, and lands he had at the time of his decease, and to take and seize them into the crown's hands. 4 Steph. Comm. 47, 48. Less...

Lat A day; days. Days for appearance in court. revisions or maintenance for a day. The king's rents were anciently reserved by so many days' provisions. Spelman; Cowell; Blount -Dies a quo. (The day from which.) In the civil law. The day from which a transaction begins; the commencement of More...

Lat A day; days. Days for appearance in court. revisions or maintenance for a day. The king's rents were anciently reserved by so many days' provisions. Spelman; Cowell; Blount -Dies a quo. (The day from which.) In the civil law. The day from which a transaction begins; the commencement of it; the conclusion being the dies ad quern. Mackeld. Rom. Law, ? 185.-Dies amoris. A day of favor. The name given to the appearance day of the term on the fourth day, or quarto die post. It was the day given by the favor and indulgence of tbe court to the defendant for his appear- a nee, when all parties appeared in court, and had their appearance recorded by the proper officer. Wharton.-Dies cedit. The day begins; diet venit, the day has come. Two expressions in Roman law which signify the vesting or fixing of an interest, and the interest becoming a present one. Sandars* Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 225, 232.-Dies communes in banoo. Regular days for appearance in court; called, also "common return-days." 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 57.-Dies datns. A day given or allowed, (to a defendant in an action;) amounting; to a continuance. But the name was appropriate only to a continuance before a declaration filed; If afterwards allowed, it was called an oimparlance."-Dies datns in banco. A dav g ven in the bench, (or court of common pleas.) ract fola 2575. 361. A day given in bank, as distinguished from a day at nini prius. Co. Litt. 135.-Dies datns partibns. A day given to the parties to an action; an adjournment or continuance. Crabb, Eng. Law. 217.-Dies datns praee partium. A day given on the prayer of the parties. Bract, fol. 358; Gilb. Comm. PI. 41: 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 60.-Dies dominions. The Lord's day; Sunday.-Dies exereseens. In old English law. The added or increasing day in leap pear. Bract, fola. 350,350b.-Dies fasti. In Roman law. Days on which the courts were open, and justice could be legally administered; days on which ft was lawful for the pr*ptor to pronounce ffart) the three words, "oo,H "dico," "od Less...

A general legislative assembly is sometimes so called on the continent of Europe. In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court. An appearance day. A day fixed for the trial of a criminal cause. A criminal cause as prepared for trial.

A general legislative assembly is sometimes so called on the continent of Europe. In Scotch practice. The sitting of a court. An appearance day. A day fixed for the trial of a criminal cause. A criminal cause as prepared for trial. Less...

A day's journey; a day's work; a day's expenses.

A day's journey; a day's work; a day's expenses. Less...

In Scotch law. The days within which parties in civil and criminal prosecutions are cited to appear. Bell.

In Scotch law. The days within which parties in civil and criminal prosecutions are cited to appear. Bell. Less...

Fr. God and my right. The motto of the royal arms of England, first assumed by Richard I.

Fr. God and my right. The motto of the royal arms of England, first assumed by Richard I. Less...

L. Fr. In old law. God his act; God's act An event beyond human foresight or control. Termes de la Ley.

L. Fr. In old law. God his act; God's act An event beyond human foresight or control. Termes de la Ley. Less...

To destroy; to disfigure or deface.

To destroy; to disfigure or deface. Less...

In an agreement for submission to arbitration, "difference" means disagreement or dispute Fravert v. Fesler, 11 Colo. App. 387, 53 Pac. 288; Pioneer Mfg. Co. v. Phoenix Assur. Co., 106 N. C. 28, 10 S. E. 1057. Difficile est nt nnns homo vicem duor" am snstineat. 4 Coke, 118. It More...

In an agreement for submission to arbitration, "difference" means disagreement or dispute Fravert v. Fesler, 11 Colo. App. 387, 53 Pac. 288; Pioneer Mfg. Co. v. Phoenix Assur. Co., 106 N. C. 28, 10 S. E. 1057. Difficile est nt nnns homo vicem duor" am snstineat. 4 Coke, 118. It is difficult that one man should sustain the place of two: Less...