Legal Term Dictionary

Courts in England, consisting of two or (in special cases) more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain kinds of business which cannot be disposed of by one judge.

Courts in England, consisting of two or (in special cases) more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain kinds of business which cannot be disposed of by one judge. Less...

Lat A divided jurisdiction. Applied, e. g., to the jurisdiction of courts of common law and equity over the same subject 1 Kent Comm. 366; 4 Steph. Comm. 9.

Lat A divided jurisdiction. Applied, e. g., to the jurisdiction of courts of common law and equity over the same subject 1 Kent Comm. 366; 4 Steph. Comm. 9. Less...

The legal separation of man and wife, effected, for cause, by the Judgment of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effects so far as concerns the cohabitation of the parties. Atherton v. Atherton, 181 U. S. 155, 21 Sup. Ct. 544, 45 L. Ed. More...

The legal separation of man and wife, effected, for cause, by the Judgment of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effects so far as concerns the cohabitation of the parties. Atherton v. Atherton, 181 U. S. 155, 21 Sup. Ct. 544, 45 L. Ed. 794; Miller v. Miller, 33 Cal. 355; Cast v. Cast, 1 Utah, 112. The dissolution is termed "divorce from the bond of matrimony," or, in the Latin form of the expression, "a vinculo matrimonii;" the suspension, "divorce from bed and board," "a mensa et thoro." The former divorce puts an end to the marriage; the latter leaves it in full force. 2 Bish. Alar. & Div. f 225. The term "divorce" is now applied, in England, both to decrees of nullity and decrees of dissolution of marriage, while in America it is used only in cases of divorce a mensa or a vinculo, a decree of nullity of marriage being granted for the causes for which a divorce a vinculo was formerly obtainable in England. -Divorce a mensa et thoro. A divorce from table and bed, or from bed and board. A partial or qualified divorce, by which the parties are separated and forbidden to live or cohabit together, without affecting the marriage itself. 1 Bl. Comm. 440 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 94: 2 Steph. Comm. 311; 2 Bish. Mar. & Div. ? 225; Miller v. Clark, 23 Ind. 370; Rudolph v. Rudolph (Super. Buff.) 12 N. Y. Supp. 81; Zule v. Zule, 1 N. J. Eq. 99.-Divorce a vinculo matrimonii. A divorce from the bond of marriage. A total divorce of husband and wife, dissolving the marriage tie, and releasing; the parties wholly from their matrimonial obligations. 1 Bl. Comm. 440; 2 Steph. Comm. 310, 311; 2 Bish. Mar. & Div. ? 225; De Roche v. De Roche, 12 N. D. 17, 94 N. W. 770.-Foreign divorce. A divorce obtained out of the state or country where the marriage was solemnized. 2 Kent, Comm. 106, et seq.-Limited divorce. A divorce from bed and board: or a judicial separation of husband and wife not dissolving the marriage tie. Divortium dicitur a divertendo, quia vir divertitur ab uxore. Co. Litt 235. Divorce is called from divertendo, because a man is diverted from his wife. Less...

Fr. Tenth; the tenth part Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 1, art 9. In old French law. An income tax pay-ahle to the crown. Steph. Lect. 359.

Fr. Tenth; the tenth part Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 1, art 9. In old French law. An income tax pay-ahle to the crown. Steph. Lect. 359. Less...

Lat. I give. The ancient and aptest word of feoffment and of gift. 2 BL Comm. 310, 316; Co. Litt. 9.

Lat. I give. The ancient and aptest word of feoffment and of gift. 2 BL Comm. 310, 316; Co. Litt. 9. Less...

Lat. I give, I say, I adjudge. Three words used in the Roman law, to express the extent of the civil jurisdiction of the praetor. Do denoted that he gave or granted actions, exceptions, and judi-ces; dice, that he pronounced judgment; addico, that he adjudged tbe controverted property, or the More...

Lat. I give, I say, I adjudge. Three words used in the Roman law, to express the extent of the civil jurisdiction of the praetor. Do denoted that he gave or granted actions, exceptions, and judi-ces; dice, that he pronounced judgment; addico, that he adjudged tbe controverted property, or the goods of the debtor, etc., to the plaintiff. Mackeld. Bom. Law, ? 39. Less...

Lat I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath. The formal words of making a bequest or legacy, In the Roman law. Titio et Seio hominem Stichum do, lego, I give and bequeath to Titius and Selus my man Stichus. Inst 2, 20, 8, 30, 31. The expression is More...

Lat I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath. The formal words of making a bequest or legacy, In the Roman law. Titio et Seio hominem Stichum do, lego, I give and bequeath to Titius and Selus my man Stichus. Inst 2, 20, 8, 30, 31. The expression is literally retained in modern wills. Less...

Lat I give that you may give; I give [you] that you may give [me.] A formula in the civil law, constituting a general division under which those contracts (termed "innominate") were classed in which something was given by one party as a consideration for something given by the other. More...

Lat I give that you may give; I give [you] that you may give [me.] A formula in the civil law, constituting a general division under which those contracts (termed "innominate") were classed in which something was given by one party as a consideration for something given by the other. Dig. 19, 4; Id. 19, 5, 5; 2 Bl. Comm. 444. Less...

Lat I give that you may do; I give [you] that you may do or make [for me.] A formula in the civil law, under which those contracts were classed in which one party gave or agreed to give money, in consideration the other party did or performed certain work. More...

Lat I give that you may do; I give [you] that you may do or make [for me.] A formula in the civil law, under which those contracts were classed in which one party gave or agreed to give money, in consideration the other party did or performed certain work. Dig. 19, 5, 5; 2 BL Cqmm. 444. In this and the foregoing phrase, the conjunction "tit" is not to be taken as the technical means of expressing a consideration. In the Roman usage, this word imported a modus, that is, a qualification; while a consideration (causa) was more aptly expressed by the word *quia.'f Less...

In medical jurisprudence. The hydrostatic test used chiefly in cases of alleged infanticide to determine whether the child was born alive or dead, which consists in immersion of the foetal lungs in water. If they have never been inflated they will sink, but will float If the child has breathed.

In medical jurisprudence. The hydrostatic test used chiefly in cases of alleged infanticide to determine whether the child was born alive or dead, which consists in immersion of the foetal lungs in water. If they have never been inflated they will sink, but will float If the child has breathed. Less...