Legal Term Dictionary

Of or pertaining to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church.

Of or pertaining to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church. Less...

A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop.

A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop. Less...

In the civil law. An overseer; an inspector. A municipal officer who had the charge and oversight of the bread and other provisions which served the citizens for their daily food. Vicat. In medieval history. A bishop; a bishop of the Christian church. -Episcopus puerorum. It was an old custom More...

In the civil law. An overseer; an inspector. A municipal officer who had the charge and oversight of the bread and other provisions which served the citizens for their daily food. Vicat. In medieval history. A bishop; a bishop of the Christian church. -Episcopus puerorum. It was an old custom that upon certain feasts some lay person should plait his hair, and put on the garments of a bishop, and in them pretend to exercise episcopal jurisdiction, and do several ludicrous actions, for which reason he was called "bishop of the boys:" and this custom obtained in England long after several constitutions were made to abolish it Blount Episcopus alterins mandato qnam reals non tenetur obtemperare. Co. Litt 134. A bishop needs not obey any mandate save the king's. Episcopus teneat pladtnm, in curia chrlstlanitatis, do lis quss mere sunt spirltualia. 12 Coke, 44. A bishop may hold plea in a Court Christian of things merely spiritual. Less...

A letter; a charter; an instrument in writing for conveyance of lands or assurance of contracts. Calvin; Spelman.

A letter; a charter; an instrument in writing for conveyance of lands or assurance of contracts. Calvin; Spelman. Less...

In the civil law. Rescripts; opinions given by the emperors in cases sub mitted to them for decision. Answers of the emperors to petitions. The answers of counsellors, (juris-consultii) as Ulpian and others, to questions of law proposed to them, were also called "epistolae." Opinions written out. The term originally More...

In the civil law. Rescripts; opinions given by the emperors in cases sub mitted to them for decision. Answers of the emperors to petitions. The answers of counsellors, (juris-consultii) as Ulpian and others, to questions of law proposed to them, were also called "epistolae." Opinions written out. The term originally signified the same as literce. Vicat. Less...

The time at which a new computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Lond.

The time at which a new computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Lond. Less...

Alike; uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency, worth, value, amount or rights. People v. Hoffman, 116 111. 587, 5 N. E. 600, 56 Am. Rep. 793. -Equal and uniform taxation. Taxes are said to be "equal and uniform" when no person or class of persons More...

Alike; uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency, worth, value, amount or rights. People v. Hoffman, 116 111. 587, 5 N. E. 600, 56 Am. Rep. 793. -Equal and uniform taxation. Taxes are said to be "equal and uniform" when no person or class of persons in the taxing district, whether it be a state, county, or city, is taxed at a different rate than are other persons in the same district upon the same value or the same thing, and where the objects of taxation are tbe same, by whomsoever owned or whatsoever they may be. Norris v. Waco, 57 Tex. 641; People v. Whyler, 41 Cal. 355; The Railroad Tax Cases (C. C.) 13 Fed. 733; Ottawa County v. Nelson, 19 Kan. 239.-Equal degree. Persons are said to be related to a decedent "in equal degree" when they are all removed by an equal number of steps or degrees from the common ancestor. Fidler v. iiggins, 21 N. J. Eq. 162; Helmes v. Elliott, 89 Tenn. 446, 14 S. W. 930, 10 L. R. A. 535. -Equal protection of the laws. The equal protection of the laws of a state is extended to persons within its jurisdiction, within the meaning of the constitutional requirement, when its courts are open to them on the same conditions as to others, with like rules of evidence and modes of procedure, for the security of their persons and property, the prevention and redress of wrongs, and the enforcement of contracts; when they are subjected to no restrictions in the acquisition of property, the enjoyment of personal liberty, and the' pursuit of happiness, which do not generally affect others; when they are liable to no other or greater burdens and charges than such as are laid upon others; and when no different or greater punishment is enforced against them for a violation of the laws. State v. Montgunery, 94 Me. 192, 47 Atl. 165, 80 Am. St. ep. 386. And see Duncan v. Missouri, 152 U. S. 377, 14 Sup. Ct. 570. 38 L. Ed. 485; Northern Pac. R. Co. v. Carland, 5 Mont. 146. 3 Pac. 134: Missouri v. Lewis. 101 U. S. 25, 25 L. Ed. 989; Cotting v. Godard, 183 U. S. 79, 22 Sup. Ct. 30, 46 LL Ed. 92: State Board of Assessors v. Central R. Co.. 48 N. J. Law, 146. 4 Atl. 578; Minneanolis & St. L. It Co. v. Beckwith, 129 U. S. 26, 9 Sup. Ct 207, 32 LL Ed. 585. Less...

The condition of possessing the same rights, privileges, and immunities, and being liable to the same duties. Equality is equity. Fran. Max. 9, max. 3. Thus, where an heir buys in an incumbrance for less than is due upon it, (except it be to protect an incumbrance to which he More...

The condition of possessing the same rights, privileges, and immunities, and being liable to the same duties. Equality is equity. Fran. Max. 9, max. 3. Thus, where an heir buys in an incumbrance for less than is due upon it, (except it be to protect an incumbrance to which he himself is entitled,) he shall be allowed no more than what he really paid for it, as against other incumbrancers upon the estate. 2 Vent 353; 1 Vera. 49; 1 Salk. 155. Less...

The act or process of making equal or bringing about conformity to a common standard. The process of equalizing assessments or taxes, as performed by "boards of equalization" in various states, consists in comparing the assessments made by the local officers of the various counties or other taxing districts within More...

The act or process of making equal or bringing about conformity to a common standard. The process of equalizing assessments or taxes, as performed by "boards of equalization" in various states, consists in comparing the assessments made by the local officers of the various counties or other taxing districts within the jurisdiction of the board and reducing them to a common and uniform basis, increasing or diminishing by such percentage as may be necessary, so as to bring about, within the entire territory affected, a uniform and equal ratio between the assessed value and the actual, cash value of property. The term is also applied to a similar process of leveling or adjusting the assessments of individual taxpayers, so that the property of one shall not be assessed at a higher (or lower) percentage of Its market value than the property of another. See Harney v. Mitchell County, 44 Iowa, 203; Wallace v. Bullen, 0 Okl. 757, 54 Pac. 974; Poe v. Howell (N. M.) 67 Pac. 62; Chamberlain v. Walter, 60 Fed. 792; State Karr, 64 Neb. 514, 90 N. W. 298. Less...

An officer of state under the master of the horse.

An officer of state under the master of the horse. Less...