Legal Term Dictionary

Fr. An end, or limit; a limitation, or period of limitation.

Fr. An end, or limit; a limitation, or period of limitation. Less...

In French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering into the merits of the action, shows that the plaintiff has no right to bring it, either because the time during which it ought to have been brought has elapsed, which is called "prescription," or that there More...

In French law. An exception or plea founded on law, which, without entering into the merits of the action, shows that the plaintiff has no right to bring it, either because the time during which it ought to have been brought has elapsed, which is called "prescription," or that there has been a compromise, accord and satisfaction, or any Other cause which has destroyed the right of action which once subsisted. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt 1, c. 2, ? 2, art. 2. Less...

Definitive; terminating; completed ; last. In its use in jurisprudence, this word is generally contrasted with "interlocutory." Johnson v. New York, 48 Hun, 620, 1 N. Y. Supp. 254; Garrison v. Dougherty, 18 S. C. 488; Rondeau v. Beaumette, 4 Minn. 224 (Gil. 163); Blanding v. Sayles, 23 R. I. More...

Definitive; terminating; completed ; last. In its use in jurisprudence, this word is generally contrasted with "interlocutory." Johnson v. New York, 48 Hun, 620, 1 N. Y. Supp. 254; Garrison v. Dougherty, 18 S. C. 488; Rondeau v. Beaumette, 4 Minn. 224 (Gil. 163); Blanding v. Sayles, 23 R. I. 226, 49 Ati. 992. -Final decision. One from which no appeal or writ of error can be taken. Railway Co. v. Gillespie, 158 Ind. 454, 63 N. E. 845; Blanding v. Sayles, 23 R. I. 226, 49 Atl. 992.-Final disposition. When it is said to be essential to the validity of an award that it should make a "final disposition" of the matters embraced in the submission, this term means such a disposition that nothing further remains to fix the rights and obligations of the parties, and no further controversy or litigation is required or can arise on the matter. It is such an award that the party against whom it is made can perform or pay it without any further ascertainment of rights or duties. Colcord v. Fletcher, 50 Me. 401.-Final hearing. This term designates the trial of an equity case upon the merits, as distinguished from the hearing of any preliminary questions arising in the cause, which are termed "interlocutory. Smith v. W. TJ. Tel. Co. (C. C.) 81 Fed. 243: Akerly v. Vilas, 24 Wis. 171, 1 Am. Rep. 100; Galpin v. Critchlow, 112 Mass. 343, 17 Am. Rep. 176.- Final passage. In parliamentary law. The final passage of a bill is the vote on its passage in either house of the legislature, after it has received the prescribed number of readings on as many different days in that house. State v. Buckley, 54 Ala. 613. As to final "Costs," "Decree," "Judgment" "Injunction," "Order," "Process," "Recovery," "Sentence," and "Settlement," see those titles. Less...

A final or conclusive agreement. In the process of "levying a fine," this was a final agreement entered by the litigating parties upon the record, by permission of court, settling the title to the land, and which was binding upon them like any judgment of the court. 1 Washb. Real More...

A final or conclusive agreement. In the process of "levying a fine," this was a final agreement entered by the litigating parties upon the record, by permission of court, settling the title to the land, and which was binding upon them like any judgment of the court. 1 Washb. Real Prop. *70. Less...

The public wealth of a state or government, considered either statically (as tbe property or money which a state now owns) or dynamically, (as its income, revenue, or public resources.) Also the revenue or wealth of an individual.

The public wealth of a state or government, considered either statically (as tbe property or money which a state now owns) or dynamically, (as its income, revenue, or public resources.) Also the revenue or wealth of an individual. Less...

A person employed in the economical management and application of public money; one skilled in the management of financial affairs.

A person employed in the economical management and application of public money; one skilled in the management of financial affairs. Less...

To discover; to determine; to ascertain and declare. To announce a conclusion, as the result of judicial investigation, upon a disputed fact or state of facts; as a jury are said to "find a will." To determine a controversy in favor of one of the parties; as a jury "find More...

To discover; to determine; to ascertain and declare. To announce a conclusion, as the result of judicial investigation, upon a disputed fact or state of facts; as a jury are said to "find a will." To determine a controversy in favor of one of the parties; as a jury "find for the plaintiff." State v. Bulkeley, 01 Conn. 287, 23 Atl. 186, 14 L. R. A. 657; Weeks v. Trask, 81 Me. 127, 16 AtL 413, 2 L. R. A. 532; Southern Bell Tel., eta, Co. v. Watts, 66 Fed. 460, 13 O. C. A. 579. Less...

One who discovers and takes possession of another's personal property, which was then lost. Kincald v. Eaton, 98 Mass. 139, 93 Am. Dec. 142. A searcher employed to discover goods imported or exported without paying custom. Jacob.

One who discovers and takes possession of another's personal property, which was then lost. Kincald v. Eaton, 98 Mass. 139, 93 Am. Dec. 142. A searcher employed to discover goods imported or exported without paying custom. Jacob. Less...

A decision upon a question of fact reached as the result of a judicial examination or investigation by a court, jury, referee, coroner, etc. Williams v. Giblin, 86 Wia 648, 57 N. W. 1111; Rhodes v. United States Bank, 66 Fed. 514,13 C. C. A. 612, 34 L. R. A. More...

A decision upon a question of fact reached as the result of a judicial examination or investigation by a court, jury, referee, coroner, etc. Williams v. Giblin, 86 Wia 648, 57 N. W. 1111; Rhodes v. United States Bank, 66 Fed. 514,13 C. C. A. 612, 34 L. R. A. 742. -Finding of foot. A determination of a fact by the court, such fact being averred by one party and denied by the other, and the determination being based on the evidence in the case; also the answer of the jury to a specific interrogatory propounded to them as to the existence or non-existence of a fact in issue. Miles v. McCallan, 1 Ariz. 491, 3 Pac. 610; Murphy v. Bennett, 68 Cal. 528, 9 Pac. 738; Morbey v. Railway Co., 116 Iowa, 81, 89 N. W. 105.-General and special fin dings. Where issues of fact in a case are submitted to* the court by consent of parties to be tried without a jury, the "finding" is the decision of the court as to the disputed facts, and it may be either general or special, the former being a general statement that the facts are in favor of such a party or entitle him to judgment, the latter being a specific setting forth of the ultimate facts established by the evidence and which are determinative of the judgment which must be given. See Rhodes v. United States Nat Bank. 66 Fed. 514, 13 C. C. A. 012, 34 I* R. A. 742; Searcy County v. Thompson. 66 Fed. 94, 13 C. C. A. 349; Humphreys v. Third Nat. Bank, 75 Fed. 856, 21 C. C. A. 538. Less...

v. To impose a pecuniary punishment or mulct To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money. Goodman v. Durant B. A L. Ass'n, 71 Miss. 310, 14 South. 146; State v. Belle. 92 Iowa, 258, 60 N. W. 525.

v. To impose a pecuniary punishment or mulct To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty in money. Goodman v. Durant B. A L. Ass'n, 71 Miss. 310, 14 South. 146; State v. Belle. 92 Iowa, 258, 60 N. W. 525. Less...