Legal Term Dictionary

An ending; death, as the end of life. Blount; Cowell.

An ending; death, as the end of life. Blount; Cowell. Less...

In the civil law. Action for regulating bound. aries. The name of an action which lay between those who had lands bordering on each other, to settle disputed boundaries. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 5 499.

In the civil law. Action for regulating bound. aries. The name of an action which lay between those who had lands bordering on each other, to settle disputed boundaries. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 5 499. Less...

Those that purify gold and silver, and part them by fire and water from coarser metals; and therefore, in the statute of 4 Hen. VII. c. 2, they are also called "parters." Termes de la Ley.

Those that purify gold and silver, and part them by fire and water from coarser metals; and therefore, in the statute of 4 Hen. VII. c. 2, they are also called "parters." Termes de la Ley. Less...

Sax. In old English law. A summoning forth to a military expedition, (indictio ad profectionem militarem.) Spelman.

Sax. In old English law. A summoning forth to a military expedition, (indictio ad profectionem militarem.) Spelman. Less...

Sax. A preparation to go into the army. Leg. Hen. I.

Sax. A preparation to go into the army. Leg. Hen. I. Less...

Sax. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Spelman

Sax. In old English law. Exemption from military service. Spelman Less...

In old English law. A fine for refusing military service, (mulcta detrec-tantis militiam.) Spelman. A fine imposed for murder committed In the army; an acquittance of such fine. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47.

In old English law. A fine for refusing military service, (mulcta detrec-tantis militiam.) Spelman. A fine imposed for murder committed In the army; an acquittance of such fine. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 47. Less...

The effect of combustion. The juridical meaning of the word does not differ from the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231,. et seq. -Fire and sword, letters of. In old Scotch law. Letters issued from the privy council in Scotland, addressed to the sheriff of the county, authorizing him to More...

The effect of combustion. The juridical meaning of the word does not differ from the vernacular. 1 Pars. Mar. Law, 231,. et seq. -Fire and sword, letters of. In old Scotch law. Letters issued from the privy council in Scotland, addressed to the sheriff of the county, authorizing him to call for the assistance of the county to dispossess a tenant retaining possession, contrary to the order of a judee or the sentence of a court. Wharton.-Firearms. This word comprises all sorts of guns, fowling-pieces, blunderbusses, pistols, etc. Harris v. Cameron, 81 Wis. 230. 51 N. W. 437, 29 Am. St. Rep. 891; Atwood v. State. 53 Ala. 509; Whitney Anns Co. v. Barlow, 38 N. T. Super. Ct. 563.-Firebars. A beacon or high tower by the seaside, wherein are continual lights, either to direct sailors in the night, or to give warning of the approach of an enemy. Cowell.-Firo^boto. An allowance of wood or estovers to maintain competent firm* for the tenant. A sufficient allowance of wood to burn: in a house. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 99.-Fire distriot. One of the districts into which a city may be (and commonly is) divided for the purpose of more efficient service by the fire department in the extinction of fires. Des Moines v. Gilchrist, 67 Iowa, 210, 25 N. W. 136.-Firo insurance. See INSURANCE.-Firo ordeals See ORDEAL.-Firo policy. A policy of fire insurance. See INSURANCE.-Fire-proof. To say of any article that it is "fire-proof conveys no other idea than that the material out of which it is formed is incombustible. To say of a building that it is fire-proof excludes the idea that it is of wood, and necessarily implies that it is of some substance fitted for the erection of fire-proof buildings. To sav of a certain portion of a building that it is fire-proof suggests a comparison between that portion and other parts of the building not so characterized, and warrants the conclusion that it is of a different material. Hiekey v. Morrell, 102 N. Y. 459, 7 N. E. 321. 55 Am. Rep. 824.-Firewood. Wood suitable for fuel, not including standing- or felled timber which is suitable and valuable for other purposes. Hogan v. Hogan, 102 Mich. 641, 61 N. W. 73. Less...

A Scotch measure of capacity, containing two gallons aud a pint. Spelman.

A Scotch measure of capacity, containing two gallons aud a pint. Spelman. Less...

A partnership; the group of persons constituting a partnership. The name or title under which the members of a partnership transact business.-People v. Strauss, 97 111. App. 55; Boyd v. Thompson, 153 Pa. 82, 25 Atl. 769, 34 Am. St. Rep. 685; Mc-Cosker v. Banks, 84 Md. 292, 35 Atl. More...

A partnership; the group of persons constituting a partnership. The name or title under which the members of a partnership transact business.-People v. Strauss, 97 111. App. 55; Boyd v. Thompson, 153 Pa. 82, 25 Atl. 769, 34 Am. St. Rep. 685; Mc-Cosker v. Banks, 84 Md. 292, 35 Atl. 935. Less...