Legal Term Dictionary

Adverse to; contrary; opposed to; without the consent of; in contact with. State v. Metzger, 26 Kan. 395; James v. Bank. 12 R. I. 400; Seabright v. Seabright 28 W. Va, 465; State v. Prather, 54 Ind. 03. —Against the form of the statute. When the act complained of is More...

Adverse to; contrary; opposed to; without the consent of; in contact with. State v. Metzger, 26 Kan. 395; James v. Bank. 12 R. I. 400; Seabright v. Seabright 28 W. Va, 465; State v. Prather, 54 Ind. 03. —Against the form of the statute. When the act complained of is prohibited by a statute, these technical words must be used in an indictment under it. The Latin phrase is contra formam statuti. State v. Murphy, 15 R. I. 543, 10 Atl. 585.—Against the peace. A technical phrase used in alleging a breach of the peace. See CONTRA PACEM. State v. Tibbetts, 80 Me. 189, 29 Atl. 979.—Against the will. Technical words which must be used in framing an indictment for robbery from the person, rape and some other offenses. Whittaker v. State, 50 Wis. 521, 7 N. W. 431. 36 Am. St. Rep. 856: Com. v. Burke, 105 Mass. 376, 7 Am. Rep. 531; Beyer v. People, 86 N. Y. 360. Less...

An impression or image of anything on a seal. Cowell.

An impression or image of anything on a seal. Cowell. Less...

L. Fr. An award. Nul fait agard; no award made.

L. Fr. An award. Nul fait agard; no award made. Less...

L. Fr. To award, adjudge, or determiue; to sentence, or condemn.

L. Fr. To award, adjudge, or determiue; to sentence, or condemn. Less...

Signifies those periods in the lives of persons of both sexes which enable them to do certain acts which, before they had arrived at those periods, they were prohibited from doing. The length of time during which a person has lived or a thing has existed. In the old books, More...

Signifies those periods in the lives of persons of both sexes which enable them to do certain acts which, before they had arrived at those periods, they were prohibited from doing. The length of time during which a person has lived or a thing has existed. In the old books, "age" is commonly used to signify "full age;" that is, the age of twenty-one years. Litt. I 259. —Legal age. The age at which the person acquires full capacity to make his own contracts and deeds and transact business generally (age of majority) or to enter into some particular contract or relation, as, the "legal age of consent" to marriage. See Capwell v. Cap-well, 21 R. I. 101, 41 Atl. 1005: Montoya de Antonio v. Miller, 7 N. M. 289, 34 Pac. 40. 21 L. R. A. 699. Less...

Awe, Aire. L. Fr. Water. Kelham.

Awe, Aire. L. Fr. Water. Kelham. Less...

A suggestion of nonage, made by an infant party to a real action, with a prayer that the proceedings may be deferred until his full age. It is now abolished. St. 11 Geo. IV.; 1 Wm. IV. c. 37, i 10; 1 Lil. Reg. 54; 3 Bl. Comm. 300.

A suggestion of nonage, made by an infant party to a real action, with a prayer that the proceedings may be deferred until his full age. It is now abolished. St. 11 Geo. IV.; 1 Wm. IV. c. 37, i 10; 1 Lil. Reg. 54; 3 Bl. Comm. 300. Less...

A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, whereby one party (called the principal or constituent) delegates the transaction of some lawful business or the authority to do certain acts for him or in relation to his rights or property, with more or less discretionary power, More...

A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, whereby one party (called the principal or constituent) delegates the transaction of some lawful business or the authority to do certain acts for him or in relation to his rights or property, with more or less discretionary power, to another person (called the agent, attorney, proxy, or delegate) who undertakes to manage the affair and render him an account thereof. State v. Hubbard, 58 Kan. 797, 51 Pac. 290, 39 L. R, A. 860; Sternaman v. Insurance Co., 170 N. Y. 13, 62 N. E. 763, 57 L. R. A. 318, 88 Am. St Rep. 625; Wynegar v. State, 157 Ind. 577, 62 N. E. 38. The contract of agency may be defined to be a contract by which one of the contracting parties confides the management of some affair, to be transacted on his account, to the other party, who undertakes to do the business and render an account of it. 1 Liverm. Prin. & Ag. 2. A contract by which one person, with greater or less discretionary power, undertakes to represent another in certain business relations. Whart. Ag. 1. A relation between two or more persons, by which one party, usually called the agent or attorney, is authorized to do certain acts for, or in relation to the rights or property of the other, who is denominated the principal, constituent, or employer. Bouvier. —Ageney, deed of. A revocable and voluntary trust for payment of debts. Wharton.— Agency of necessity. A term sometimes applied to the kind of implied agency which enables a wife to procure what is reasonably necessary for her maintenance and support on her husband's credit and at his expense, when he fails to make proper provision for her necessities. Bostwick v. Brower, 22 Misc. Rep. 709, 49 N. Y. Supp. 1046 Less...

In medical jurisprudence. Impotentia generandi; sexual impotence; incapacity for reproduction, existing in either sex, and whether arising from structural or other causes.

In medical jurisprudence. Impotentia generandi; sexual impotence; incapacity for reproduction, existing in either sex, and whether arising from structural or other causes. Less...

Sax. The true master or owner of a thing. Spelman.

Sax. The true master or owner of a thing. Spelman. Less...