Legal Term Dictionary

In land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers, and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, this term means forty acres of land in the form of a square, being the tract obtained by quartering a section of land (010 acres) and More...

In land laws and conveyancing, in those regions where grants, transfers, and deeds are made with reference to the subdivisions of the government survey, this term means forty acres of land in the form of a square, being the tract obtained by quartering a section of land (010 acres) and again quartering one of the quarters. Lente v. Clarke, 22 Fla. 515, 1 South. 149. Less...

In old English forest law. The court of attachment in forests, or wood-mote court.

In old English forest law. The court of attachment in forests, or wood-mote court. Less...

Lat. A court of justice, or judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a place where a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story. 347. In Roman law. The market place, or public paved court, in the city of Rome, where such public business was transacted as the More...

Lat. A court of justice, or judicial tribunal; a place of jurisdiction ; a place where a remedy is sought; a place of litigation. 3 Story. 347. In Roman law. The market place, or public paved court, in the city of Rome, where such public business was transacted as the assemblies of the people and the judicial trial of causes, and where also elections, markets, and the public exchange were held. -Forum aotus. The forum of the act. The forum of the place* where the act was done which is now called in question.-Forum eon-soiontise. The forum or tribunal of conscience.-Forum oontontiosum. A contentious forum or court; a place of litigation; the ordinary court of justice, as distinguished from the tribunal of conscience. 3 Bl. Comm. 211. -Forum contractus. The forum of the contract ; the court of the place where a contract is made; the place where a contract is made, considered as a place of jurisdiction. 2 Kent, Comm. 463.-Forum domestioum. A domestic forum or tribunal. The visitatorial power is called a "forum domesticum" calculated to determine, sine strepitu, all disputes that arise within themselves. 1 W. Bl. 82.-Forum domicilii. The forum or court of the domicile ; the domicile of a defendant, considered as a place of jurisdiction. 2 Kent, Comm. 463.- Forum ecoleslastieum. An ecclesiastical court The spiritual jurisdiction, as distinguished from the secular.-Forum Ugeantiai rei. The forum of defendant's allegiance. The court or jurisdiction of the country to which he owes allegiance.-Forum o rig-Lois. The court of one's nativity. The place of a person's birth, considered as a place of jurisdiction.- Forum regium. The king's court St Westm* 2. c. 43.-Forum rei. This term may mean either (1) the forum of the defendant, that is, of his residence or domicile; or (2) the forum of the res or thing in controversy, that is, of the place where the property is situated. The ambiguity springs from the fact that rei may be the genitive of either reus or rc".-Forum rei gestss. The forum or court of a res gesta, (thing done;) the place where an act is done, considered as a place of jurisdiction and remedy. 2 Kent, Comm. 463.-Forum rei attse. The court where the thing in controversy is situated. The place where the subject-matter in controversy is situated, considered as a place of jurisdiction. 2 Kent, Comm. 463.-Forum sooulare. A secular, as distinguished from an ecclesiastical or spiritual, court. Less...

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell.

In old records. A long slip of ground. Cowell. Less...

One who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight, and not being deemed a common carrier, but a More...

One who receives and forwards goods, taking upon himself the expenses of transportation, for which he receives a compensation from the owners, having no concern in the vessels or wagons by which they are transported, and no interest in the freight, and not being deemed a common carrier, but a mere warehouseman and agent. Story, Bailm. ?? 502, 500. Schloss v. Wood, 11 Colo. 287, 17 Pac. 910; Ackley v. Kellogg, 8 Cow. (N. Y.) 224; Place v. Union Exp. Co., 2 Hilt (N. Y.) 19; Bush'v. Miller, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 488. Less...

In the civil law. A ditch; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14, 1, 5. In old English law. A ditch. A pit full of water, in which women committing felony were drowned. A grave or sepulcher. Spelman.

In the civil law. A ditch; a receptacle of water, made by hand. Dig. 43, 14, 1, 5. In old English law. A ditch. A pit full of water, in which women committing felony were drowned. A grave or sepulcher. Spelman. Less...

In old English law. The duty levied on the inhabitants for repairing the moat or ditch round a fortified town.

In old English law. The duty levied on the inhabitants for repairing the moat or ditch round a fortified town. Less...

In old English law. Fosse-work; or the service of laboring, done by Inhabitants and adjoining tenants, for the repair and maintenance of the ditches round a city or town, for which some paid a contribution, called "oasopiam." CowelL

In old English law. Fosse-work; or the service of laboring, done by Inhabitants and adjoining tenants, for the repair and maintenance of the ditches round a city or town, for which some paid a contribution, called "oasopiam." CowelL Less...

A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch ; a moat; a canal.

A dyke, ditch, or trench; a place inclosed by a ditch ; a moat; a canal. Less...

One of the four ancient Roman ways through England. Spelman.

One of the four ancient Roman ways through England. Spelman. Less...