Legal Term Dictionary

A sale of goods "free on board" imports that they are to be. delivered on board the cars, vessels, etc., without expense to the buyer for packing, cartage, or other such charges. In a contract for sale and delivery of goods "free on board" vessel, the seller is under no More...

A sale of goods "free on board" imports that they are to be. delivered on board the cars, vessels, etc., without expense to the buyer for packing, cartage, or other such charges. In a contract for sale and delivery of goods "free on board" vessel, the seller is under no obligation to act until the buyer names the ship to -which the delivery is to be made. Dwight v. Eckert, 117 Pa, 508, 12 Atl. 32. Less...

In Roman law. One who was set free from a state of bondage; an emancipated slave. The word is used in tbe same sense in the United States, respecting negroes who were formerly slaves. Fairfield v. Lawson, 50 Conn. 513, 47 Am. Rep. 669; Davenport v. Caldwell, 10 S. C. More...

In Roman law. One who was set free from a state of bondage; an emancipated slave. The word is used in tbe same sense in the United States, respecting negroes who were formerly slaves. Fairfield v. Lawson, 50 Conn. 513, 47 Am. Rep. 669; Davenport v. Caldwell, 10 S. C. 333. Less...

The state of being free; liberty; self-determination; absence of restraint; the opposite of slavery. The power of acting, in the character of a moral personality, according to the dictates of the will, without other check, hindrance, or prohibition than such as may be imposed by Just and necessary laws and More...

The state of being free; liberty; self-determination; absence of restraint; the opposite of slavery. The power of acting, in the character of a moral personality, according to the dictates of the will, without other check, hindrance, or prohibition than such as may be imposed by Just and necessary laws and the duties of social life. The prevalence, in the government and constitution of a country, of such a system of laws and institutions as secure civil liberty to the individual citizen. -Freedom of speech, and of the press. See LIBERTY. Less...

An estate In land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least, (as distinguished from a leasehold;) and held by a free tenure, (as distinguished from copyhold or villeinage.) Nevitt v. Woodburn, More...

An estate In land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least, (as distinguished from a leasehold;) and held by a free tenure, (as distinguished from copyhold or villeinage.) Nevitt v. Woodburn, 175 111. 376, 51 N. E. 593; Railroad Co. v. Hemphill, 35 Miss. 22; Nellis v. Munson, 108 N. Y. 453, 15 N. E. 739; Jones v. Jones, 20 Ga. 700. Such an interest in lands of frank-tenement as may endure not only during the owner's life, but which is cast after his death upon the persons who successively represent him. according to certain rules elsewhere explained. Such persons are called "heirs" and he whom they thus represent, the "ancestor." When the interest extends beyond the ancestor's life, it is called a "freehold of inheritance" and, when it only endures for the ancestor's life, it is a freehold not of inheritance. An estate to be a freehold must possess these two qualities: (1) Immobility, that is. the property must be either land or some interest issuing out of or annexed to land; and (2) indeterminate duration, for, if the utmost period of time to which an estate can endure be fixed and determined, it cannot be a freehold. Wharton. -Determinable freeholds. Estates for life, which may determine upon future contingen-,cies before the life for which they are created expires. As if an estate be granted to a woman during her widowhood, or to a man until he be promoted to a benefice; in these and similar cases, whenever the contingency happens,-when the widow marries, or when the grantee obtains the benefice-the respective estates are absolutely determined and gone. Yet, while they subsist, they are reckoned estates for life; because they may by possibility last for life, if the contingencies upon which they are to determine do not sooner happen. 2 Bl. Comm. 121.-Freehold in law. A freehold which has descended to a man, upon which he may enter at pleasure, but which he has not entered on. Termes de la Ley.-Freo-bold land societies. Societies in England designed for the purpose of enabling mechanics, artisans, and other working-men to purchase at the least possible price a piece of freehold land of a sufficient yearly value to entitle the owner to the elective franchise for the county in which the land is situated. Wharton.-Freeholder. A person who possesses a freehold estate. Shively v. Lankford. 174 Mo. 535, 74 S. W. 835; Wheldon v. Cornett, 4 Neb. (TJnof.) 421, 94 N. W. 626; People v Scott, 8 Hun (N. Y.) 567. Less...

This word has had various meanings at different stages of history. In the Roman law, it denoted one who was either born free or emancipated, and was the opposite of "slave." In feudal law, it designated an allodial proprietor, as distinguished from a vassal or feudal tenant. (And so in More...

This word has had various meanings at different stages of history. In the Roman law, it denoted one who was either born free or emancipated, and was the opposite of "slave." In feudal law, it designated an allodial proprietor, as distinguished from a vassal or feudal tenant. (And so in Pennsylvania colonial law. Fry's Election Case, 71 Pa. 308, 10 Am. Rep. 698.) In old English law, the word described a freeholder or tenant by free services; one who was not a villein. In modern legal phraseology, it is the appellation of a member of a city or borough having the right of suffrage, or a member of any municipal corporation invested with full civic rights. A person in the possession and enjoyment of all the civil and political rights accorded to the people under a free government -Freeman's roll. A list of persons admitted as burgesses or freemen for the purposes of the rights reserved by the municipal corporation act, (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 76.) Distinguished from the Burgess Roll. 3 Steph. Comm. 197. The term was used, in early colonial history, in some of the American colonies. Less...

Freight is properly the price or compensation paid for the transportation of goods by a carrier, at sea, from port to port But the term is also used to denote the hire paid for the carriage of goods on laud from place to place, (usually by a rall-roa.d company, not More...

Freight is properly the price or compensation paid for the transportation of goods by a carrier, at sea, from port to port But the term is also used to denote the hire paid for the carriage of goods on laud from place to place, (usually by a rall-roa.d company, not an express company,) or on inland streams or lakes. The name is also applied to the goods or merchandise transported by any of the above means. Brittan v. Barnaby, 21 How. 533, 16 L. Ed. 177; Huth v. Insurance Co., 8 Bosw. (N. Y.) 552; Christie v. Davis Coal Co. (D. C.) 95 Fed. 838; Hagar v. Donaldson, 154 Pa. 242, 25 Atl. 824; Paradise v. Sun Mut Ins. Co., 6 La. Ann. 596. Property carried is called "freight;" the reward, if any, to be paid for its carriage is called "freightage;" the person who delivers the freight to the carrier is called the "consignor;" and the person to whom it is to be delivered is called the "consignee." Civil Code CaL ? 2110; Civil Code Dak. 122a. The term "freight" has several different meanings, as the price to be paid for the carriage of goods, or for the hire of a vessel under a charter-party or otherwise; and sometimes it designates goods carried, as "a freight of lime," or the like. But, as a subject of insurance, it is used in one of the two former senses. Lord v. Neptune Ins. Co., 10 Gray (Mass.) 109. The sum agreed on for the hire of a ship, entirely or in part, for the carriage of goods from one port to another. 13 East. 300. All rewards or compensation paid for the use of ships. Giles v. Cynthia, 1 Pet Adm. 206, Fed. Cas. No. 5,424. Freight is a compensation received for the transportation of goods and merchandise from port to port; and is never claimable by the owner of the vessel until the voyage has been performed and terminated. Patapsco Ins. Co. v. Biscoe, 7 Gill & J. (Md.) 300. 28 Am. Dec, 319. "Dead freight" is money payable by a person who has chartered a ship and only partly loaded her, In respect of the loss of freight caused to the ship-owner by the deficiency of cargo. L. R. 2 H. L. Sc. 128. Freight is the mother of wages. 2 Show. 283 ; 3 Kent, Comm. 196. Where a voyage is broken up by vis major, and no freight earned, no wages, eo nomine, are due. Less...

In maritime law. The party by whom a vessel Is engaged or chartered; otherwise called the "charterer." 2 Steph. Comm. 148. In French law, the owner o of a vessel is called the "freighter," (freteur;) the merchant who hires it is called the "affreighter," (affretcur.) Emerig. Tr. des Ass. ch. More...

In maritime law. The party by whom a vessel Is engaged or chartered; otherwise called the "charterer." 2 Steph. Comm. 148. In French law, the owner o of a vessel is called the "freighter," (freteur;) the merchant who hires it is called the "affreighter," (affretcur.) Emerig. Tr. des Ass. ch. 11, f 3. Less...

In early times, in English law, this term was applied to every stranger or "outlandish" man. Bract lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 15.

In early times, in English law, this term was applied to every stranger or "outlandish" man. Bract lib. 3, tr. 2, c. 15. Less...

Sax. An outlaw. Se called because on his outlawry he was denied all help of friends after certain days. Cowell ; Blount.

Sax. An outlaw. Se called because on his outlawry he was denied all help of friends after certain days. Cowell ; Blount. Less...

In old English law. A mulct or fine exacted from him who harbored an outlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins,

In old English law. A mulct or fine exacted from him who harbored an outlawed friend. Cowell; Tomlins, Less...