Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. Earnest-money; money given as evidence of the completion of a bargain. This name is probably derived from the fact that such money was given to the church or distributed in alms.

In old English law. Earnest-money; money given as evidence of the completion of a bargain. This name is probably derived from the fact that such money was given to the church or distributed in alms. Less...

An old form of the word "cucking-stool," (q. v.) Cowell.

An old form of the word "cucking-stool," (q. v.) Cowell. Less...

In various compound phrases (as those which follow) this term Implies either motion, progress, active operation, or present and continuous validity and efficacy. -Goine; before tbe wind. In the language of manners and In the rules of navigation, a vessel is said to be going "before the wind" when the More...

In various compound phrases (as those which follow) this term Implies either motion, progress, active operation, or present and continuous validity and efficacy. -Goine; before tbe wind. In the language of manners and In the rules of navigation, a vessel is said to be going "before the wind" when the wind is free as respects her course, that is, comes from behind tbe vessel or over the stern, so that her yards may be braced square across. She is said to "going off large" when she has the wind free on either tack, that is, when it blows from some point abaft the beam or from the quarter. Hall v. The Buffalo, 11 Fed. Cas. 216; Ward v. The Fashion, 29 Fed. Cas. 188.'-Going; concern. A firm or corporation which, though embarrassed or even insolvent, continues to transact its ordinary business. White, etc., Mfa. Co. v. Pettes Importing Co. (C. C.) 30 Fed. 865; Corey v. Wadsworth. 99 Ala. 68, 11 South. 350, 23 L. R. A. 618, 42 Am. St. Rep. 55.-Going: off large. See "GOING BEFORE THE WIND," -supra.-Going price. The prevalent price; the current market value of the article in question at the time and place of sale. Kelsea v. Haines, 41 N. H. 254.-Going through tbe bar. The act of the chief of an. English common-law court in demanding of every o member of the bar, in order of seniority, if he has anything to move. This was done at the sitting of the court each day in term, except special oaper days, crown paper days in the queen's bench, and revenue paper days in the exchequer. On the last day of term this order is reversed, the first and second time round. In tbe exchequer the postman and tubman are first called on. Wharton.-Going to the country. When a party, under the common-law system of pleading, finished his pleading by the words "and of this he puts himself upon the country," this was called "going to the country." It was the essential termination to a pleading which took issue upon a material fact in the preceding pleading. Wharton.- Going value. As applied to the property or plant of a manufacturing or industrial corporation,, a public-service corporation, etc., this means the value which arises from having an established business which is in active operation. It is an element of value over and above the replacement cost of the plant, and may represent the increment arising from previous labor, effort, or expenditure in working up business, acquiring good will, and successfully adapting property and plant to the intended use. See Cedar Rapids Water Co. v. Cedar Rapids, 118 Iowa, 234. 91 N. W. 1081.-Going witness. One who is about to take his departure from the jurisdiction of the court, although only into a state or country under the general sovereignty; as from one to another of the United States, or from England to Scotland. Less...

A mine. Blount. A sink or passage for water. Cowell.

A mine. Blount. A sink or passage for water. Cowell. Less...

Bankers' cash notes (i. e., promissory notes given by a banker to his customers as acknowledgments of the receipt of money) were originally called in London "goldsmiths' notes," from the circumstance that all the banking business in England was originally transacted by goldsmiths. Wharton.

Bankers' cash notes (i. e., promissory notes given by a banker to his customers as acknowledgments of the receipt of money) were originally called in London "goldsmiths' notes," from the circumstance that all the banking business in England was originally transacted by goldsmiths. Wharton. Less...

A mulct or fine In gold.

A mulct or fine In gold. Less...

L. Lat. A jester, buffoon, or juggler. Spelman, voc. "Goliar-densis."

L. Lat. A jester, buffoon, or juggler. Spelman, voc. "Goliar-densis." Less...

In Hindu law. An agent; a steward; a confidential factor; a representative

In Hindu law. An agent; a steward; a confidential factor; a representative Less...

In medical Jurisprudence. A venereal disease, characterized by a purulent inflammation of the urethra.

In medical Jurisprudence. A venereal disease, characterized by a purulent inflammation of the urethra. Less...

1. Valid; sufficient in law; effectual ; unobjectionable. 2. Responsible; solvent; able to pay an amount specified. 3. Of a value corresponding with its terms; collectible. A note is said to be "good" when the payment of it at maturity may be relied on. Curtis v. Smallman, 14 Wend. (N. More...

1. Valid; sufficient in law; effectual ; unobjectionable. 2. Responsible; solvent; able to pay an amount specified. 3. Of a value corresponding with its terms; collectible. A note is said to be "good" when the payment of it at maturity may be relied on. Curtis v. Smallman, 14 Wend. (N. Y.) 232; Cooke Nathan, ia Barb. (N. Y.) 344. Writing the word "Good", across the face of a check is tbe customary mode in which bankers at the present day certify that the drawer has funds to meet it, and that it will be paid on presentation for that purpose. Merchants' Nat. Bank v. State Nat. Bank, 10 Wall. 045, 19 L. Ed. 1008; Irving Bank v. Wetherald, 36 N. Y. 335. -Good abearlng. See ABEARANCE.-Good and lawful men. Those who are not disqualified for service on juries by non-age, alienage, infamy, or lunacy, and who reside in the county of the venue. Bonds v. State, Mart. A Y. (Tenn.) 146, 17 Am. Dec. 795; State v. Price. 11 N. J. Law. 209.-Good and valid. Reliable, sufficient, and unimpeachable in law; adequate: responsible.-Good behavior. Orderly and lawful conduct; behavior such as is proper for a peaceable and law-abiding citizen. Surety of good behavior may be exacted from any one who manifests an intention to commit crime or is otherwise reasonably suspected of a criminal design. Huyser v. Com., 76 S. W. 175. 25 Ky.'Law Rep. 008; In re Spenser, 22 Fed. Cas. 921.-Good consideration. As distinguished from valuable consideration, a consideration founded on motives of generosity, prudence, and natural duty; such as natural love and affection. Potter v. Gracie. 58 Ala. 307, 29 Am. Rep. 748; Groves v. Groves, 65 Ohio St 442, 62 N. E. 1044; Jackson v. Alexander, 3 Johns. (N. Y.) 484, 3 Am. Dec. 517. -Good eonntry. In Scotch law. Good men of the country. A name given to a jury.- Good faith. Good faith consists in an honest intention to abstain from taking any unconscientious advantage of another, even through the forms or technicalities of law, together with an absence of all information or belief of facts which would render the transaction unconscientious. Crouch v. First Nat. Bank, 156 111. 342, 40 N. E. 974 : Docter v. Furch, 91 Wis. 464, 65 N. W. 161: Gress v. Evans. 1 Dak. 387, 46 N. W. 1132: Walraven v. Bank, 96 Tex. 331, 74 S. W. 530; Searl v. School Dist., 1&3 U. S. 553, 10 Sup. Ct. 374, 33 L. Ed. 740. -Good jury. A jury of which the members are selected from the list of special Jurors. See LL R. 5 C. P. 155.-Good title. This means such a title as a court of chancery would adopt as a sufficient ground for compelling specific performance, and such a title as would be a good answer to an action of ejectment by any claimant. Reynolds v. Borel, 86 Cal. 538. 25 Pac. 67; Irving v. Campbell. 121 N. Y. 358, 24 N. E. 821, 8 L. R. A. 620; Gillespie v. Broas. 23 Barb. (N. Y.) 381.-Good wilL Tbe custom or patronage of any established trade or business; the benefit or advantage of having established a business and secured its patronage by the public. The advantage or benefit which is acquired by an establishment, beyond the mere value of the capital, stocks, funds, or property employed therein, in consequence of the general public patronage and encouragement which it receives from constant or habitual customers, on account of its local position, or common celebrity, or reputation for skill or affluence or punctuality, or from other accidental circumstances or necessities, or even from ancient partialities or prejudices. Story, Partn. $ 99: Haverly v.Elliott. 39 Neb. 201, 57 N. W. 1010; Munsey v. Butterfield, 133 Mass. 494; Bell v. Ellis, 33 Cal. 625: People v. Roberts, 159 N. Y. 70. 53 N. E. 685. 45 L. R. A. 126: Churton v. Douglas, 5 Jur. N. S. 890; Menendez v. Holt. 128 U. S. 514. 9 Sup. Ct 143. 32 L. Ed. 526. The good-will of a business is the expectation of continued public patronage, but it does not include a right to use the name of any person from whom it was acquired. Civ. Code Cal. $ 992: Civ. Code Dak. 577. The term "good-will" does not mean simply the advantage of occupying particular premises which have been occupied by a manufacturer, etc. It means every advantage, every positive advantage, that has been acquired by a proprietor in carrying on his business, whether connected with the premises in which the business is conducted, or with the name under which it is managed, or with any other matter carrying with it the benefit of the business. Glen & Hall Mfg. Co. v. Hall, 61 N. Y. 226, 19 Am. Rep. 278. Less...