Legal Term Dictionary

This term, as used in various compound legal phrases, is sometimes merely an addition of dignity, not importing a comparison ; but more generally It means exalted, either in rank or location, or occupying a position of superiority, and in a few instances it implies superiority in respect to importance, More...

This term, as used in various compound legal phrases, is sometimes merely an addition of dignity, not importing a comparison ; but more generally It means exalted, either in rank or location, or occupying a position of superiority, and in a few instances it implies superiority in respect to importance, size, or frequency or publicity of use, e. g., "high seas," "highway." As to high "Bailiff," "Constable," "Crimes," "Justice," "Justiciar," "School," "Sea," "Sheriff," "Treason," and "Water-Mark," see those titles. -High commission court. See COURT or HIGH COMMISSION.-High oourt of admiralty. See COURT or ADMIRALTY.-High court of delegates. See COURT OF DELEGATES.-High court of errors and appeals. See COURT or ERRORS AND APPEALS.-High court of justice. See SUPREME COURT or JUDICATURE.-High court of parliament. See PARLIAMENT. Less...

In the practice of the English supreme court of judicature there are two scales regulating the fees of the court and the fees which solicitors are entitled to charge. The lower scale applies (unless the court otherwise orders) to the following cases: All causes and matters assigned by the judicature More...

In the practice of the English supreme court of judicature there are two scales regulating the fees of the court and the fees which solicitors are entitled to charge. The lower scale applies (unless the court otherwise orders) to the following cases: All causes and matters assigned by the judicature acts to the king's bench, or the probate, -divorce, and admiralty divisions; all actions of debt, contract, or tort; and in almost all causes and matters assigned by the acts to the chancery division in which the amount in litigation is under $1,000. The higher scale applies in all other causes and matters, and also in actions falling under one of the above classes, but in which the principal relief sought to be obtained is an injunction. Sweet. Less...

A title of honor given to princes. The kings of England, before the time of James I., were not usually saluted with the title of "Majesty," but with that of "Highness." The children of crowned heads generally receive the style of "Highness." Wharton.

A title of honor given to princes. The kings of England, before the time of James I., were not usually saluted with the title of "Majesty," but with that of "Highness." The children of crowned heads generally receive the style of "Highness." Wharton. Less...

A free and public road; way, or street; one which every person has the right to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com'rs v. Cas-tetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 83 N. B. 066; State v. Cowan, 29 N. C 248; In re City of New More...

A free and public road; way, or street; one which every person has the right to use. Abbott v. Duluth (C C.) 104 Fed. 837; Shelby County Com'rs v. Cas-tetter, 7 Ind. App. 309, 83 N. B. 066; State v. Cowan, 29 N. C 248; In re City of New York, 135 N. Y. 253, 31 N. E. 1043, 81 Am. St Rep. 825; Parsons v. San Francisco, 28 Cal. 464. "In all counties of this state, public high' ways are roads, streets, alleys, lanes, courts, places, trails, and bridges, laid out or erected as such by the public, or, if laid out and erected by others, dedicated or abandoned to the public, or made such in actions for the partition of real property." Pol. Code Cal. | 2618. There is a difference in the shade of meaning conveyed by two uses of the word. Sometimes it signifies right of free passage, in the abstract, not importing anything about the character or construction of the way. Thus, a river is called a "highway;" and it has been not unusual for congress, in granting a privilege of building a bridge, to declare that It shall be a public Highway. Again, it has reference to some system of law authorising the taking a strip of land, and preparing and devoting it to the use of travelers. In this use it imports a road-way upon the soil, constructed under the authority of these laws. Abbott. -Commissioners of highways. Public officers appointed in .the several counties and municipalities, in many states, to take charge of the opening, altering, repair, and vacating of highways within their respective jurisdictions.-Common highway. By this term is meant a road to be used by the community at large for any purpose of transit or traffic Ham. N. P. 289; Railway Co. v. State, 23 Fla. 546, 3 South. 158, 11 Am. St. Rep. 395. -Highway acts, or laws. The body or system of laws governing the laying out, repair, and use of highways.-Highway crossing. A place where the track of a railroad crosses the ine of a highway.-Highway-rate. In English law. A tax for the maintenance and repair of highways, chargeable upon the same property that is liable to the poor-rate.-Highway robbery. See ROBBERY.-Highway tax. A tax for and applicable to the making and repair of highways. Stone v. Bean, 15 Gray (Mass.) 44. Less...

A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway.

A bandit; one who robs travelers upon the highway. Less...

In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like.

In English law. A hawker or peddler. A person who carries from door to door, and sells by retail, small articles of provisions, and the like. Less...

In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate.

In Spanish law. A receipt given by an heir of a decedent, setting forth what property he has received from the estate. Less...

One of the four great Roman roads of Britain. More commonly called "Ikenild Street."

One of the four great Roman roads of Britain. More commonly called "Ikenild Street." Less...

A collection of orders and forms extensively modifying the pleading and practice in the English superior courts of common law, established in Hilary term, 1834. Stimson.

A collection of orders and forms extensively modifying the pleading and practice in the English superior courts of common law, established in Hilary term, 1834. Stimson. Less...

In English law. A term of court, Defining on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which begin January 11th, and end on the Wednesday before Easter.

In English law. A term of court, Defining on the 11th and ending on the 31st of January in each year. Superseded (1875) by Hilary sittings, which begin January 11th, and end on the Wednesday before Easter. Less...