Legal Term Dictionary

In old English law. A game of hazard. Reg. Orig. 290.

In old English law. A game of hazard. Reg. Orig. 290. Less...

In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An arrangement which the parties to a suit were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain hazard, as that one should lose if the case turned out in a certain way, and, if it did not, More...

In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An arrangement which the parties to a suit were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain hazard, as that one should lose if the case turned out in a certain way, and, if it did not, that the other should gain. Bract fols. 211b, 379b, 432, 434, 200b. Less...

The name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment He was sometimes called "Goodtitle." So the Romans had their fictitious personages in law proceedings, as Titlus, Seiu*.

The name which was usually given to the fictitious lessee of the plaintiff in the mixed action of ejectment He was sometimes called "Goodtitle." So the Romans had their fictitious personages in law proceedings, as Titlus, Seiu*. Less...

Joining or coupling together; uniting two or more constituents or elements in one; uniting with another person in some legal step or proceeding. -Joinder in demnrrer. When a defendant in an action tenders an issue of law, (called a "demurrer,") the plaintiff, if he means to maintain his action, must More...

Joining or coupling together; uniting two or more constituents or elements in one; uniting with another person in some legal step or proceeding. -Joinder in demnrrer. When a defendant in an action tenders an issue of law, (called a "demurrer,") the plaintiff, if he means to maintain his action, must accept it, and this acceptance of the defendant's tender, signified by the plaintiff in a set form of words, is called a "joinder in demurrer." Brown.-Joinder in issne. In pleading. A formula by which one of the parties to a suit joins in or accepts an issue in fact tendered by the opposite party. Steph. PI. 57, 230. More commonly termed a "similiter." (q. v.)-^Joinder in pleading;. Accepting the issue, and mode of trial tendered, either by demurrer, error, or issue, in fact by the opposite party.-Joinder of notions. This expression signifies the uniting of two or more demands or rights of action in one action; the statement of more than one cause of action in a declaration.-Joinder of error. In proceeding on a writ of error in criminal cases, the joinder of error is a written denial of the errors alleged in the assignment of errors. It answers to a joinder of issue in an action.- Joinder of offenses. The uniting of several distinct charges of crime in the same indictment or prosecution.-Joinder of parties. The uniting of two or more persons as co-plaintiffs or as co-defendants in one suit.-Misjoinder. The improper joining together dr parties to a suit, as plaintiffs or defendants, or of different causes of action. Burstall v. Beyfus, 53 Law J. Ch. 567; Phenix Iron Foundry v. Lockwood, 21 R. I. 556, 45 Atl. 546.-Nonjoinder. The omission to join some person as party to a suit, whether as plaintiff or defendant, who ought to have been so joined, according to the rules Of pleading and practice. Less...

United; combined; undivided; done by or against two or more unitedly; shared by or between two or more. A "joint" bond, note, or other obligation is one in which the obligors or makers (being two or more in number) bind themselves jointly but not severally, and which must therefore be More...

United; combined; undivided; done by or against two or more unitedly; shared by or between two or more. A "joint" bond, note, or other obligation is one in which the obligors or makers (being two or more in number) bind themselves jointly but not severally, and which must therefore be prosecuted in a joint action against them all. A "joint and several" bond or note is one in which the obligors or makers bind themselves both jointly and individually to the obligee or payee, and which may be enforced either by a joint action against them all or by separate actions against any one or more at the election of the creditor. -Joint action. An action in which there are two or more plaintiffs, or two or more defendants.-Joint debtor acts. Statutes enacted in many of the states, which provide that judgment may be given, for or against one or more of several plaintiffs, and for or against one or more of several defendants, and that "ia an action against several defendants, the court may, in its discretion, render judgment against one or more of them, leaving the action to proceed against the others, whenever a several judgment is proper." The name is also given to statutes providing that where an action is instituted against two or more defendants upon, an alleged joint liability, and some of them are served with process, but jurisdiction is not obtained over the others, the plaintiff may still proceed to trial against those who are before the court, and, if he recovers, may have judgment against all of the defendants whom he shows to be jointly liable. 1 Black. Judgm. gft 208. 235, And see Hall v. Lanning, 91 U. S. 168. 2$ L. Ed. 271.-Joint debtors. Persons united in a joint liability or indebtedness.-Joint lives. This expression Is used to designate the duration of an estate or right which is granted to two or more persons to be enjoyed o so-long as they both (or all) shall live. As soon" as one dies, the interest determines. See High-ley v. Allen. 8 Mo. App. 524. As to joint "Adventure," "Ballot" "Committee," "Contract," "Covenant" "Creditor," "Executors," "Flat" "Fine," "Heirs," "Indictment," "Session," "Tenancy," "Tenants," "Trespassers," and "Trustees," see those titles. As to joint-stock banks, see BANK; joint-stock company, see COMPANY; joint-stock corporation, see CORPORATION. Less...

Acting together or In eon-cert or co-operation; holding in common or interdependently, not separately. Reclamation Dist. v. Parvln, 67 Cal. 501, 8 Pac. 48; Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v. Commercial Tel. Co. (C. C.) 23 Fed. 342; Case v. Owen, 139 Ind. 22, 38 N. E. 395, 47 Am. More...

Acting together or In eon-cert or co-operation; holding in common or interdependently, not separately. Reclamation Dist. v. Parvln, 67 Cal. 501, 8 Pac. 48; Gold & Stock Tel. Co. v. Commercial Tel. Co. (C. C.) 23 Fed. 342; Case v. Owen, 139 Ind. 22, 38 N. E. 395, 47 Am. St Rep. 253. Persons are "jointly bound" in a bond or note when both or all must be sued in one action for its enforcement not either one at the election of the creditor. -Jointly and severally. Persons who bind themselves "jointly and severally" in a bond or note may all be sued together for its enforcement or the creditor may select any one* or more as the object of his suit See Mitchell v. Daxri-cott, 3 Brev. (S. C.) 145; Rice v. Gove, 22 Pick. (Mass.) 158, 33 Am. Dec, 724. Less...

A woman who has an estate settled on her by her husband, to hold during her life, if she survive him. Co. Litt 46.

A woman who has an estate settled on her by her husband, to hold during her life, if she survive him. Co. Litt 46. Less...

A freehold estate in lands or tenements secured to the wife, and to take effect on the decease of the husband, and to continue during her life at the least, unless she be herself the cause of its de* termination. Vance v. Vance, 21 Me 869. A competent livelihood of More...

A freehold estate in lands or tenements secured to the wife, and to take effect on the decease of the husband, and to continue during her life at the least, unless she be herself the cause of its de* termination. Vance v. Vance, 21 Me 869. A competent livelihood of freehold for the wife of lands and tenements to take effect presently in possession or profit, after the decease of the husband, for the life of the wife at least Co. Litt 36b; 2 Bl. Comm. 137. See Fellers v. Fellers, 54 Neb. 694, 74 N. W. 1077; Saunders v. Saunders, 144 Mo. 482, 46 S. W. 428; Graham v. Graham, 67 Hun, 829, 22 N. Y. Supp. 299. A Jointure strictly signifles a Joint estate limited to both husband and wife, and such was its original form; but in its more usual form, it is a sole estate limited to the wife only, expectant upon a life-estate in the husband. 2 Bl. Comm. 137; 1 Steph. Comm. 255. Less...

In old English law. Land where rushes grow. Co. Litt. 5a,

In old English law. Land where rushes grow. Co. Litt. 5a, Less...

In old English law. Aa much land as could be plowed in one day. Spelman.

In old English law. Aa much land as could be plowed in one day. Spelman. Less...