Legal Term Dictionary

In Swedish law. Jettison; a literal translation of the Latin "factus." -Rast-geld. Contribution for a jettison; average.

In Swedish law. Jettison; a literal translation of the Latin "factus." -Rast-geld. Contribution for a jettison; average. Less...

See INSANITY.

See INSANITY. Less...

A quay, or key.

A quay, or key. Less...

A Mohammedan judge or magistrate in the East Indies, appointed originally by the court at Delhi, to administer Justice according to their written law. Under the British authorities their judicial functions ceased, and their duties were confined to the preparation and attestation of deeds, and the superintendence and legalization of More...

A Mohammedan judge or magistrate in the East Indies, appointed originally by the court at Delhi, to administer Justice according to their written law. Under the British authorities their judicial functions ceased, and their duties were confined to the preparation and attestation of deeds, and the superintendence and legalization of marriage and other ceremonies among the Mohammedans. Wharton. Less...

The right to demand money for the privilege of anchoring a vessel in a harbor; also the money so paid.

The right to demand money for the privilege of anchoring a vessel in a harbor; also the money so paid. Less...

To drag a person under the keel of a ship by means of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practiced in the British navy. Enc. Lond.

To drag a person under the keel of a ship by means of ropes from the yard-arms, a punishment formerly practiced in the British navy. Enc. Lond. Less...

This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed In the carriage of coals. Jacob.

This word is applied, in England, to vessels employed In the carriage of coals. Jacob. Less...

n. A strong tower or hold In the middle of any castle or fortification, wherein the besieged make their last efforts of defense, was formerly, In England, called a "keep;" and the inner pile within the castle of Dover, erected by King Henry II. about the year 1153, was termed More...

n. A strong tower or hold In the middle of any castle or fortification, wherein the besieged make their last efforts of defense, was formerly, In England, called a "keep;" and the inner pile within the castle of Dover, erected by King Henry II. about the year 1153, was termed the "King's Keep;" so at Windsor, etc. It seems to be something of the same nature with what is called abroad a "citadel." Jacob. Less...

v. 1. To retain In one's power.or possession; not to lose or part with; to preserve or retalu. Benson v. New York, 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 235; Deans v. Gay, 132 N. C. 227, 43 S. E. 643. 2. To maintain, carry on, conduct, or manage; as, to "keep" a More...

v. 1. To retain In one's power.or possession; not to lose or part with; to preserve or retalu. Benson v. New York, 10 Barb. (N. Y.) 235; Deans v. Gay, 132 N. C. 227, 43 S. E. 643. 2. To maintain, carry on, conduct, or manage; as, to "keep" a liquor saloon, bawdy house, gaming table, nuisance, Inn, or hotel State v. Irvin, 117 Iowa, 460, 91 N. W. 760; People v. Rice, 103 Mich. 350, 61 N. W 540; State v. Miller, 68 Conn. 373, 36 Atl. .795; State v. Cox, 52 Vt. 474." 3. To maintain, tend, harbor, feed, and shelter; as. to "keep" a dangerous animal, to "keep" a horse at livery. Allen v. Ham, 63 Me. 536; Skinner v. Caughey. 64 Minn. 375, 67 N. W. 203." 4. To maintain continuously and methodically for the purposes of a record; as, to" "keep" books. See Backus v. Richardson, 5 Johns. (N. Y.) 483. 5. To maintain continuously and without stoppage or variation; as, when a vessel is said to "keep her course," that is, continue in motion in the same general direction In which she was previously sailing. See The Britannia, 153 U. S. 130, 14 Sup. Ct. 795, 38 L. Ed. 060. -Keep down interest. The expression "keeping down interest" is familiar in legal instruments, and means the payment of interest periodically as it becomes due; but it does not include the payment of all arrears of interest which may have become due on any security from the time when it was executed. 4 El. & Bl. 211.-Keep house. The English bankrupt laws use the phrase "keeping house" to denote an act of bankruptcy. It is committed when a trader absents himself from his place of business and retires to his private residence to evade the importunity of creditors. The usual evidence of keeping house" is refusal to see a creditor who has called on the debtor at his house for money. Robs. Bankr. 119.-Keep in repair. When a lessee is bound to keep the premises in repair, he must have them in repair at all times during the term; and, if they are at any time out of repair, he is guilty of a breach of the covenant 1 Barn. & Aid. 585.-Keep open. To allow general access to one's shop, for purposes of traffic, is a violation of a statute forbidding him to "keep open" his shop on the Lord's day, although the outer entrances are closed. Com. v. Harrison, 11 Gray (Mass.) 308. To "keep open," in the sense of such a law, implies a readiness to carry on the usual business in the store, shop, saloon, etc. Lynch v. People, 16 Mich. 472.-Keeping term. In English law. A duty performed by students of law, consisting in eating a sufficient number of dinners in hall to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar. Mozley A Whitley.-Keeping the peace. Avoiding a breach of tbe peace; dissuading or preventing others from .breaking the peace. Less...

A custodian, manager, or superintendent; one who has the care, custody, or management of any thing or place. Schultz v. State, 32 Ghlo St. 281; State v. Rosum, 8 N. D. 548, 80 N. W. 481; Fishell v. Morris, 57 Conn. 547, 18 Atl. 717, 6 L. R. A. 82; More...

A custodian, manager, or superintendent; one who has the care, custody, or management of any thing or place. Schultz v. State, 32 Ghlo St. 281; State v. Rosum, 8 N. D. 548, 80 N. W. 481; Fishell v. Morris, 57 Conn. 547, 18 Atl. 717, 6 L. R. A. 82; McCoy v. Zane, 65 Mo. 15; Stevens v. People, 67 111. 590. -keeper of the Forest. In old English law. An officer (called also chief warden of the forest) who had the principal government of all things relating to the forest, and the control of all officers belonging to the same. Cowell; Blount.-Keeper of tne great seaL In English law. A high officer oi state, through whose hands pass all charters, grants, and commissions of the king under the great seal. He is styled "lord keeper of the great seal," and this office and that of lord chancellor are united under one person; for the authority of the lord keeper and that of the lord chancellor were, by St. 5 Eliz. c. 18, declared to be exactly the same; and. like the lord chancellor, the lord keeper at the present day is created by the mere delivery of the king's great seal into his custody. Brown.-Keeper of the king's, eon* seience. A name sometimes applied to the chancellor of England, as being formerly an ecclesiastic and presiding over the royal chapel. 3 Bl. Comm. 48.-Keeper of the privy seal. In English law. An officer through whose hands pass all charters signed by the king before they come to the great seal. He is a privy councillor, and was anciently called "clerk of the privy seal," but Is now generally called the "lord privy seal." Brown.-Keeper of the touch. The master of the assay in the English mint. 12 Hen. YI. c. 14. Less...