Legal Term Dictionary

A member of the human body. In the phrase "life and limb," the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of "mayhem" It refers only to those members or parts of the body which may be useful to a man in fighting. 1 Bl. More...

A member of the human body. In the phrase "life and limb," the latter term appears to denote bodily integrity in general; but in the definition of "mayhem" It refers only to those members or parts of the body which may be useful to a man in fighting. 1 Bl. Comm. 130. Less...

In Roman law. An officer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18; 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38.

In Roman law. An officer who had charge of a harbor or port. Dig. 50, 4, 18; 10; Cod. 7, 16, 38. Less...

v. To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. Thus, to limit an estate means to mark out or to define the period of its duration, and the words employed In deeds for this purpose are thence termed "words of limitation," and the act itself ia termed "limiting More...

v. To mark out; to define; to fix the extent of. Thus, to limit an estate means to mark out or to define the period of its duration, and the words employed In deeds for this purpose are thence termed "words of limitation," and the act itself ia termed "limiting the estate." Brown. " o" Less...

n. A bound; a restraint; a circumscription; a boundary. Casler v. Connecticut Mut L. Ins. Co., 22 N. Y. 429.

n. A bound; a restraint; a circumscription; a boundary. Casler v. Connecticut Mut L. Ins. Co., 22 N. Y. 429. Less...

Restriction or circumspection ; settling an estate or property; a certain time allowed by a statute for litigation. In estates. A limitation, whether made by the express words of the party or existing in Intendment of law, circumscribes the continuance of time for which the property is to be enjoyed, More...

Restriction or circumspection ; settling an estate or property; a certain time allowed by a statute for litigation. In estates. A limitation, whether made by the express words of the party or existing in Intendment of law, circumscribes the continuance of time for which the property is to be enjoyed, and by positive and certain terms, or by reference to some event which possibly may happen, marks the period at which the time of enjoyment shall end. Prest. Estates, 25. And see Brattle Square Church v. Grant, 3 Gray (Mass.) 147, 63 Am. Dec. 725; Smith v. Smith, 23 Wis. 181, 09 Am. Dec. 153; Hoselton v. Hoselton, 166 Mo. 182, 65 S. W. 1005; Stearns v. Godfrey, 16 Me. 160. -Conditional limitation. A condition followed by a limitation over to a third person in case the condition be not fulfilled or there be a breach of it. Stearns v. Godfrey, 16 Me. 158; Church v. Grant, 3 Gray (Mass.) 151, 63 Am. Dec. 725; Smith v. Smith, 23 Wis. 176, 99 Am. Dec. 153. A conditional limitation is where an estate is so expressly defined and limited by the words of its creation that it cannot endure for any longer time than till the contingency happens upon which the estate is to fail. 1 Steph. Comm. 309. Between conditional limitations and estates depending on conditions subsequent there is this difference: that in the former the estate determines as soon as the contingency bappens; but in the latter it endures until the grantor or his heirs take advantage of the breach. Id. 310.-Collateral limitation. One which gives an interest in an estate for a specified period, but makes the right of enjoyment to depend on some collateral event, aa an estate to A. till B. shall go to Rome. Templeman v. Gibbs, 86 Tex. 358, 24 S. W. 792; 4 Kent Comm. 128.-Contingent limitation. When a remainder in fee is limited upon any estate which would by the common law be adjudged a fee tail, such a remainder Is valid as a contingent limitation upon a fee, and vests in possession on the death of the first taker without issue living at the time of his death. Rev. Codes N. D. 1899, t 3328.-Limitation in law. A limitation in law, or an estate limited, is an estate to be holden only during the continuance of the condition under which it was granted, upon the determination of which the estate vests immediately in him in expectancy. 2 Bl. Comm. 155.- Limitation of notions. The restriction by statute of the right of action to certain periods. of time, after the accruing of the cause of action, beyond which, except in certain specified cases, it will not be allowed. Also the period of time so limited by law for the bringing of actions. See Keyser v. Lowell, 117 Fed. 404, 54 C. C. A. 574; Battle v. Shivers, 39 Ga. 409; Baker v. Kelley, 11 Minn. 493 (Gil. 358); Riddelsbarger v. Hartford F. Ins. Co., 7 Wall. 390, 19 L. Ed. 257.-Limitation of assise. In old practice. A certain time prescribed by statute, within which a man was required to allege himself or his ancestor to have been seised of lands sued for . by a writ of assize. Cowell.-Limitation of estate. The restriction or circumscription of an estate, In the conveyance by which it is granted, in respect to the interest of the grantee or its duration; the specific curtailment or confinement of an estate, by the terms of the grant, so that it cannot endure beyond a certain period or a designated contingency.-Limitation over. This term includes any estate in the same property created or contemplated by the conveyance, to be enjoyed after the first estate granted expires or is exhausted. Thus, in a gift to A. for life, with remainder to the heirs of bis body, the remainder is a "limitation over" to such heirs. Ewing v. Shropshire, 80 Ga. 374, 7 S. E. 554.-Special limitation. A qualification serving to mark out the bounds of an estate, so as to determine it ipso facto in a given event, without action, entry, or claim, before it would, or might, otherwise expire by force ot or according to, the general limitation. Henderson v. Hunter, 59 Pa. 340.-Statute of limitations. A statute prescribing limitations to the right of action on certain described causes of action; that is, declaring thatno suit shall be maintained on such causes of action unless brought within a specified period after the right accrued.-Title by limitation. A prescriptive title; one which is indefeasible because of the expiration of the time .prescribed by the statute of limitations for the bringing of actions to test or defeat it. See Dalton v. Ren-taria. 2 Ariz. 275, 15 Pac. 37.-Words of limitation. In a conveyance of will, words which have the effect of marking ihe duration of an estate are termed "words of limitation." Thus, In a grant to A. and his heirs, the words "and his heirs" are words of limitation, because they show that A. is to take an estate in fee-simple and do not give his heirs anything. Fearne, Rem. 78. And see Ball v. Payne, 6 Rand. (Va.) 75: Summit v. Tount, 109 Ind. 500, 9 N. E. 582. Less...

Restricted; bounded; prescribed. Confined within positive bounds; restricted in duration, extent, or scope. -Limited administration. An administration of a temporary character, granted for a particular period, or for a special or particular purpose. Holthouse.-Limited owner. A tenant for life, in tail, or by the curtesy, or other person not having More...

Restricted; bounded; prescribed. Confined within positive bounds; restricted in duration, extent, or scope. -Limited administration. An administration of a temporary character, granted for a particular period, or for a special or particular purpose. Holthouse.-Limited owner. A tenant for life, in tail, or by the curtesy, or other person not having a fee-simple in his absolute disposition. As to limited "Company," "Divorce," "Executor," "Fee," "Jurisdiction," "Liability," and "Partnership," see those titles. Less...

Enamel. Du Cange.

Enamel. Du Cange. Less...

In old English law. A flax plat, where flax Is grown. Du Cange.

In old English law. A flax plat, where flax Is grown. Du Cange. Less...

An inn of court See INKS OF COURT.

An inn of court See INKS OF COURT. Less...

In descents. The order or series of persons who have descended one from the other or all from a common ancestor, considered as placed in a line of succession In the .order of their birth, the line showing the connection of all the blood-relatives. Measures. A line is a lineal More...

In descents. The order or series of persons who have descended one from the other or all from a common ancestor, considered as placed in a line of succession In the .order of their birth, the line showing the connection of all the blood-relatives. Measures. A line is a lineal measure, containing the one-twelfth part of an inch. In estates* The boundary or line of division between two estates. -Building line. A line established by municipal authority, to secure uniformity of appearance in the streets of the city, drawn at a certain uniform distance from the curb or from the edge of the sidewalk, and parallel thereto, upon which the fronts of all buildings on that street must be placed, or beyond which they are not allowed to project. See Tear v. Freebody, 4 C. B. (N. S.) 283.-Collateral line. A line of descent connecting persons who are not directly related to each other as ascendants or descendants, but whose relationship consists in common descent from the same ancestor.-Direct line. A line of descent traced through those persons only who are related to each other directly as ascendants or descend-, aats.-Line of credit. A margin or fixed limit of credit, granted by a bank or merchant to a customer, to tbe full extent of which the latter may avail himself in his dealings with the former, but which he must not exceed; usually intended to cover a series of transactions, in which case, when the customer's line of credit Is nearly or quite exhausted, he is expected to reduce his indebtedness by payments before drawing upon it further. See Isador Bush Wine Co. v. Wolff, 48 La. Ann. 918. 19 South. 765; Schneider-Davis Co. v. Hart, 23 Tex. Civ. App. 529, 57 S. W. 903.-Line of duty. In military law and usage, an act is said to be done, or an injury sustained, "in the line of duty," when done or suffered in the performance or discharge of a duty incumbent upon the individual in his character as a member of the military or naval forces. See Rhodes v. U. S., 79 Fed. 743, 25 C. C. A, 186.-Lines and corners. In surveying and conveyancing. Boundary lines and their terminating points, where an angle is formed by the next boundary line-Maternal line. A line of descent or relationship between two persons which is traced through the mother of the younger.-Paternal line. A similar line of descent traced through the fattier. Less...