Legal Term Dictionary

Tables for estimating the probable duration of the life of a party at a given age. Gallagher v. Market St. Ry. Co., 67 Cal. 16, 6 Pac 871, 51 Am. Rep. 680.

Tables for estimating the probable duration of the life of a party at a given age. Gallagher v. Market St. Ry. Co., 67 Cal. 16, 6 Pac 871, 51 Am. Rep. 680. Less...

A dead pledge; a mortgage, (g. v.;) a pledge where the profits or rents of the thing pledged are not applied to the payment of the debt

A dead pledge; a mortgage, (g. v.;) a pledge where the profits or rents of the thing pledged are not applied to the payment of the debt Less...

Lat Dead. So in sheriff's return, mortuus est, he is dead. -Mortons sine prole. Dead without issue. In genealogical tables often abbreviated'to "m. s. p." Mortons exitns non est exitns. A dead issue is no issue. Co. Litt. 29. A child born dead is not considered as issue. Mos retlnendns More...

Lat Dead. So in sheriff's return, mortuus est, he is dead. -Mortons sine prole. Dead without issue. In genealogical tables often abbreviated'to "m. s. p." Mortons exitns non est exitns. A dead issue is no issue. Co. Litt. 29. A child born dead is not considered as issue. Mos retlnendns est fidelissimsB vetns-tatis. 4 Coke, 78. A custom of the truest antiquity is to be retained. Less...

In Spanish law. Strayed goods; estrays. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, c. 6.

In Spanish law. Strayed goods; estrays. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 2, c. 6. Less...

Sax. A meeting; an assembly. Used in composition, as burgmote, folkmote, etc. -Mote-hell. The bell which was used by the Saxons to summon people to the court. Cowell.

Sax. A meeting; an assembly. Used in composition, as burgmote, folkmote, etc. -Mote-hell. The bell which was used by the Saxons to summon people to the court. Cowell. Less...

A customary service or payment at the mote or court of the lord, from which some were exempted by charter or privilege. Cowell.

A customary service or payment at the mote or court of the lord, from which some were exempted by charter or privilege. Cowell. Less...

A woman who has borne a child; a female parent; correlative to "son" or "daughter." The term may also include a woman who is pregnant See Howard v. People, 185 111. 552, 57 N. E. 441; Latshaw v. State, 156 Ind. 194, 59 N. E. 471. -Mother-in-law. The mother of More...

A woman who has borne a child; a female parent; correlative to "son" or "daughter." The term may also include a woman who is pregnant See Howard v. People, 185 111. 552, 57 N. E. 441; Latshaw v. State, 156 Ind. 194, 59 N. E. 471. -Mother-in-law. The mother of one's wife or of one's husband. Less...

In practice. An occasional application to a court by the parties or their counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order, which becomes necessary either in the progress of a cause, or summarily and wholly unconnected with plenary proceedings. Citizens' St R. Co. v. Reed, 28 Ind. App. 629, More...

In practice. An occasional application to a court by the parties or their counsel, in order to obtain some rule or order, which becomes necessary either in the progress of a cause, or summarily and wholly unconnected with plenary proceedings. Citizens' St R. Co. v. Reed, 28 Ind. App. 629, 63 N. B. 770; Low v. Cheney, 3 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 287; People v. Ah Sam, 41 Cal. 645; In re Jetter, 78 N. Y. 601. A motion is a written application for an order addressed to the court or to a Judge in vacation by any party to a suit or proceeding, or by any one interested therein. Rev. Code Iowa 1880, i 2911; Code N. Y. 5 401. In parliamentary law. The formal mode in which a member submits a proposed measure or resolve for the consideration and action of the meeting. -Motion for deeree. Under the chancery practice, the most usual mode of bringing on a suit for hearing when the defendant has answered is by motion for decree. To do this the plaintiff serves on the defendant a notice of his intention to move for a decree. Hunter, Suit Eq. 59; Daniell, Ch. Pr. 722.-Motion for lodgment. In English practice. A proceeding whereby a party to an action moves for the judgment of the court in bis favor. See Sup. Ct. Rules 1883, ord. 40.-Motion in error. A motion in error stands on the same footing as a writ of error; the only difference .is that, on a motion in error, no service is required to be made on the opposite party, because, being before the court when the motion is filed, he is bound to take notice of it at his peril. Tread-way v. Coe, 21 Conn. 283.-Motion to set aside judgment. This is a step taken by a party in an action who is dissatisfied with the judgment directed to be entered at the trial of the action.-Special motion. A motion addressed to the discretion of the court, and which must be heard and determined; as distinguished from one which may be granted of course. Merchants' Bank v. Crysler, 67 Fed. 390, 14 C. C. A. 444. Less...

The inducement, cause, or reason why a thing is done. An act legal in itself, and which violates no right, is not actionable on account of the motive which actuated it Chatfield v. Wilson, 5 Am. Law Reg. (O. S.) 528. "Motive" and "intent" are not identical, and an intent More...

The inducement, cause, or reason why a thing is done. An act legal in itself, and which violates no right, is not actionable on account of the motive which actuated it Chatfield v. Wilson, 5 Am. Law Reg. (O. S.) 528. "Motive" and "intent" are not identical, and an intent may exist where a motive is wanting. Motive is the moving power which impels to action for a definite result; intent is the purpose to use a particular means to effect such result In the popular mind intent and motive are often regarded as the same thing; but in law there is a clear distinction between them. When a crime is clearly proved to have been committed by a person charged therewith, the question of motive may be of little or no importance, but criminal intent is always essential to the commission of a crime. People v. Molineux, 168 N. Y. 204, 61 N. E. 286, 62 L. It A. 193: Warren v. Tenth Nat. Bank, 29 Fed. Cas. 287. But motive is often an important subject of inquiry in criminal prosecutions, particularly where the case depends mainly or entirely on circumstantial evidence, the combination of motive and opportunity (for the commission of the particular crime by the person accused) being generally considered essential links In a chain ot such evidence, while the absence of all motive on the part of the prisoner is an admissible and important item of evidence in his favor. Less...

Lat. Of his own motion. The commencing words of a certain kind of papal rescript.

Lat. Of his own motion. The commencing words of a certain kind of papal rescript. Less...