Legal Term Dictionary

Fr. In French marine law. A buoy.

Fr. In French marine law. A buoy. Less...

In the civil law. A teacher; one who has the care of youth; a tutor; a guardian. Du Cange; Spelman.

In the civil law. A teacher; one who has the care of youth; a tutor; a guardian. Du Cange; Spelman. Less...

L. Lat. In old English law - A bailiwick, or jurisdiction.

L. Lat. In old English law - A bailiwick, or jurisdiction. Less...

In marine insurance. There is considerable analogy between ballast and dunnage. The former is used for trimming-the ship, and bringing it down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Dunnage* is placed under the cargo to keep it from being wetted by water getting into the hold, More...

In marine insurance. There is considerable analogy between ballast and dunnage. The former is used for trimming-the ship, and bringing it down to a draft of water proper and safe for sailing. Dunnage* is placed under the cargo to keep it from being wetted by water getting into the hold, or between the different parcels to keep them from bruising and injuring each other. Great Western Ins. Co. v. Thwing, 13 WalL 674, 20 L. Ed. 607. Less...

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast from the bottom of a port or harbor.

A toll paid for the privilege of taking up ballast from the bottom of a port or harbor. Less...

An ancient writ to remove a bailiff from his office for want of sufficient land in the bailiwick. Reg. Orig. 78.

An ancient writ to remove a bailiff from his office for want of sufficient land in the bailiwick. Reg. Orig. 78. Less...

In the law of elections. A slip of paper bearing the names of the offices to be filled at the particular election and the-names of the candidates for whom the elector desires to vote; it may be printed, or written, or partly printed and partly written, and is deposited by More...

In the law of elections. A slip of paper bearing the names of the offices to be filled at the particular election and the-names of the candidates for whom the elector desires to vote; it may be printed, or written, or partly printed and partly written, and is deposited by the voter in a "ballot-box" which is in the custody of the officers holding the election. Opinion of Justices, 19 R. I. 729, 36 Atl. 716, 36 L. R. A. 547; Brls-bin v. Cleary, 26 Minn. 107, 1 N. W. 825; State v. Timothy, 147 Mo. 532, 49 S. W. 500;. Taylor v. Bleakley, 55 Kan. 1, 39 Pac. 1045, 28 L. R. A. 683, 49 Am. St. Rep. 233. Also the act of voting by balls or tickets. A ballot is a ticket folded In such a manner that nothing written or printed thereon* can be seen. Pol. Code Cal. § 1186. A ballot is defined to be "a paper ticket containing the names of the persons for whom the elector intends to vote and designating the office to which each person so named is intended by him to be chosen." Thus a ballot, or a ticket, is a single piece of paper containing the names of the candidates and the offices for which they are running. If the elector were to write the names of the candidates upon his ticket twice or three or more times, he does not thereby make it more than one ticket. People v. Holden, 28 Cal. 136. -Joint ballot. In parliamentary practice, a joint ballot is an election or vote by ballot participated in by the members of both houses of a legislative assembly sitting together as one body, the result being determined by a majority of the votes cast by the joint assembly thus constituted, instead of by concurrent majorities of the two houses. See State v. Shaw, 9 S. C. 144. Less...

A case made of wood for receiving ballots.

A case made of wood for receiving ballots. Less...

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. A test for pregnancy by palpation with the finger inserted in the vagina to the mouth of the uterus. The tip of the finger being quickly jerked upward, the foetus, if one be present, can be felt rising upward and then settling back against the finger.

Fr. In medical jurisprudence. A test for pregnancy by palpation with the finger inserted in the vagina to the mouth of the uterus. The tip of the finger being quickly jerked upward, the foetus, if one be present, can be felt rising upward and then settling back against the finger. Less...

In the Roman law. Those who stole the clothes of bathers In the public baths. 4 Bl. Comm. 239.

In the Roman law. Those who stole the clothes of bathers In the public baths. 4 Bl. Comm. 239. Less...