Legal Term Dictionary

n. (From Lat. duplicatio, q. v.) In Scotch pleading. The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.

n. (From Lat. duplicatio, q. v.) In Scotch pleading. The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication. Less...

v. In Scotch pleading. To rejoin. "It is duplyed by the panel." 3 State Trials, 471.

v. In Scotch pleading. To rejoin. "It is duplyed by the panel." 3 State Trials, 471. Less...

Lat. During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 234b. -Durante absentia. During absence. In some jurisdictions, administration of a decedent's estate is said to be granted durante absentia in cases where the absence of the proper proponents of the will, or of an executor, delays or imperils More...

Lat. During. A word of limitation in old conveyances. Co. Litt 234b. -Durante absentia. During absence. In some jurisdictions, administration of a decedent's estate is said to be granted durante absentia in cases where the absence of the proper proponents of the will, or of an executor, delays or imperils the settlement of the estate.-Durante bene plaeito. - During good pleasure. The ancient tenure of English judges was durante bene plaeito. 1 Bl. Comm. 267, 342.- Durante mlnore setate. During minority. 2 Bl. Comm. 03; 5 Coke, 29, 30. Words taken from the old form of letters of administration. 5 Coke, ubi supra.-Durante viduitate. During widowhood. 2 Bl. Comm. 124. Durante casta viduitate, during chaste widowhood. 10 East 520.-Durante vlrginitate. During virginity, (so long as she remains unmarried.) -Durante vita. During life. Less...

In India. A court audience, or levee. Mozley A Whitley.

In India. A court audience, or levee. Mozley A Whitley. Less...

v. To subject to duress. A word used by Lord Bacon. "If the party duressed do make any motion," etc. Bac. Max. 89, reg. 22.

v. To subject to duress. A word used by Lord Bacon. "If the party duressed do make any motion," etc. Bac. Max. 89, reg. 22. Less...

n. Unlawful constraint exercised upon a man whereby he is forced to do some act against his will. It may be either "duress of imprisonment" where the person is deprived of his liberty in order to force him to compliance, or by violence, beating, or other actual injury, or duress More...

n. Unlawful constraint exercised upon a man whereby he is forced to do some act against his will. It may be either "duress of imprisonment" where the person is deprived of his liberty in order to force him to compliance, or by violence, beating, or other actual injury, or duress per minas, consisting in threats of imprisonment or great physical Injury or death. Duress may also include the same injuries, threats, or restraint exercised upon the man's wife, child, or parent. Noble v. Enos, 19 Ind. 78; Bank v. Sargent, 65 Neb. 594, 91 N. W. 597, 59 L. R. A. 296; Pierce v. Brown, 7 Wall. 214, 19 L. Ed. 134; Galusha v. Sherman, 105 Wis. 263, 81 N. W. 495, 47 L. R. A. 417; Radich v. Hutchins, 95 U. S. 213, 24 L. Ed. 409; Rollings v. Cate, 1 Heisk. (Tenn.) 97; Joan-nin v. Ogilvie, 49 Minn. 564, 52 N. W. 217, 16 L. R. A. 376, 32 Am. St Rep. 581; Burnes v. Burnes (C. C.) 132 Fed. 493. Duress consists in any illegal imprisonment, or legal imprisonment used for an illegal purpose, or threats of bodily or other harm, or other means amounting to or tending to coerce the will of another, and actually Inducing him to do an act contrary to his free will. Code Ga. 1882, s 2637. By duress, in its more extended sense, is meant that degree of severity, either threatened or impending or actually inflicted, which is sufficient to overcome the mind auri will of a person of ordinary firmness. Duress per minus is restricted to fear of loss of life, or of mayhem, or loss of limb, or other remediless harm to the person. Fellows v. School Dist, 39 Me. 559. -Duress of imprisonment. The wrongful imprisonment of a person, or the illegal restraint of bis liberty, in order to compel him to do some act. 1 Bl. Comm. 130, 131, 136, 137; 1 Steph. Comm. 137; 2 Kent, Comm. 453.- Duress per minas. Duress by threats. The use of threats and menaces to compel a person, by the fear of death, or grievous bodily harm, as mayhem or loss of limb, to do some lawful act, or to commit a misdemeanor. 1 Bl. Comm. 130; 4 Bl. Comm. 30; 4 Steph. Comm. 83. See METUS. Less...

One who subjects another to duress; one who compels another to do a thing, as by menace. Bac. Max. 90, reg. 22.

One who subjects another to duress; one who compels another to do a thing, as by menace. Bac. Max. 90, reg. 22. Less...

A county palatine In England, the jurisdiction of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c 19, vested it as a separate franchise and royalty in the crown. The Jurisdiction of the Durham court of pleas was transferred to the supreme More...

A county palatine In England, the jurisdiction of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c 19, vested it as a separate franchise and royalty in the crown. The Jurisdiction of the Durham court of pleas was transferred to the supreme court of Judicature by the judicature act of 1873. Less...

In old English law. Blows without wounding or bloodshed; dry blows. "Blount.

In old English law. Blows without wounding or bloodshed; dry blows. "Blount. Less...

A term used in Hindostan for a passport permit or order from the English East Indian Company. It generally meant a permit under their seal exempting goods from the payment of duties. Enc Lond.

A term used in Hindostan for a passport permit or order from the English East Indian Company. It generally meant a permit under their seal exempting goods from the payment of duties. Enc Lond. Less...