Legal Term Dictionary

In Roman law. Taking by the neck or collar; as a plaintiff was allowed to drag a reluctant defendant to court. Adams, Rom. Ant 242.

In Roman law. Taking by the neck or collar; as a plaintiff was allowed to drag a reluctant defendant to court. Adams, Rom. Ant 242. Less...

(Offered himself.) In old practice. The emphatic words of entry on the record where one party offered himself in court against the other, and the latter did not appear. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 417.

(Offered himself.) In old practice. The emphatic words of entry on the record where one party offered himself in court against the other, and the latter did not appear. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 417. Less...

Lat In the civil law. Rent; profits; income; the return from an investment or thing owned; as the earnings of a vessel. In old English law. The revenue of a spiritual living, so called. Also, in the plural, "offerings".

Lat In the civil law. Rent; profits; income; the return from an investment or thing owned; as the earnings of a vessel. In old English law. The revenue of a spiritual living, so called. Also, in the plural, "offerings". Less...

In Spanish law. Accident. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 32, 1. 21; White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 9, c. 2.

In Spanish law. Accident. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit 32, 1. 21; White, New Recop. b. 2, tit 9, c. 2. Less...

In feudal law. A tribute which the lord Imposed on his vassals or tenants for his necessity. Hindrance; trouble; vexation by suit.

In feudal law. A tribute which the lord Imposed on his vassals or tenants for his necessity. Hindrance; trouble; vexation by suit. Less...

To be charged or loaded with payments or occasional penalties.

To be charged or loaded with payments or occasional penalties. Less...

In old English law. Assarts. Spelman. Oeonltatio thesauri invonti frauduloaa. 3 Inst. 133. The concealment of discovered treasure is fraudulent

In old English law. Assarts. Spelman. Oeonltatio thesauri invonti frauduloaa. 3 Inst. 133. The concealment of discovered treasure is fraudulent Less...

Occupancy the mode of acquiring property- by which a thing which belongs to nobody becomes the property of the person who took possession of It, with the intention of acquiring a right of ownership in it. Civ. Code La. art. 3412; God-dard v. Winchell, 86 Iowa, 71, 52 N. W. More...

Occupancy the mode of acquiring property- by which a thing which belongs to nobody becomes the property of the person who took possession of It, with the intention of acquiring a right of ownership in it. Civ. Code La. art. 3412; God-dard v. Winchell, 86 Iowa, 71, 52 N. W. 1124, 17 L. R. A. 788, 41 Am. St Hep. 481. The taking possession of things which before belonged to nobody, with an intention of appropriating them to* one's own use. "Possession" and "occupancy," when applied to land, are nearly synonymous terms, and may exist through a tenancy. Thus, occupancy of a homestead, such as will satisfy the statute, may be by means other than that of actual residence on the premises by the widow or child. Walters T. People, 21 111. 17 There is a use of the word in public-land laws, homestead laws, "occupying^laimant" laws, cas* es of landlord and tenant, and like connections, which seems to require the broader sense of possession, although there is, in most of these uses, a shade of meaning discarding any prior title as a. foundation of right Perhaps both uses or views may be harmonized, by saying that in jurisprudence occupancy or occupation is possession, presented independent of the idea of a chain of title, of any earlier owner. Or '/occupancy" and: "occupant" might be. used for as". suming property which, has no owner, and "oc-t cupation** and' "occupier" for the more general idea of possession. Judge Bouvier*s definitions seem partly founded on such a distinction, and there are indications of it in English usage. It does not appear generally drawn in American books. Abbott. ln International law - The taking possession of a newly discovered or conquered country with the intention of holding and ruling it Less...

In a general sense. Onewho takes possession of a thing, of which there is no owner; one who has the actual possession or control of a thing. In a special sense. One who takes possession of lands held pur autre vie, after the death of the tenant, and during the More...

In a general sense. Onewho takes possession of a thing, of which there is no owner; one who has the actual possession or control of a thing. In a special sense. One who takes possession of lands held pur autre vie, after the death of the tenant, and during the life of the cestui que vie. -General ooonpant. At common law'where a man was tenant pur autre vie. or had an es-' tate granted to himself only (without mention-* ing his heirs) for the life of another man, and died without alienation during the life of cestui que vie, or him by whose life it was holden, he that could first enter on the land might lawfully retain the possession, so long as cestui que vie lived, by right of occupancy, and was hence termed a , "general" or common ''occupant" 1 Steph. Comm. 415.-Special ooonpant. A person having a special right to enter upon and occupy * lands granted pur autre vie, on the death of the tenant, and during the. life of cestui que vie. Where the grant is to a man and his heirs during the life of cestui que vie, the heir succeeds as special occupant having a special exclusive right by the terms of the ongi* nal grant 2 Bl. Comm. 258; 1 Steph. Comm. Ooonpantis Snnt daroliota. Things abandoned become the property of the (flrst) occupant. Taylor v. The Cato, 1 Pet. Adm. 5tf, Fed. Cas. No. 18,786. Less...

Lat Ia the civil law. Tor seise or take possession of; to enter upon a vacant possession; to take possession before another. Calvin.

Lat Ia the civil law. Tor seise or take possession of; to enter upon a vacant possession; to take possession before another. Calvin. Less...