Legal Term Dictionary

L. Lat Safeguard. Reg. Orig. 26.

L. Lat Safeguard. Reg. Orig. 26. Less...

A body of law framed by the Sallan Franks, after their settlement in Gaul under their king Pharamond, about the beginning of the fifth century. It is the most ancient of the barbarian codes, and Is considered one of the most important compilations of law in use among the feudal More...

A body of law framed by the Sallan Franks, after their settlement in Gaul under their king Pharamond, about the beginning of the fifth century. It is the most ancient of the barbarian codes, and Is considered one of the most important compilations of law in use among the feudal nations of Europe. See LEX SALIC A. In French jurisprudence. The name is frequently applied to that fundamental law of France which excluded females from succession to the crown. Supposed to have been derived from the sixty-second title of the Salic Law, "De A lode." Brande. Less...

does not necessarily Import a place to sell liquors. It may mean a place for the sale of general refreshments. Kitson v. Ann Arbor, 26 Mich. 325.

does not necessarily Import a place to sell liquors. It may mean a place for the sale of general refreshments. Kitson v. Ann Arbor, 26 Mich. 325. Less...

See INTERDICTUM SALVlANUM

See INTERDICTUM SALVlANUM Less...

Lat Saving; excepting; without prejudice to. Salvo me et hceredibus meis, except me and my heirs. Salvo jure cujuslibet, without prejudice to the rights of any one.

Lat Saving; excepting; without prejudice to. Salvo me et hceredibus meis, except me and my heirs. Salvo jure cujuslibet, without prejudice to the rights of any one. Less...

A person who, without any particular relation to a ship in distress, proffers useful service, and gives it aa a volunteer adventurer, without any pre-existing covenant that connected him with the duty of employing himself for the preservation of that ship. The Clara, 23 Wall. 16, 23 L. Ed. 150; More...

A person who, without any particular relation to a ship in distress, proffers useful service, and gives it aa a volunteer adventurer, without any pre-existing covenant that connected him with the duty of employing himself for the preservation of that ship. The Clara, 23 Wall. 16, 23 L. Ed. 150; The Dumper, 129 Fed. 99, 63 C. C. A. 600; Central Stockyard Co. v. Mears, 89 App. Div. 452, 85 N. Y. Supp. 795. Less...

L. Lat A safe pledge; called, also, "certus pleoius," a sure pledge. Bract fol. 160b.

L. Lat A safe pledge; called, also, "certus pleoius," a sure pledge. Bract fol. 160b. Less...

The word "same" does not always mean "identical," not different or other. It frequently means of the kind or species, not the specific thing. Crapo v. Brown, 40 Iowa, 487, 498.

The word "same" does not always mean "identical," not different or other. It frequently means of the kind or species, not the specific thing. Crapo v. Brown, 40 Iowa, 487, 498. Less...

In maritime law. A compensation allowed to persons by whose assistance a ship or its cargo has been saved, in whole or In part from impending danger, or recovered from actual loss, in cases of shipwreck, derelict, or recapture. 8 Kent Comm. 245. Cope r. Vallette Dry-Dock Co., 119 U. More...

In maritime law. A compensation allowed to persons by whose assistance a ship or its cargo has been saved, in whole or In part from impending danger, or recovered from actual loss, in cases of shipwreck, derelict, or recapture. 8 Kent Comm. 245. Cope r. Vallette Dry-Dock Co., 119 U. S. 625, 7 Sup. Ct 336, 30 L. Ed. 501; The Rita, 62 Fed. 763> 10 C. C. A. 629; The Lyman M. Law (D. C.) 122 Fed. 822; The Blackwall, 10 Wall. 11, 19 L. Ed. 870; The Spokane (D. C.) 67 Fed. 256. In the older books of the law, (and sometimes in modern writings,) the term ia also used to denote the goods or property saved. -Equitable salvage. By analogy, the term "salvage" is sometimes also used in cases which have nothing to do with maritime perils, but in which property has been preserved from loss by the last of several advances'by different persona is such a case, the person making the last advance ia frequently entitled to priority over the others, on the ground that, without his advance, the property would have been lost altogether. This right, which is sometimes called that of "equitable salvage," and is in the nature of a hen, is chiefly of importance with reference to payments made to prevent leases or policies of insurance from being forfeited, or to prevent mines and similar undertakings from being stopped or injured. See 1 Fish. Mortg. 149; 3 Gh. Div. 411; L. R. 14 Eq. 4; 7 Ch. Div. 825. -Salvage charges. This term includes all the expenses and costs incurred in the work of saving and preserving the property which was In danger. The salvage charges ultimately fall upon the insurers. Salvage loss* See Loss. -Salvage service. In maritime law. Any service rendered in saving property on the sea, or wrecked on the coast of the sea. The Emulous, 1 Sumn. 210, Fed. Cas. No. 4,480. Less...

A specimen; a small quantity of any commodity, presented for inspection or examination as evidence of the quality of the whole; as a sample of cloth or of wheat -Sample, sale by. A sale at which only a sample of the goods sold is exhibited to the buyer.

A specimen; a small quantity of any commodity, presented for inspection or examination as evidence of the quality of the whole; as a sample of cloth or of wheat -Sample, sale by. A sale at which only a sample of the goods sold is exhibited to the buyer. Less...