Legal Term Dictionary

In Saxon law. A customary or usual tribute or contribution towards armor, or the arming of the forces.

In Saxon law. A customary or usual tribute or contribution towards armor, or the arming of the forces. Less...

In old English law. A cus¬tomary payment, supposed to be the same with ward-penny. Spelman; Blount.

In old English law. A cus¬tomary payment, supposed to be the same with ward-penny. Spelman; Blount. Less...

A shallow part of a river or arm of the sea.

A shallow part of a river or arm of the sea. Less...

In the language of tbe stock exchange, this is the operation performed by a broker who fills an order from one customer to buy a certain stock or com¬modity by simply transferring to him the stock or commodity placed in his hands (or ordered to be sold) by another customer, More...

In the language of tbe stock exchange, this is the operation performed by a broker who fills an order from one customer to buy a certain stock or com¬modity by simply transferring to him the stock or commodity placed in his hands (or ordered to be sold) by another customer, instead of going upon the exchange and ex¬ecuting both buying and selling orders separately and on the best terms obtainable for the respective customers. See McUlynn v. Seymour, 14 N. Y. St Rep: 709. Less...

The sounding of a horn for washing before dinner. The custom was formerly observed in the Temple.

The sounding of a horn for washing before dinner. The custom was formerly observed in the Temple. Less...

A treaty signed on May 8, 1871, between Great Britain and the United States of America, with reference to certain differences arising out of the war between the northern and southern states of the Union, the Canadian fisheries, and other matters. Wharton.

A treaty signed on May 8, 1871, between Great Britain and the United States of America, with reference to certain differences arising out of the war between the northern and southern states of the Union, the Canadian fisheries, and other matters. Wharton. Less...

Spoil or destruction, done or permitted, to lands, houses, gardens, trees, or other corporeal hereditaments, by the tenant thereof, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. 2 BL Comm. 281. Waste is a spoil and destruction of an estate, either in houses, woods, or More...

Spoil or destruction, done or permitted, to lands, houses, gardens, trees, or other corporeal hereditaments, by the tenant thereof, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. 2 BL Comm. 281. Waste is a spoil and destruction of an estate, either in houses, woods, or lands, by demolishing, not the temporary profits only, but the very substance of the thing, thereby rendering it wild and desolate, which the common law ex-Sresses very significantly by the word "vastum" BL Comm. 223. Waste is a lasting damage to the reversion caused by the destruction, by the tenant for life or years, of such things on the land as are not included in its temporary profits. Proffitt v. Henderson, 29 Mo. 325. In old English criminal law. A prerogative or liberty, on the part of the crown, of committing waste on the lands of felons, by pulling down their houses, extirpating their gardens, plowing their meadows, and cutting down their woods. 4 BL Comm. 385. Commissive waste. Active or positive waste | waste done by acts of spoliation or de¬struction, rather than by mere neglect; the same as voluntary waste. See tn/ra.—Double waste. See DOUBLE.—Equitable waste. Injury to a reversion or remainder in real estate, which is not recognized by the courts of law as wastes but which equity will interpose to prevent or remedy. Gannon v. Peterson, 193 111. 372, 62 N. E. 210, 55 L. R. A. 701; Crowe v. Wilson,1. 65 Md. 479, 5 Atl. 427, 57 Am. Rep. 343. Otherwise defined as an unconscientious abuse of the privilege of non-impeachability for waste at common law, whereby a tenant for life, without impeachment of waste, will be restrained from committing willful, destructive, malicious, or extravagant waste, such as pulling down houses, cutting timber of too young a growth, or toees planted for ornament, or for shelter of premises. Wharton.—Impeachment of waste. Liability for waste committed, or a demand or suit for compensation for waste committed up¬on lands or tenements by a tenant thereof who has no right to commit waste. On the other hand, a tenure "without impeachment of waste" signifies that the tenant cannot be called to account for waste committed.—Nnl waste. "No waste." The name of a plea in an action of waste, denying the commission of waste, and forming the general issue.—Permissive waste. That kind of waste which is a matter of omission only, as by suffering a house to fall for want of necessary reparations. 2 Bl. Comm.. 281; Willey v. Laraway, 64 Vt. 559, 25 Atl. *36; Beekman v. Van Dolsen, 63 Hun, 487, 18 N. Y. Supp. 376; White v. Wagner, 4 liar. A J. (Md.) 391, 7 Am. Dec. 674.—Voluntary waste. Active or positive waste; waste done or committed, in contradistinction to that which results from mere negligence, which is called "permissive" waste. 22 Bouv. Inst. no. 2394. Voluntary or commissive waste consists of in¬jury to the demised premises or some part there¬of, when occasioned by some deliberate or vol¬untary act as, for instance, the pulling down of a house or removal of floors, windows, doors, furnaces, shelves, or other things affixed to and forming part of the freehold. Regan v. Luthy, 16 Daly, 413, 11 N. Y. Supp. 709. Contrasted with "permissive" waste.—Writ of waste. The name, of .a writ to be issued against a tenant who has committed waste of the premises. There were anciently several forms of this writ, adapted to the particular circumstances. Less...

A book used by merchants, to receive rough entries or memoranda of all transactions in the order of their occurrence, previous to their being posted in the Journal. Otherwise called a "blotter."

A book used by merchants, to receive rough entries or memoranda of all transactions in the order of their occurrence, previous to their being posted in the Journal. Otherwise called a "blotter." Less...

In old statutes. A kind of thieves.

In old statutes. A kind of thieves. Less...

v. To keep guard; to stand as sentinel; to be on guard at night, for the preservation of the peace and good order.

v. To keep guard; to stand as sentinel; to be on guard at night, for the preservation of the peace and good order. Less...