Legal Term Dictionary

A light sea-going vessel, used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc. Webster. See 22 St. at Large, 566 (U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 2845); Rev. St U. S. ff 4215-4218 (U. S, Comp. St 1901, p. 2847).

A light sea-going vessel, used only for pleasure trips, racing, etc. Webster. See 22 St. at Large, 566 (U. S. Comp. St 1901, p. 2845); Rev. St U. S. ff 4215-4218 (U. S, Comp. St 1901, p. 2847). Less...

A measure of length, containing three feet or thirty-six inches. A piece of land inclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house.

A measure of length, containing three feet or thirty-six inches. A piece of land inclosed for the use and accommodation of the inhabitants of a house. Less...

or virgata terra is a quantity of land, said by some to be twenty acres, but by Coke to be of uncertain extent.

or virgata terra is a quantity of land, said by some to be twenty acres, but by Coke to be of uncertain extent. Less...

Yes and no. According to a charter of Athelstan, the people of Itipon were to be believed in all actions or suits upon their yea and nay, without the necessity of taking any oath. Brown.

Yes and no. According to a charter of Athelstan, the people of Itipon were to be believed in all actions or suits upon their yea and nay, without the necessity of taking any oath. Brown. Less...

The period in which the revolution of the earth round the sun, and the accompanying changes in the order of nature, are completed. Generally, when a statute speaks of a year, twelve calendar, and not lunar, months are intended. Cro. Jac. 166. The year is either astronomical, ecclesiastical, or regnal, More...

The period in which the revolution of the earth round the sun, and the accompanying changes in the order of nature, are completed. Generally, when a statute speaks of a year, twelve calendar, and not lunar, months are intended. Cro. Jac. 166. The year is either astronomical, ecclesiastical, or regnal, beginning on the 1st of January, or 25th of March, or the day of the sover¬eign's accession. Wharton. Natural year. In old English law. That period of time in which the sun was supposed to revolve in its orbit, consisting of 365 days and one-fourth of a day, or six hours. Bract, fol. 3596.—Year and day. This period was .fixed for many purposes in law. Thus, in the case of an estray, if the owner did not claim it Within that time, it became the property of the lord. So the owners of wreck must claim It within a year and a day. Death must follow upon wounding within a year and a day if the wounding is to be indicted as murder. Also, a year and a day were given for prosecuting or avoiding certain legal acts; e. g., for bringing actions after entry, for making claim for avoiding a fine, etc. Brown.—Year books. Books of reports of cases in a regular series from the reign of the English King Edward I., inclusive, to the time of Henry VIII., which were taken by the prothonotaries or chief scribes of the courts, at the expense of the crown, and published annually; whence their name, "Year Books." Brown.—Year, day, and waste. In English law. An ancient prerogative of the king, whereby he was entitled to the profits, for a year and a day, of the lands of persons at¬tainted of petty treason or felony, together with the ripht of wasting the tenements, afterwards restoring the property to the lord ot the fee. Abrogated by St. 54 Geo. III. c 145. Whartion.—Year to year, tenancy from. This estate arises either expressly, as when land is let from year to year; or by a'general parol de¬mise, without any determinate interest but reserving the payment of aa annual rent; or impliedly, as when property is occupied gen¬erally under a rent payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly; or when a tenant holds over, after the expiration of his term, without having en-tered into any new contract, and pays rent, (before which he is tenant on sufferance.) Wharton.—Years* estate for. See ESTATE voa YEAB8. Less...

The affirmative and negative votes on a bill or measure before a legislative assembly. "Calling the yeas and nays" Is calling for the individual and oral vote of each member, usually upon a call of the roll.

The affirmative and negative votes on a bill or measure before a legislative assembly. "Calling the yeas and nays" Is calling for the individual and oral vote of each member, usually upon a call of the roll. Less...

(1) In English law. A commoner ; a freeholder under the rauk of gentleman. CowelL A man who has free land of forty shillings by the year; who was an¬ciently thereby qualified to serve on juries, vote for knights of the shire, and do any other act, Where the law More...

(1) In English law. A commoner ; a freeholder under the rauk of gentleman. CowelL A man who has free land of forty shillings by the year; who was an¬ciently thereby qualified to serve on juries, vote for knights of the shire, and do any other act, Where the law requires one that is probus et legalis homo. 1 BL Comm. 406, 407. This term is occasionally used In American law, but without any definite meaning, except in the United States navy, where it designates an appointive petty officer, who has charge of the stores and supplies in his department of the ship's economy. (2) Yeomanry. The collected body of yeomen. (3) Yeomen of tne guard. Properly called "yeomen of tbe guard of the royal household;" a body of men of the best rank under the gen-try, and of a larger statute than ordinary, every one being required to be six feet high. Enc. Lond. Less...

Given; dated. Cowell.

Given; dated. Cowell. Less...

In the law of real property, is to perform a service due by a tenant to his lord. Hence the usual form of reservation of a rent in a lease begins with the words "yield¬ing and paving." Sweet.

In the law of real property, is to perform a service due by a tenant to his lord. Hence the usual form of reservation of a rent in a lease begins with the words "yield¬ing and paving." Sweet. Less...

In conveyancing. The Initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee Is mentioned and reserved.

In conveyancing. The Initial words of that clause in leases in which the rent to be paid by the lessee Is mentioned and reserved. Less...