A Dictionary of Law

A bailment of goods to be kept for the depositor, without hire or reward on either aide.

One which is simply collateral and without interest in the donee, which arises when, toa mere stranger, authority is given of disposing of an interest, in which he had not before,

A dry or passive trust; one which requires no action on the part of the trustee, beyond turning over money or property to the cestué que trust.

Alderman of a hundred or wapentake. Spelman.

Those seas which run between two coasts not far apart. The term is sometimes applied to the English channel. Wharton.

Banishment by an order that no man should supply the person banished with fire or water, the two necessaries of life.

A people, or aggregation of men, existing in the form of an organized jural society, inhabiting a distinet portion of the earth, speaking the same language, using the same customs,

A bank incorpotated and doing business under the laws of the United States, as distinguished from a siate bank, which derives its powers from the authority of a particular state.

LAW OF. See INTERNA=- TIONAL Law.

A servant born, Spelman. Natura appetit perfectum; itu et lex. Nature covets perfection; so does law also. Hob. 144.

The freight of passengers in aship. Johnson; Webster.

In the civil law. The freight or fare paid for the transportation of cargo or passengers over the sea in a vessel. This is a Latinized form of a Greek word.

Bills drawn by officers ‘of the English navy for their pay, ete.

A pecuniary allowance made in consideration of past services of some one in the navy.

This word, as applied to space, can have no positive or precise meaning. It is a relative term. depending for its signification on the subject-matter in relation to which it is use

In con- = atruing a will, necessary implication means not natural necessity, but so strong a probability of intention that an intention contrary to that which is imputed to the tes

Omission; failure to do something that one is bound to do; carelessness. The term is used in the law of bailment as synonymous with “negligence,” But the latter word is the closer

In practice. A commission issued out of $he court in which an action is pending, to direct the taking of the depositions of witnesses who are beyond the territorial jurisdiction of

The weight of an artic's or collection of articles, after deducting from the gross weight the weight of the boxes, coverings, casks, etc., containing the same. The weight of an ani

A local court of New York having original jurisdiction of civil causes, where the action is for personal injuries or defamation, ani of other civil actions where the damages claime

J. J. S. The law lexicon, forming an epitome of the law of Iingland, and containing full explanations of the technical terms and purases thereof, both ancientand modern, Ist

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Intheecivillaw. Bya hew work is understood every sort of edifice er other work which is newly commenced on any ground whatever. When the ancient form of work is changed, either by

James. <A new law dictionary, containing a concise exposition of the mere terms of art and such obsolete words as occur in old legal, bistorical, and antiquarian writers. 1 vol. 8v

(George Crispe.) A concise law dictionary. I vol. 8vo. London, 1876.

<A new trial is a re-axmination of an issue of fact in the same court after a trial and decision by a jury or court or by referees. Code Civil Proc. Cal. § 656. A new trialis a re-

Thomas Walter. A compendious and comprehensive law dictionary, elucidating the terms and general principles of law and equity. 1 vol. 8vo. London, 1816.

Charles H. Adjudged words and phrases, being a collection of adjudicated definitions of terms used in the law, with references to authorities. 1 vol. vo. Jersey City, 1382.

Edmond. Maxims of reason, or the reason of the common law of x. A. The first lefter of the English alphabet; used to distinguish the first page of a folic from the second, marked b

Lat. Thevzisi prius courts are such as are held for the trial of issues of fact before a jury and one presiding judge. utory name) in which the cause was tried to a jury, as distin

Writ for making executionin withernam. Reg. Orig. 82). A species of cupias in withernam.

In old English law. Welslimen, because they live neir high mountains covered with snow. Du Cange.

In the civil law. A name; the name, style, or designation of a person. Properly, the name showing to what gens or tribe he belonged, as distinguished from his own individual name,

A forbearance from action; slie contrary to act.

Lack of reyuisite legal age. The condition of a person who is under twenty-one years of age, in some cases, and under fourteen or twelve in others; minovity. Non alio modo puniatur

A failure of appearance; the omission of the defendant to appear within the time limited.

Not twiee for the same; that is, a man shall not be twice tried for the same crima. This maxim of the civil law (Code, 9, 2,9, 11} expresses the same principle as the familiar rule

A non-commissioned officer of the army or militia is a subordinate officer whe holds his rank, not by commission from the executive authority ! of the state or nation, but by appoi

In Englishlaw. Per sons who refuse to take the oaths, required by law, to support the government. Won jus ex regula, sed regula ey jure. The law does not arise from the rule, (or m

A writ thatlay for a person who was molested contrary to the king’s protection granted tohim. Reg. Orig. 184. Won nasci, et natum mori, paria sunt. Not to be born, and to be dead-b

Notwithstanding the verdict. A judgment entered by order of court for the plaintiff, although there has been a verdict for the defendant, is so called. Wou officit conatus nisi scq

Lat. Not his own master. ‘The opposite of sez juris, (gq..)

A pleaina real action, by which the defendant asserts, either as to the whole or as to some part of the land mentioned in the plaintiff’s declaration, that he does nob hold it. Pub

The vacation between two terms of a court,

A board constituted in 1855 by St. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 120, for the better sewering, draining, paving, cleansing, lighting, and improving the metropolis (London.) The board is elected

In the practice of the English high court, either party to an action may call on the ether party by notice to admit the existence and execution of any document, in order to save th

Knowledge; information; intelligence; notice. Wotitia dicitur a noscendo; et notitia non debet claudicare. Notice is named from a knowledge being had; and notice ought not to halt,

A special traverse used in an action of trover, alleging that defendant was not possessed, at the time of action brought, of tie chattels alleged to have been converted by him.

See Assise or Nove. DIssEIsin.

Lat. It does not appeat; it is ust clear or evident. A phrase used in general to state some conclusion ag not necessarily following alihough it may appear on its face to follow.

Hurtful; offensive; offensivetothesmell. 1 Burrows, 337, The word “noxious” includes the complex idea both of insalubrity and offensiveness. Id.

Inpractice. Terms anciently used to designate actions commenced by original bill, as distinguished from those commenced by original wrié, and applied in modern practice to suits co

In thecivillaw. Marriage. able; one who is of a proper age to be married.

In English law. ancient mode of weighing, described by alas “akind of weight with scales hangor hooks fasiened to each end of a staff, cha man, lifting up upon his forefinger and,