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Stale Demand

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

A claim which has been for a long tiine undemanded: as, for example, where there has been a delay of STALLAGE (Sax. stal). The liberty or right of pitching or erecting stalls in fairs or markets, or the money paid for the same.

Blount; Whart. Diet.; 6 Q. B. 31.

It must be founded upon a reasonable consideration between the public and the grantee, and the tolls must be reasonable; 1 Steph. Com. 450. STAL LARI US (Lat.). In Saxon Law. The prwfectus stabuli, now master of the horse (Sax. stalstabulum).

Blount.

Sometimes one who has a stall in a fair or market FI. lib.

4, c. 28, p. 13.