Concessio
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In old English law. A grant; one of the old common assurances, or forms of conveyance, being properly of things incorporeal which cannot pass by deed. 2 Bl. Comm. 317. CONCESSIO PER REGEM FIERI DEBET de certitudine. A grant by the king ought to be a grant of a certainty. 9 Coke, 46. CONCESSIO VERSUS CONCEDENTEM latam interpretationem habere debet. A grant ought to have a liberal interpretation against the grantor. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 279.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. In old English of conveyance, properly without deed, and one of concedentem latam to have a broad interpretation
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old English law. A grant. One ofthe old common assurances, or forms of conveyance. Concessio per regem fleri debet do certitudine. 9 Coke, 46. <A grant by the king ought to be made from certainty. Coneessio versus econecedentem latam interpretationem habere debet. A grant ought to have a broad interpretation (to be liberally interpreted) against the grantor, Jenk. Cent. 279.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. A grant by deed, one of the common assurances.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from concedere, to grant.] A grant. One of the old common assurances, or forms of conveyance, being properly of things incorporeal, which cannot pass without deed. Co. Litt. 9 b. 2 Bl. Com. 317. See Grant. Concessio per regem fieri debet de certitudine. A grant by the king ought to be made of a certainty. Jenk. Cent. 279. Concessio versus concedentem latam interpretationem habere debet. A grant ought to have a broad interpretation [to be liberally interpreted] against the grantor. Jenk. Cent. 279.