Congeable

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Lawful.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

L. Fr. Lawfni; permissible; allowable, "Disseisin is properly where a man entereth into any lands or tenements where his entry is not congedble, and putteth out him that hath the freehold." Litt. § 279. See Ricard v. Williams, 7 Wheat. 107, 5 In Ed. 398.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

fr.

In old English law. Done with leave; done lawfully; lawfuL

A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

3 Permissible; done lawfully. " If his entry were congeable, it will be considered as limited by his right." *

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

Fr. [from conge, leave, or permission.] In old English law. That which is done with leave; lawfully done; lawful. L'entry est congeable; the entry is lawful. Litt. sect. 693 — 695. Cro. Jac. 31. So long as a disseisee maintained his entry by continual claim, his entry was said to be congeable. Crabb's Hist. Eng. Law, 403. Litt. sect. 422. This term was first introduced in the reign of Edward III. 3 Reeves' Hist. Eng. Law, 22.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

English law. This word is nearly obsolete. It is from the French congé, permission, leave; it signifies that a thing is done lawfully or with permission; as entry congeable, and the like.