Denouncement
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
(In Mexican law.) A denouncement was a judicial proceeding, and though real property might be acquired by an alien in fraud of the law — that is without observing its requirements — ^he nevertheless retained his right and title to it, liable to be deprived of it by the proper proceeding of denouncement, which in its substantive characteristics was equivalent to the inquest of ofl Bce found, at common law. 26 Cal. 477.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Mexican Law. A judicial proceeding for the forfeiture of land held by an alien. See 1'" Merle v. Mathews. 26 CaL ITT: Von Schmidt v. Huntington, l Cal. <•>■".: Craig v. Leslie, 3 Wheat (1 563, 4 L. Ed. i '•><>.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In Spanish and Mexican law. A denouncement was a judicial proceeding, and, though real property might be acquired by an alien in fraud of the law,—that is, without observing its requirements,—he nevertheless retained his right and title to it, but was liable to be deprived of it by the proper proceeding of denouncement, which in its substantive characteristics was equivalent to the inquest of office found, at common law. De Merle v. Mathews, 26 Cal. 477. The "denouncement of a new work" is a proceeding to obtain an order of court, in the nature of an injunction, against the construction of a new building or other work, which, if completed, would injuriously affect the plaintiff's property. Von Schmidt v. Huntington, 1 Cal. 55.
In Mexican mining law. Denouncement is an application to the authorities for a grant of the right to work a mine, either on the ground of new discovery, or on ithe ground of forfeiture of the rights of a former owner, through abandonment or contravention of the mining law. Cent. Diet. See Castillero v. U. S., 2 Black, 109, 17 It. Ed. 360.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Mexican law. A denouncement was a judicial proceeding, and, though real preperty might be acquired by an alien in fraud of the law,—that is, without observing its requirements,—he nevertheless retained his right and title to it, but was liable to be deprived of it by the proper proceeding of denouncement, which in its substantive characteristics was equiyalent to the inquest of office found, at commion law. 26 Cal. 477,
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In Mexican law, a judicial pi'oceeding equivalent to the inquest of office at common law.""*