Full
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
Complete; exhaustive; detailed.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Complete; entire; detailed.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Ample; complete; perfect; mature; not wanting In any essential quality. Mobile School Com'ra v. Putnam, 44 Ala. 537; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 Kan. 321, 15 Pac. 177; Quinn v. Donovan, 85 III. 195.
— Full age. The age of legal majority, twenty-one years at common law, twenty-five in the civil law. 1 Bl. Comm. 463; Inst. 1, 23, pr.
— Full answer. In pleading. A complete and meritorious answer; one not wanting in any essential requisite. Bentley v. Cleaveland, 22 Ala. 817; Durham v. Moore, 48 Kan. 135, 29 Pac. 472.
— Full blood. A term of relation, denoting descent from the same couple. Brothers and sisters of full blood are those who are bam of the same father and mother, or, as Justinian calls them, "ex utroque parente conjuncti." Nov. 118, cc. 2, 3; Mackeld. Rom. Law, § 145. The more usual term in modern law is "whole blood," (q. v.)
— Full copy. In equity practice. A complete and unabbreviated transcript of a bill or other pleading, with ali indorsements, and including a copy of all exhibits. Finley v. Hunter, 2 Strob. Eq. (S. C.) 210, note.
— Full court. In practice. A court in bona A court duty organized with all the judges preaent.
— Full covenants. See COVENANT.
— Full defense. In pleading. The formula of defense in a plea, stated at length and without abbreviation, thuB: "And the said C. D., by ES. F., his attorney, comes and defends the force (or wrong) and injury when and where it shall behoove him, and the damages, and whatsoever else he ought to defend, and says," etc. Steph. Pi. p. 481.
— Fnll faith and credit. In the constifutional provision that full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state, this phrase means that a judgment or record shall have the same faith, credit, conclusive effect, and obligatory force in other states as it has by law or usage in the state from whence taken. Christmas v. Russell, 5 Wall. 302. 18 L. Ed. 475; McElmoyle v. Cohen, 13 Pet. 326, 10 It. Ed. 177; Gibbons v. Livingston, 6 N. J. Law, 275; Brengle v. McClellan, 7 Gill & J. (Md.) 438.
— Full indorsement. See Indorsement.
— Fnll jurisdiction. Complete jurisdiction over a given subject-matter or class of actions (as, in equity) without any exceptions or reservations. Bank of Mississippi v. Duncan. 52 Miss. 740.
— Fnll life. Life in fact and in law. See In Full Life.
— Full proof. In the civil law. Proof by two witnesses, or a public instrument. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 9, nn. 25, 30; 3 Bl. Comm. 370. Evidence which satisfies the minds of the jury of the truth of the fact in dispute, to the entire exclusion of every reasonable doubt. Kane v. Hibernia Mut. F. Ins. Co., 38 N. J. Law, 450, 20 Am. Rep. 409.
— Full right. The union of a good title with actual possession.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Complete. Full age: the age at which persons come to the rights of adults under the law, — at common law, generally, twenty-one years; in the cvvil law, twenty-fiva Full blood: a term of relation, denoting descent from the same couple. Full court: a court sitting in banc, implying, strictly, the presence of all the judges. Full defense: the formula of defense in a plea stated at length. Full life: life in fact and in law.
In the civil law. Full proof: proof by two witnesses, or by a public instrument
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Complete; exhaustive; detailed. A “full” answer 1s as extensive a term, in describing one which is ample and sufficient, a3 though the term “complete” had been superadded. 22 Ala, 817
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
Not wanting in any essential quality; complete; entire; whole; perfect; adequate. Full age. The age of twenty-one years; majority. See Age. Full blood. Whole blood. See Blood. Full court. All the members of a court Bitting together. Full defense. A general defense. See Defense, 3. Full faith, and credit. Entire confidence and efficacy. See further Faith, Full. Full price. A price which is fair or reasonable. See Price. Full proof. Proof to the exclusion of a reasonable doubt. See Proof. Fully. See Administer, 4. In full. 1. Completed, filled up, not blank; as, an indorsement {q. v.) which names the indorsee. 2. For all that is due, and not on account: as, a receipt in full, satisfaction in full, qq. v.