A Law Dictionary and Glossary

Pertaining to an office, or the function of an office, as an official act, bond, certificate, oath, etc.

/. A shop; a workshop. Officina bre Tlnm: the shop of writs. Officina justitlsB: the shop or mint of justice; a name anciently given to the court of chancery, or rather to the lega

Z. Office. In Scots law. Officinm ncmini debet esse damnosnin: office ought not tQ be an occasion of loss to any one.

21, In the civil law. To pass over; to leave out; to neglect; to refuse.

v. Natura Brevium. Old statutes: v. Vetera statuta. Old tenures: a brief treatise on tenures, written in the reign of Edward IIL

laws of. A collefction of maritime law promulgated in or about the time of Richard I. in the island of 0,leron, off the French coast, either by Richard or under direction of his mo

Z. Omission; a leaving out Omlssio eorum qusi tacite insunt nihil operatnr: the omission of those things which are tacitly implied is of no consequence.

L Laying aside all other businesses.

I To all; to all persona Omnibus ad quos praesentes literae pervenerint, salutcm: to all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting; a form of address with which charters bot

I. Superior to all exception; beyond all exception.

Once put in peril of legal penalties. See Autrefois. Once a mortgage, always a mortgage: means that the right of redemption, in equity regarded as an inseparable incident to a mort

I. To burden or charge; to lade or load.

i I. Ought not to be charged; a form of beginning of a

In Scots law. A good and legal consideration. Onerous deed: a deed given for a valuable consideration.

A term applied to the signature of an instrument, the body of which is in the handwriting of another.

I. A burden, or load; a weight; the lading gr cargo of a vessel; a charge; an incumbrance. Onus probandi: the burden 6t proving. V. Actori, etc.; Cum onere.

ope et consilio, I. In the civil law. By aid and counsel; a term applied to accessories in the cofnmission of crimes, of import similar to " aiding and abetting.''

To commence or begin; to enter upon; to vacate, or set aside; to undo or recall; to proclaim, to explain; to clear of obstructions. Open a decree, open a judgement: to set aside a

Manifest; apparent; outward; overt; public; not concealed; not closed, settled or fixed. Open account: an unsettled account between two persons having dealings with one anothet. Op

I In the civil law. A protest or warning against [of] a new work.

I. Opinion. Opinio quse favet testamento est tencnda: the opinion which favors a will is to be followed. Opinio comuiunis or vulgaris: common opinion; general or prevalent opinion,

I. It behooves; it is needful or necessary. Oportet quod certa res dedu Catur in donationem: it is necessary that a certain thing be brought into the gift, or made the subject of t

I. In the civil law. To pledge.

In old English law. An officer in the court of exchequer. Upposita Juxta se posita magi.s elucescnnt, I. Opposite things when placed near each other (in juxtaposition) appear in a

I. Custom is the best interpreter of laws. Optimus interpres rerum usus: use or usage is the best interpreter of things.

Right of choice. Option contract: a contract of sale so called by which the property is not to be delivered, but the transaction is to be closed on a future day, by the payment by

In old English law. That species of original writ, otherwise called a praecipe, which was framed in the alternative, commanding the defendant to do the thing required, or show caus

/. I. In old English law. Benefit; advantage; work; labor. Opus maniflcum: labor done by the hands: manual labor. In the civil law. Work; labor; a thing made or done by labor. Opus

In spoken words. Oral pleading: pleading by word of moutli, in the actual presence of the court, which was the ancient mode of pleading in England, and continued to the reign of Ed

I. In old English law. The meaning of an instrument, as distinguished from the mere words. Oratrix: a female

An ancient mode of trial by the judgment of God, — the accused handling hot iron, or plunging his arm into hot water, or the like, upon the theory that he would escape unhurt accor

An informal writing requesting the payment of money, or the delivery of personalty, to the beai-er or to a person named; a direction in writing, granted by a court or judge, requir

In American law. An act or regulation of congress; a law or regulation of a municipal corporation. Ordinance of 1787: the ordinance for the government of the territory northwest of

1. 1. In old English law. To ordain; to establish; to make a law; to appoint; to practice. Ordinavit: he (the king) ordained. Ordinatlim: ordained.

2. In the dvil law. Ordinary; regular; according to usual course and rule.

In American law. A judicial officer having the powers of a judge of probate, or surrogate. In English law. An ecclesiastical judge who has the regular ordinary jurisdiction, indepe

Common; usual; reasonable. Ordinary care: the care which men of ordinary prudence and judgment commonly exercisa Ordinary skill: the skill which men engaged in the art in question

L An ordinance; the title of several ancient English statutes. Ordinatio Torestse: Ordinance of the Forest; a statute passed tlement of Ireland; a statute passed 17 Edw. I., contai

I. I. In old English law. It is ordered; the initial words of rules of court when entered in Latin.

I. fr. A rule or order; a regulation.

servatur et jus, I. When the order of pleading is observed, the law also is observed.

ordyner, I. fr. To ordain; to establish.

/. In the civil law. The benefit or privilege of order; the privilege of a surety to have his principal thoroughly prosecuted before the creditor could resort to him.

Z. In old English law. Order; regular succession. Ordo agendi: the order of suing. Ordo attachiamentorum: the order of attachments. Ordo brevium: the order of writs. Ordo curlse: a

/. fr. Now. Ore est a veyer: now it is to be seen.

I. We create. One of the words by which a corporation was formerly created by the king.

To inquire into; to review

I. By word of mouth; orally.

Principal; primary; first in order of time. Original bill: in equity pleading, a bill which relates to some matter not before litigated in the court by the same persons standing in

In the law of patents, the contriving, creating or finding out of that which was not known and did not exist, and which can be used or enjoyed by man.

I. The origin of a thing ought to be regarded.

I. In old English law. Shows to you; formal words beginning a count.

A partner whose name appears to the world as a partner.

I. fr. To take away; to take out or off. Oste del file: taken off the file.

I. I. In old English law. ' The door or porch of the church, where dower was anciently conferred.

o. eng. Oathsworth; oathworthy; worthy or entitled to make oath. Ou, I. fr. Or; where; whether; whereas; whereto; with; within; in.

I. fr. Beyond the sea.

Lat. In old English law. To run; to elapse, as time, with the effect of limitation; to run, as a stream; to have course or effect. Currat lex: let the law take its course; the law

To deprive; to put out; to turn out or eject. In old English law. To take away.

A putting out; dispossession; amotion of possession; the wrongful dispossession or exclusion from real property of a person entitled to possession.

oster, 1. fr. In old English law. To put out; to take away; to deprive'; to deny a thing asked. Ouster le main, ousterlemain: to remove the hand; the delivery of lands out of a gua

oustre, outre, I. fr. Over; beyond; further. Ouster le mer: beyond the sea. v. Outre meer. Oustre un jour: over a day. Out of coi^rt. Not in a position to prosecute; deprived of th

In English law. The junior barristers.

utfangthefe, utfangeuthefe, sax. In Saxon and old English law. A thief from without, or from abroad, taken within a lord's fee, or liberty; the privilege of trying such a thief.

Things connected with a ship and necessary for her navigation.

A small house or building belonging to a messuage or dwelling-house, and usually standing separate, and at a small distance from it

In Saxon law. Land lying lyithout or beyond the demesne lands of a manor, and occupied by the lord's tenants.

To put out of the law, or out of the protection of the law.

In English law. One who is put out of the law, that is, de-

outlary. The process by law; the being put out ot the law law. The process is resorted to either civil or criminal process.

I fr. In old English law. right

outraious, i. /r. In old large; beyond measure. Outragious taking of more fees than were due.

L fr. Beyond. Outre ineer: old practice.

o. eng. A person to whom was confined by statute.

An ungathered grow and is not yet gathered and i)\e,l.fr. With; for. Ovesque: with.

owel, /. fr. Equal. OTelmeiit:

In old English law. Equality.

2. 2. In Saxon law.

Insurance to an property.

overte, ouverte, I. fr. and open, manifest act from which thing done toward carrying out

In old English law. Equality.

In old English law.. The sheep out of the kingdom; so night.

Does not mean always of ship, but may mean a person in and control, a person having a ject-matter and circumstances.

In old English law. As

oier, oir, I. fr. To hear; to heard to cry. Oyant: hearing. termine. Oyes: hear you. Oyez:

I. fr. and eng. The hearing of on the deed might demand where the demand being called craving of which to defendant is substituted, which a person is declared an out-; the state of

I. fr. Hear ye; the introductory word of proclamations made by the criers of courts, retained from the old French form, but pi'Ouounced as though it were English, 0 yes. P. An abbr

Improperly and corruptly to select a jury sworn and impaneled to try a case.

An agreement v. Nude pact. Pacta privata non derogant juri cominuni, I. Private agreements cannot derogate from common right (or law). In the dvil law. Pacta conventa, quae neque c

I. In the civil law. A bargaining or agreeing, of which pactum the agreement itself was the result

I. In the civil law. A pact; an agreement or convention without specific name, and without consideration, which, however, might, in its nature, produce a civil obligation. Pactum c

1. 1. In old English law. To pay. Paiavit: (he) paid.

pays, I. fr. In old English, law. Country: the country; a jury, as coming from the country or neighborhood.

In English lav?. A court of legal jurisdiction, held in the borough of Southwark. v. Marshalsea.

Pertaining to a palace; having royal privilegea

or Digests. A connpilation of Roman law in fifty books, published in the year 533. It consists of selections from the writings of the old jurists, made under the direction of Justi

pauell, pannel. A list of the names of jurors returned by the sheriff for the trial of a cause; the body of jurors summoned and in attendance upon court, including jurors returned

denelage. Dane law; the Danish law; a system of laws introduced into England by the Danes, and principally maintained in some of the midland counties, and also on the eastern coast

Bills of exchange and promissory notes. Paper title: a title witnessed by writing, but without real legal foundation. In English law. Paper book: a transcript of the record prepare

I. In the ciml law. Pupillar substitution; the substitution of an heir to a pupil or infant under puberty. '