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Large

Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

{LargeuT. Law Fr. from large.) Breadth. According to the breadth and length. Britt. c. 63, c. 103.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

See At large.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Li Fr. Broadthe opposite of "estreyte," strait or strict Pure et large. Britt, c. 34.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. fr., Largus, I. Large; broad; comprehensive.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A species of common which is neither appendant nor appurtenant to land, but is annexed to 4 man’s person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a chureh or the like corporation sole. 2 Bl. Comm. 04, It is a separate inheritanece, entirely distinct from any other K landed property, vested in the person to whom the common right belongs. 2 Steph. Comm. 6.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

k,fr: At large. Mettre k large: to set at liberty. Laron,^. A thief.