Law Dictionary

The term "key stakeholders" means actors engaged in efforts to advance global food security programs and objectives, including— (A) relevant Federal departments and agenc

A guardian, warden, or keeper. Mon. Angl. tom. 2, p. 71.

The term “KFTA certification of origin” means the certification established under article 6.15 of the United States–Korea Free Trade Agreement that a good qualifies as an originati

Knight of the garter, which see.

In Hindu law. An office of government in which the business of the revenue department was transacted under the Mohammedan government, and during the early period of British rule. K

The viceroy of Egypt.

An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the Elngllsh exchequer; so called from being the Inquest of John de Kirby, treasurer to Edward I.

laborers, especially those pursuing the building trades, often were paid the prevailing rate of wages but were compelled by their employers to give back or kick back a percentage o

An engrosser of corn to enhance its price,

In old English law. A dam or open wear In a river, with a loop or narrow cut in it, accommodated for the laying of engines to catch fish. 2 Inst. 38; Blount.

The forcible abduction or stealing away of a man, woman or child from his own country and sending him into another. See 4 Am. St. Rep. 447, note.

the term “kidnapping” means an offense that has as its elements the abduction, restraining, confining, or carrying away of another person by force or threat of force;

The term “kidney disease education services” means educational services that are— (A) furnished to an individual with stage IV chronic kidney disease who, according to accepted cli

In the civil law. A servitude annexed to a rural estate.

A measure of eighteen gallons.

A measure of capacity, equal to eighteen gallons.

An ancient servile payment made by tenants in husbandry. Cowell.

actions or effects that do not require direct applications of force.

zn. A Dutch word, signifying a channel or bed of the river, and hence the river or stream itself. It is found used in this sense in descriptions of land in old conveyances. I N.Y.

Killing.—The term “killing” means conduct that would constitute an offense under section 1111 of title 18, United States Code, if Federal jurisdiction existed.

A custom by which lords of manors were bound to provide a stallion for the use of their tenants' mares. Spelman.

The term “Kimberley Process Certificate” means a forgery resistant document of a Participant that demonstrates that an importation or exportation of rough diamonds has been control

The term “Kimberley Process Certification Scheme” means those standards, practices, and procedures of the international certification scheme for rough diamonds presented in the doc

Rslation or relationship by blood or consanguinity. "The nearness of kin is computed according to the civil law." 2 Kent, Comm. 413.

Same as Cynebote.

The term “kind” means one or more related species or subspecies which singly or collectively is known by one common name, for example, soybean, flax, carrot, radish, cabbage, cauli

A garden of children was devised by Froebel, a German philosopher and educator, to apply to a system which he elaborated for the instruction of children of very tender years. "Chil

Relations by blood. Nature has divided the kindred of every one into three principal classes: (1) His children, and their descendants. (2) His father, mother, and other ascendants.

Such a thing as a pardon without a designation of its kind is not known in the law. Time out of mind, in the earliest books of the English law, every pardon has its particular deno

The term “kinetic missile defense activities” means any action intended to physically intercept, neutralize, or destroy a missile, projectile, aircraft, or other airborne threat, i

The term “kinetic missile defense capabilities” means any system or platform that is designed to be able to carry out kinetic missile defense activities.

The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power. The following table of the reigns of English and British kings and queens, commencing with the Conquest,

This maxim means that the king is not resiwnsible legally for aught he may please to do, or for any omission. Aust..Tur. sect. VI. It does not mean that everything done by the gove

The art of governing.

A country where an officer called a "king" exercises the of govdoms the executive officer may be a woman, who is called a "queen."

A royal aid; an escuage (q. v.).

A version of the Bible published in London in 1611. 245 111. 343.

The legal adviser of the king.

See Regnal years .

The principal herald of England was of old designated "king of the heralds," a title which seems to have been exchanged for "king-at-arms" about the reign of Henry IV. The kings-at

See "Court of King's Bench."

A department of the English High Court of Justice.

A term applied to fauces tcrrcB (q. v.). See 1 Phill. Int. Law 239; Halleck, Int Law 139. KING’S or QUEEN’S COUNSEL. Barristers or Serjeants who have been called within the bar and

Those portions of the seas, adjacent to the coasts of Qr«at Britain, which are inclosed within headlatids, so as to be cut off from the open sea by imagfinary straight lines drawn

An officer of the court of king's bench, usually called "the master of the crown offico," whose duty it is to file informations at the suit of a private subject by direction of the

A court which followed the person of the king.

Barristers nominated by the lord chancellor and appointed as counsel to the crown. See 3 Bl. Comm. 350.

A court which was the successor of the witenagemote. See Witenagemote .

Same as State’s evidence.

Entessaunt—ibid. 242. a.

The peace and good order of the kingdom. See 1 Bl. Comm. 350.

A proctor or solicitor representing the crown in the former practice of the courts of probate and divorce. In petitions for dissolution of marriage or for declarations of nullity o

See Remembrancer.

A payment to the king upon levying a fine of land. See 2 Bl. Comm. 350.

In feudal law. A widow of the king's tenant. She was not allowed to.remain without the king's consent, lest she thereby induct the king's enemy into the tenure. KINSBOTE (from kin,

Without relatives.

Compensation for killing a kinsman.

Relations ; those who are of the same family.

In Saxon law. A composition or satisfaction paid for killing a kinsman. Spelman.

A man of the same race or family; one related by blood. Webster.

A female relation.

or KINTLE. <A _ hundred pounds in weight. See QUINTAL.

A hundred pounds in weight. See Quintal.

Same as Kentledge.

A term used by merchants and seafaring men to signify a ship's ballast. Merc. Diet.

A bawdy-house.

In old English law. The space of time betwcen the 3d of May and the Epiphany, in which fishing for salmon in the Thames, between Gravesend and Henley-on-Thames, was forbidden. Rot.

In English law. An ancient record remaining with the remembraneer of the exchequer, being an inquisition or survey of all the lands in England, taken in the reign of Edward I. by J

An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the English exchequer. So called from being the inquest of John de Kirby, treasurer to Edward I.

In Scotech law. <A meet ing of parishioners on church affairs.

In Scotch law. A church; the church; the established church of Scotland. —Kirk-mote. A meeting of parishioners on church affairs. —Kirk-officer. The beadle of a church in Scotland.

A meeting of parishioners on church affairs.

The beadle of a church in Scotland.

A parochial church court in Scotland, consisting of the ministers and elders of each parish.

A ceremony used in taking the corporal oath; the object being, as the canonists say, to denote the assent of the witness to the oath in the form it is imposed. The witness kisses e

The act with which the ceremony of taking an oath by laying the hand upon the gospels concludes.

Placing the Bible to the lips in attestation of the obligation of an oath just administered. See further Oath.

In Hindu law. A stated payment; installment of rent.

To secure money temporarily by issuing or negotiating worthless paper.

One’s home or birthplace.

The term “kiwifruit” means all varieties of fresh kiwifruit grown in or imported into the United States.

As used in this subchapter the term “Klamath Tribe” includes the members of the Klamath and Modoc Tribes and the Yahooskin Band of Snakes and all other Indians having rights on the

As used in this section and section 465a of this title the term “Klamath Tribe of Indians” includes the Klamath and Modoc Tribes, and the Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians.

An insane and uncontrollable propensity to pilfer. See 89 Ain. St. Rep. 386, note, quoting Stand. Diet.

One who slaughters useless or diseased animals or deals in such. Cent. Diet. A regular occupation in l Aindon and other large cities, regulated by act of parliament August 18, 1911

A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning, which was merely "servant" or "attendant"

In old English law. The portion of grain given to the servant in charge of a mill by tenants who were thirlpd to the mill.

The term “knowingly” or “knew” means that a person, with respect to information— (1) has actual knowledge of the information, or (2) acts in deliberate ignorance or reckless disreg

In English law. The next personal dignity after the nobility. Of knights there are geveral orders and degrees. The first in rank are Knights of the Garter, instituted by Edward III

A court which used to be held twice a year by the bishop of Hereford.

or KNIGHTENGYLD. An ancient guild or society formed by King Edgar.

The character, dignity, or status of a knight.

A title of honor next beneath that of a peer or baronet. Knight of the shire: a member of parliament representing a county or shire, in contradistinction to a burgess, who represen

A keeper of decorum within the royal household.

See "Knight."

See "Knight."

A species of feudal tenure, which differed very slightly from a pure and perfect feud, being entirely of a military nature; and it was the first, most universal, and most honorable

The word is a compound word, and may comprehend many things. And therefore by the grant of this may pass land, meadow and pasture as parcel of it. Anciently so much of an inheritan

An order of knights that had their name from a hospital erected at Jerusalem for the use of pilgrims coming to the Holy Land', and dedicated to St. John Baptist. They were afterwar

Oeorge. Same as Knights of the Garter.