Law Dictionary

The terms “electronic communication”, “intercept”, “oral communication”, and “wire communication” have the meaning 6 given those terms in section 2510 of title 18 . / The terms “el

One which is partly in writing and partly depends on spoken words, or none of which is in writing; one which, in so far as it has been reduced to writing, is incomplete or expresse

Evidence given by word of mouth; the oral testimony of a witness.

In this section, the term “oral history” means a story or history consisting of personal recollection as recorded by any one or more of the following means: (1) Interviews. (2) Tra

Pleading by word of mouth, in the actual presence of the court. This was the ancient mode of pleading in England, and continued to the reign of Edward III. Steph. PI. 23-26.

The term "oral sodomy" means contact between the mouth and the penis, the mouth and the vulva, or the mouth and the anus. / The term “oral sodomy” means contact between t

That which is delivered from the lips of the witness. Bates' Ann. St. Ohio 1904, § 5262; Rev. St. Wyo. 1899, § 37Q4.

An ancient writ which issued, while there was no standing collect for a sitting parliament, to pray for the peace and good government of the realm.

A party in Ireland who keep alive the views of William of Orange. Wharton.

(Lat.) In old English law. The meaning of an instrument, as distinguished from the mere letters (literoe) in which it was written. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 56, § 20.

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

In Chancery Practice. The party who files a bill. In Roman Law. An advocate. Code 1. 3. 33. 1.

The feminine form of "orator." ORCINUS LIBERTUS (Lat.) In Roman law. A freedman who obtained his liberty by the direct operation of the will or testament of his deceased master was

Deprivation of one's parents or children or priva'tion in general. Little used.

The term “orbital location” means the location for placement of a satellite on the geostationary orbital arc as defined in the International Telecommunication Union Radio Regulatio

The term “Orchard Training Area” means that area generally so depicted on the map referred to in section 460iii–2(b) of this title , and as described in the Memorandum of Understan

See Opera. " 11 F. K. a Ol, ante. Dr. Wharton. 3 See 2 Bl. Com. 140 (a): Coke, Litt. § 57. " United States v. Fisk, 3 Wall. 447 (1865); Dumont v. U'nited States, 98 U. S. 143 (1878

(Roman Law) A slave freed by a provision in the will of his owner.

To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. The preamble to the constitution of the United States declares that the people "do ordain and establish this constitution for the

When the word is applied to a clergymen, it means, that he has been invested with ministerial functions, or sacerdotal power. 4 Conn. 139.

An ancient superstitious mode of trial. When in a criminal case the accused was arraigned, he might select the mode of trial either by God and his country,— that is, by jury,— or b

See Fire ordeal .

A liberty whereby one claims ore found on his own land. ORDENAMIENTO (Spanish). In Spanish law. An order emanating from the sovereign, and differing from a cedula only in form, and

A liberty whereby a man claims the ore found in his own land; also, the ore lying under land. Cowell.

In old English law. The right of administering oaths and adjudging trlals by ordeal within a precinct or liberty. Cowell.

(Spanish) A royal order.

A collection of Spanish law promulgated by the Cortes In the year 1348. Schm. Civll Law, Introd. 75.

the whole or a part of a final disposition, whether affirmative, negative, injunctive, or declaratory in form, of an agency in a matter other than rule making but including licensi

When goods are m the "order and disposition" of a bankrupt, they go to his trustee, and have gone so since the time of James I. Wharton.

an order disapproving the petition or answer under section 77B should have the same effect for the purpose of appeal as an order refusing adjudication

immunities that are valid as against the federal government by force of the specific pledges of particular amendments have been found to be implicit in the concept of ordered liber

The order form is not a mere record of a past transaction-it is a certificate of legality of the transaction being carried on, or else it is a means of discovering the illegality a

“order for relief” means entry of an order for relief;

the section intended that the order of the court having jurisdiction of the trust should be determinative as to what is distributable income for the purpose of division of the tax

it was an equitable decree compelling obedience under the threat of contempt and was therefore an 'order granting an injunction' within the meaning of Rule 65(d)

An order by the sovereign with the advice of the privy council. Orders in council are either prerogative, or issued under parliamentary authority. The former, if derogating from an

In this subsection, the term “ordering professional” means a physician (as defined in section 1395x(r) of this title ) or a practitioner described in section 1395u(b)(18)(C) of thi

the essential ingredient is orderly expedition and not mere speed

A conditional order, which is to be confirmed unless something be done, which has been required, by a time specified. Eden, Inj. 122. See "Nisi."

The term “order of deportation” means the order of the special inquiry officer, or other such administrative officer to whom the Attorney General has delegated the responsibility f

In England, an order made under the Bankruptcy Act of 1869, by a court of bankruptcy, the effect of which is to discharge a bankrupt from all debts, claims, or demands provable und

The judgment rendered in a bastardy proceeding, whereby a certain man is adjudged the -father of a bastard child.

An order composed of German-speaking persons, whose general object is to preserve and spread the German language wherever the order exists, improve and elevate social conditions am

an "order of deportation," 110 Stat. 3009–627, which, in turn, is defned as an order "concluding that the alien is deportable or ordering deportation," § 1101(a)(47)(A).

In English Practice. An order as of course for the continuance of an abated suit. It superseded the bill of revivor. See 15 & 16 Viet. c. 8G, s. 52. Whart. Lex.

The first 'provides for the enforcement of orders; that is, the compelling of the doing or abstaining from doing of acts embraced by a previous affirmative command of the Commissio

An order punishing for contempt, made in the progress of the case, when not in the nature of an order in a criminal proceeding, is regarded as interlocutory, and to be reviewed onl

As the primal duty of a carrier is to furnish adequate facilities to the public, that duty may well be compelled, although, by doing so, as an incident some pecuniary loss from ren

the 'orders' referred to in 315(c) are formal commands of the Commission relating to its procedure and the rates, fares, practices, and like things coming within its authority

Any member of the English house of commons who wishes to propose any question, or to "move the house," as it is termed, must, in order to give the house due notice of his intention

the orders made judicially reviewable by the quoted language are the directory orders mentioned in, and authorized by, subsection (b) of § 11 of the Act, and orders which may 'revo

the City of New York and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester.

“order to pay” means a written order issued by the Secretary or the applicable delegated State to a lessee or its designee (with notice to the lessee who designated the designee) w

As used in this section (1) the terms “cease-and-desist order which has become final” and “order which has become final” means a cease-and-desist order, or an order issued by the B

“land use ordinance” or “ordinance” means any ordinance adopted by a county or by the Commission pursuant to sections 544 to 544p of this title, and includes any amendment to, revi

There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.

In English law. A statute made touching matters and causes of the forest. 33 & 34 Edw. I.

Two laws and ordinances published by Edward I. in the second year of his reign, at Hastings, relating to admiralty jurisdiction. These are said to have been the foundation of a con

The law of procedure, as distinguished from the substantial part of the law. 0RDINARIU8 ITA DICITUR QUIA HAbet ordlnarlam Jurlsdictionem, In jure proprlo, et not! propter deputatlo

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.

Co. Litt. 96. The ordinary is so called because he has an ordinary jurisdiction in his own right, and not a deputed one.

An ordinary is so called because he has ordinary jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.

The principal function of the term 'ordinary' in § 162(a) is to clarify the distinction, often difficult, between those expenses that are currently deductible and those that are in

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

The requirement of § 23(a)(2) that deductible expenses be 'ordinary and necessary' implies that they must be reasonable in amount and must bear a reasonable and proximate relation

The origin and nature, and not the legal form, of the expense sought to be deducted, determines the applicability of the words of § 23(a).

Extraordinary, unusual and extravagant amounts paid by a corporation to its officers in the guise and form of compensation for their services, but having no substantial relation to

By the special agreement the carrier becomes, with reference to the particular transaction, an ordinary bailee and private carrier for hire.

The term “ordinary book” means a book printed on paper or cardboard, printed with inks or toners, and bound and finished using a conventional method, and that is intended to be rea

Those things which are repeated daily or weekly in the

such care as a person of ordinary prudence would exercise under like circumstances.

the common prudence which men of business and heads of families usually exhibit in matters that are interesting to them

The transaction of business according to the usages and customs of the commercial world generally or of the particular community or (in some cases) of the particular individual who

Those deeds of transfer which are entered into between two or more persons, without an assurance in a superior court of justice.

Those deeds of transfer which are entered into between two or more persons, without an assurance in a superior court of justice. Wharton.

the term “ordinary course of business” means only debt collection activities, order fulfillment, request processing, and the transfer of ownership;

The lien is displaced where the goods are sold in the usual course of trade carried on by the tenant, provided they are duly delivered, and do not remain on the premises. Personal

The term “ordinary customs duty” means a customs duty based on the article as such (whether or not such duty is also based in any manner on the use, value, or method of production

the deductions allowed by section 23 (section 2023) other than capital losses and capital deductions.

common or ordinary diligence, such as prudent men exercise in respect to their own private affairs

The term “ordinary earnings” means the excess of the earnings and profits of the qualified electing fund for the taxable year over its net capital gain for such taxable year.

Ordinary in this context does not mean that the payments must be habitual or normal in the sense that the same taxpayer will have to make them often. The situation is unique in the

The principal function of the term 'ordinary' in § 162(a) is to clarify the distinction, often difficult, between those expenses that are currently deductible and those that are in

the term “ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses” means lenses that are intended to fully correct visual acuity or eliminate refractive error; and

The term “ordinary gross income” means the gross income determined by excluding— (A) all gains from the sale or other disposition of capital assets, and (B) all gains (other than t

The term “ordinary income” means the real estate investment trust taxable income (as defined in section 857(b)(2)) determined— (A) without regard to subparagraph (B) of section 857

For purposes of this subtitle, the term “ordinary loss” includes any loss from the sale or exchange of property which is not a capital asset. Any loss from the sale or exchange of

Absence of ordinary care (q-v.)

the net income, computed in accordance with the provisions of this title, after excluding all items of capital gain, capital loss, and capital deductions.

In old English law. A deputy of the bishop of the diocese, anciently appointed to give malefactors their neck verses, and judge whether they read or not; also to perform divine ser

The clergyman who is attendant upon condemned malefuctors in that prison to prepare them for death; he records the behavior of such persons. Formerly it was the custom of the ordin

The term “ordinary paper-based printed materials” means materials printed on paper or cardboard, such as magazines, posters, greeting cards, and similar products, that are printed

Such as are necessary to make good the usual wear and tear or natural and unavoidable decay and keep the property in good condition. See Abell v. Brady, 79 Md. 94, 28 Atl. 817; Bre

83. The Court of held in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow 1.), by the Dean of the Arches, later now in Westminster Hall, was the of the Archbishop of Canterbury, with ecclesiastical c

A sailor who is capable of performing the ordinary or routine duties of a seaman, but who is not yet s'o proficient in the knowledge and practice of all the various duties of a sai

The degree of skill which men engaged in the art in question usually employ. See 78 Md. 375, 44 Am. St. Rep. 304, 22 L. R. A. 690, 28 Atl. 279.

that degree of skill which men engaged in that particular art usually employ; not that which belongs to a few men only, of extraordinary endowments and capacities. Baltimore Baseba

they are not the 'ordinary' normal ones applied by the nonintegrated miner. It was he whom the Congress made the object of the allowance. The fabrication processes used by responde

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