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A calling men out to the army by sound of horn. Jacob.
- Outhousedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Anderson (1889)Abbott (1879)
Buildings adjoining or belonging to dwelling houses. Buildings subservient to, yet distinct from, the principal mansion house, located either within or without the curtilage. 1 Bis
- Outlanddefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Abbott (1879)
The Saxon thanes divided their hereditary lands into inland, such as lay nearest their dwelling, which they kept to their own use, and outland, which lay beyond the demesnes, and w
- Outlawdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Abbott (1879)
In English law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law. 22 Viner, Abr. 316; 1 Phil. Ev. Index; Bac. Abr. "Outlawry;" 2 Sellon, Prac. 277; Doct. Plac. 331; 3 Bl. Com
In English law. One who is put out of the law, that is, de-
Applied to debts, barred by limitations. See 37 Me. 389.
- Outlawrydefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Stimson (1881)Abbott (1879)
In English law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law, by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in refusing to become amenable to the court
In English law. A process by which a defendant or person in contempt on a civil or criminal process was declared an outlaw. If for treason or felony, it amounted to conviction and
The terms “budget outlays” and “outlays” mean, with respect to any fiscal year, expenditures and net lending of funds under budget authority during such year. / The terms “budget a
In early American land law, (particularly in Missouri,) a lot or parcel of land lying outside the corporate limits of a town or vlllage but subject to its municipal jurisdiction or
The term “outlying area” means the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. / The term “outlying area” means the Un
As used in this section, the term “outlying areas” includes Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, but does not include th
The term “outlying possessions of the United States” means American Samoa and Swains Island.
A plaintiff in an action at common law must have declared within one year after the service of the summons, otherwise he was out of court unless the court had, by special order, en
The term "out-of-network" means, with respect to health care services, such services provided by TRICARE-authorized civilian providers who have not entered into a contrac
The term "out-of-network rate" means, with respect to an item or service furnished in a State during a year to a participant or beneficiary of a group health plan receivi
the costs specifically incurred by the addition of each new unit of output; they do not include any allocation to that unit of pre-existing overhead expenses — equivalent to what e
The term “out-of-school youth” has the meaning given the term in section 3102 of title 29. / The term “out-of-school youth” means— (A) an eligible youth who is a school dropout; or
The term “out-of-State bank” means, with respect to any State, a bank whose home State is another State. / The term “out-of-State bank” means, with respect to any State, a bank the
The term “out-of-State bank holding company” means, with respect to any State, a bank holding company whose home State is another State. / The term “out-of-State bank holding compa
At a time when no term of the court is being held; in the vacation or interval which elapses between terms of the court See McNeill v. Hodges, 99 N. C. 248, 6 S. E. 127.
Beyond sea, which title see.
Beyond sea, (which title see.)
In marine insurance. Missing. Generally speaking, a ship may be said to be missing or out of time when she has not been heard of after the_ longest ordinary time in which the voyag
A mercantile phrase applied to a ship or vessel that has heen so long at sea as to justily the belief of her total loss. In atiother sense, 4 vessel is said to be out of time when,
The term “out-of-workforce individual” means— (A) an individual who is a displaced homemaker, as defined in section 3102 of title 29; or (B) an individual who— (i) (I) has worked p
Stealers of exattle. Cowell.
A cattle-thief.
A name given in old English statutes to certain depredators from Redesdale, on the northern border of England, who made incursions into Scotland, and brought back to their accompli
The term “outpatient facility” means a facility (located in or apart from a hospital) for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients (including ambulatory inpa
The term “outpatient health services” means outpatient health care services, mental health services, and outpatient substance abuse services.
The term “outpatient medical facility” means a medical facility (located in or apart from a hospital) for the diagnosis or diagnosis and treatment of ambulatory patients (including
The term “outpatient occupational therapy services” has the meaning given the term “outpatient physical therapy services” in subsection (p), except that “occupational” shall be sub
The term “outpatient physical therapy services” means physical therapy services furnished by a provider of services, a clinic, rehabilitation agency, or a public health agency, or
Such as set watches for the robbing any manor-house. Cowell.
Such as set watches for the robbing any manor-house. Cowell.
“output measure” means the tabulation, calculation, or recording of activity or effort that can be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative manner; / “output measure” refers to t
- Outragedefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Kinney (1893)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Abbott (1879)
A grave injury; a serious wrong. A generic word which is applied to everything which is injurious in a great degree to the honor or rights of another. 44 Iowa 314.
Injurious violence, or, in general, any species of serious wrong offered to the person, feelings, or rights of another. See 44 Iowa, 314.
outraious, i. /r. In old large; beyond measure. Outragious taking of more fees than were due.
Outside; beyond.
the term “outreach” means the act or process of reaching out in a systematic manner to proactively provide information, services, and benefits counseling to veterans, and to the sp
the term “outreach and communications program” means a program to improve communications with anglers, boaters, and the general public regarding angling and boating opportunities,
The term “outreach services” means services provided to ensure (through home visits or other methods) that parents are aware of and able to participate in family resource and suppo
A deputy sheriff who summoned persons at a distance to attend the county court; a highwayman.
In English practice. Bailiffs employed by the sheriffs and their deputies to ride to the farthest places of their counties or hundreds, to summon such as they thought good to atten
In Englishlaw. Bailiffserrant employed by sheriffs or their deputies to ride to the extremities of their counties or hundreds to summon men to the county or hundred court. Wharton.
The term “outright transfer property” means any interest in property acquired from the decedent by the decedent's surviving spouse.
Old English. A person to whom the business of selling by auction was confined by statute. 2 H. Bl. 557.
A person to whom the business of selling by auction was confined by statute. 2 H. Bl. 557.
Scotch. Publisher. 3 How. St. Tr. 603.
In Scotch law, Publisher. 3 How. State Tr. 603.
For purposes of this paragraph, the term “outside director” shall have the meaning given such term by rule or regulation of the Commission. / the term “outside director” shall have
For purposes of this subsection, the term “outside party” means any person other than (A) a Commissioner; (B) an officer or employee of the Commission; or (C) any person who has en
“outside supplier” means a supplier of passenger motor vehicle equipment to a manufacturer's allied supplier, or a person other than an allied supplier, who ships directly to the m
(A) The term "outsourcing facility" means a facility at one geographic location or address that— (i) is engaged in the compounding of sterile drugs; (ii) has elected to r
Unpaid; uncollected; remaining undischarged.
The term has a particular meaning where the subject matter of a contract is the ascertainment of net profits for the purpose of paying in cash the value of a certain share. See 20
"outstanding amount of benefit liabilities" means, with respect to any plan, the excess (if any) of— (A) the value of the benefit liabilities under the plan (determined a
For purposes of this section, the term “outstanding balance” means the amount owed on a credit card account under an open end consumer credit plan as of the end of the 14th day aft
“outstanding claim for withdrawal liability” means a plan’s claim for the unpaid balance of the liability determined under part 1 of subtitle E for which demand has been made, valu
One not harvested or gathered. It is outstanding from the day it commences to grow until gathered and taken away. Sullins v. State, 53 Ala. 474.
The term “outstanding data requirement” means a requirement for any study, information, or data that is necessary to make a determination under section 136a(c)(5) of this title and
Due but not paid; overdue; uncollected, as an outstanding draft, bond, premium, or other demand or indebtedness.
The term “Outstanding Natural Area” means the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area established pursuant to subsection (c). / The term “Outstanding Natura
For purposes of this subsection (other than paragraph (3)), the term “outstanding obligation” includes— (A) any obligation or other liability assumed by the Corporation from the Fe
The term "Outstanding Principal" means— (A) for a Bond that is not a Capital Appreciation Bond or a Convertible Capital Appreciation Bond, the outstanding principal amoun
Same as Attendant term.
Now, in the language of ejectment law, an outstanding title means a title in a third person, under which the tenant in possession does not claim. And as no one has a right to enter
The defendant sets up no title in himself, but seeks to maintain his possession as a mere intruder, by setting up a title in third persons, with whom he has no privity. In such a c
The term “outstanding voting securities of such issuer” shall include the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership (as defined in subsection (h)).
An ungathered grow and is not yet gathered and i)\e,l.fr. With; for. Ovesque: with.
- Outsucken Multuresdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Bouvier (1914)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)
In Scotch law. Out-town multures; multures, duties, or tolls paid by persons voluntarily grinding corn at any mill to which they are not thirled, or bound by tenure. 1 Forbes, Inst
The term “outyear” means a fiscal year one or more years after the budget year. / The term “outyear” means a fiscal year one or more years after the budget year.
The term "Out-Year Unconstrained Total Munitions Requirement" has the meaning given that term in and for purposes of Department of Defense Instruction 3000.04, or any suc
In French Law. The right of succession which arises to one upon the death, whether natural or civil, of another. Brown. OVERCYTED; OVERCHYSED. Proved guilty or convicted. Blount.
L. Fr. With. Modern French avec.
Same as Owel.
L. Fr. Equal.
In old English law. Equality of service in subordinate tenures.
- Overdefined inCyclopedic (1922)Ballentine's (1916)Black's (1910)Black's (1891)Anderson (1889)Abbott (1879)
In conveyancing, the word "over" prior estate. Thus, in what is commonly called the "name and arms clause" in a will or settlement, there is generally a proviso that, if the devise
The term “overall domestic loss” means— (i) with respect to any qualified taxable year, the domestic loss for such taxable year to the extent such loss offsets taxable income from
For purposes of this subsection, the term “overall foreign loss” means the amount by which the gross income for the taxable year from sources without the United States (whether or
“overall in length” means— (A) for a foreign vessel or a vessel engaged on a foreign voyage, the greater of— (i) 96 percent of the length on a waterline at 85 percent of the least
a governmental purpose to control or prevent activities constitutionally subject to state regulation may not be achieved by means which sweep unnecessarily broadly and thereby inva
the doctrine of 'overbreadth' has been held by this Court in prior decisions to accord standing by reason of the 'chilling effect' that a particular law might have upon the exercis
we have consistently allowed attacks on overly broad statutes with no requirement that the person making the attack demonstrate that his own conduct could not be regulated by a sta
A clear and precise enactment may nevertheless be 'overbroad' if in its reach it prohibits constitutionally protected conduct.
When the rate exacted of a shipper is excessive or unreasonable in and of itself, irrespective of the rate exacted of competitors, there may be recovery of the overcharge without o
The term "over-classification" means classification at a level that exceeds the minimum level of classification that is sufficient to protect the national security of the
or OVERCYHSED. Proved guilty or convicted. Blount.
Convicted.
See Ovkuuraw.
To obtain by bills or checks upon an individual, bank, or other depository, a greater amount of funds than the party who draws is entitled to.
A bill, note, bond, or other contract for the payment of money at a particular day, when not paid upon the day, is overdue. The indorsement of a note or bill overdue is equivalent
A note over-due, or bill dishonoured, is a circumstance of suspicion, to put those dealing for it afterwards on their guard; and in whose hands it is open for the same defences it
The term “overdue support” has the meaning given to such term in section 666(e) of title 42 . / For purposes of this section, the term “overdue support” means the amount of a delin
The term “overfeed” means to use uranium in the enrichment process in excess of the amount required at the transactional tails assay.
The terms “overfishing” and “overfished” mean a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continui
The terms “overfishing” and “overfished” mean a rate or level of fishing mortality that jeopardizes the capacity of a fishery to produce the maximum sustainable yield on a continui