Law Dictionary

Money which is a legal tender in payment of debts; a. g., gold and silver coined at the mint. 2 Salk. 446; 5 Mod. 7; 3 Ind. 358; 2 How. (U. S.) 244; 3 How. (U. S.) 717; 16 Ark. 83.

Money which is a legal tender in payment of debts; e. g., gold and silver coined at the mint.

an order which the commission has "jurisdiction "to make.

if an alien is a lawful permanent resident of the United States and remains physically present there, he is a person within the protection of the Fifth Amendment. He may not be dep

the legal rate was not made by the statute a lawful rate-it was lawful only if it was reasonable

If an initial carrier accepts traffic for transportation and issues its bill of lading over a route made up of connecting roads for which no joint through rate has been published a

A clause in an insurance policy against loss “in lawful trade” was construed to mean during employment by the otoner in lawful trade; 51 L. J. Q. B. 472.

It is a principle firmly established that to the law of the state in which the land is situated we must look for the rules which govern its descent, alienation, and transfer, and f

As this court often has held, the laws in force at the time and place of the making of a contract, and which affect its validity, performance, and enforcement, enter into and form

The cutting several claws of the forefeet of dogs in the forest, to prevent their running at deer.

Expeditation, which see.

Mutilating the forefeet of mastiffs, to prevent them from running after deer. 3 Bl. Comm. 71.

Edward III. substituted the Latin language for the Norman French in the records, and the English in other proceedings. The Latin was used by virtue of its being the language of sch

Not subject to law; not controlled by law; not authorized by law; not observing the rules and forms of law. See Arkansas v. Kansas & T. Coal Co. (C. C.) 96 Fed. 362. —Lawless court

An ancient local English court, said to have been held in Essex once a year, at cock crowing, without a light or pen and ink, and conducted in a whisper.

An outlaw.

A collection of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, etc., relating to legal subjects. Under a bequest of “Law Library and books of antiquity,” Dugdale’s Monasticon, Domesday Book, and S

An annual English publication of a quasi official character, comprising various statistics of interest in connection with the legal profession. It includes (among other information

Peers in the British parliament who have held high judicial office, or have been distinguished in the legal profession. Mozley & W.

In English Law. Peers who have held high judicial office, br have been distinguished in the legal profession. Moz. & W.

A man authorized to declare the law. Anciently the particular citizen of a Scanpublic assemblies, etc., and the guardian of the law, president both of the legislative bench and of

The military law or articles of war.

The law merchant accords such protection to a holder of a bill of exchange taken in the course of business for value, and without notice. When the instrument is one which by law is

Inold Englishlaw. An ancient customary tine, paid either in money or cattle, ab every alienation of land lying

LOWNDE. In old English law. <A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 50.

In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 5b.

That law which gives precepts and rules concerning war, how to make and observe leagues and truce, to punish offenders in the camp, and such like. Cowell; Blount. Now more commonly

In Roman law. An act of Valentinian, passed A. D. 426, providing that the writings of only five jurists, viz., Papinian, Paul, Gains, Ulpian, and Modestinus, should be quoted as au

The aggregate of rules and principles regulating the admissibility, relevancy, and weight and sufficiency of evidence in legal proceedings. See Ballinger's Ann. Codes & StOr. 1901,

Law authorizing reprisal against the goods of another, where justice cannot be had in ordinary course. See "Letter of Marque and Reprisal."

Foreign municipal laws must indeed by proved as facts, but it is not so with the law of nations.

That law which God, the sovereign of the universe, has prescribed to all men, not by any formal promulgation, but by the internal dictate of reason alone. It is discovered by a jus

The law respecting negotiable instruments may be truly declared in the languages of Cicero, adopted by Lord MANSFIELD in Luke v. Lyde, 2 Burr. 883, 887, to be in a great measure, n

The law of prize is a part of the law of nations. In it, a hostile character is attached to trade, independently of the character of the trader who pursues or directs it. Condemnat

With regard to the modification under which the right of devising may be exercised, there is no question that the power of the State is unlimited; and wills of realty, wherever exe

It is said that the decree established the law of the case, but that phrase expresses only the practice of courts generally to refuse to reopen what has been decided, not a limit t

The personal estate of the deceased is to be regarded, for the purposes of succession and distribution, wherever situated, as having no other locality than that of his domicile; an

Perhaps the most venerable and universal rule of maritime law relevant to our problem is that which gives cardinal importance to the law of the flag. Each state under international

federal as well as state law." "Id.," at 157, n. 12, 102 S.Ct., at 3024, n. 12.

-"due process of law;" and this implies that there shall .be some form of lega] process, sufficient allegations or charge, due notice to t'he party proceeded against, the opportuni

As to the words from Magna Charta, incorporated into the constitution of Maryland, after volumes spoken and written with a view to their exposition, the good sense of mankind has a

law of the State—the source of substantive liability under the FTCA.

[A] reading of the statute as a whole, with due regard to its purpose, requires application of the whole law of the State where the act or omission occurred.

The rules of law regulating the conduct of persons on highways to avoid collision with or other injury to other persons thereon. It cannot be stated in rules, but is a general duty

Like all the laws of nations, it rests upon the common consent of civilized communities. It is of force, not because it was prescribed by any superior power, but because it has bee

See "Law Merchant"

The common law so far as it is enforced in a State, whether called common law or not, is not the common law generally but the law of that State existing by the authority of that St

The phrase 'a law of the United States,' as used in the perjury statute, is not limited to statutes, but includes as well Rules and Regulations which have been lawfully authorized

The 'law of war' in that connection includes at least that part of the law of nations which defines the powers and duties of belligerent powers occupying enemy territory pending th

A system of rides and principles established among nations, and intended for the regulation of their mutual intercourse; otherwise called “international law,” (qg. 0.) A code of pu

the phrase 'any law providing for * * * equal civil rights' must be construed to mean any law providing for specific civil rights stated in terms of racial equality. Thus, the defe

See Repobts.

The rules of decision established by judicial decisions of state courts are 'laws' as well as those prescribed by statute.

These laws giving these rights were as perfectly binding on the defendant, and as much a part of the contract, as if they had been set forth in its stipulations in the very words o

148; and on March 5, three commissioners were appointed by the governor, County commissioners. See County. 3. Compensation for services rendered. The plural, commissions, is often

The laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract, and where it is to be performed, enter into and form a part of it, as if they were expressly referred to o

the laws which subsist at the time and place of the making of a contract, and where it is to be performed, enter into and form a part of it, as if they were expressly referred to o

The sitting of a court, which also has an equity side, as a law court.

§ 1331 jurisdiction will support claims founded upon federal common law as well as those of a statutory origin

The laws of a state are more usually understood to mean the rules and enactments promulgated by the legislative authority thereof, or long-established local customs having the forc

Laws made for the preservation of public order, and for the regulation of business transactions between man and man, and not to aid or promote the rebellion, though made by a mere

A collection or institute of the earliest laws of ancient India. The work is of very remote antiquity.

patents cannot issue for the discovery of the phenomena of nature. The qualities of these bacteria, like the heat of the sun, electricity, or the qualities of metals, are part of t

A maritime code said to have been drawn up by Richard I. at the Isle of Oleron, whence its, name. See Fed. Cas. vol. 30, Appendix, for a copy.

A celebrated act entitled "An act for abolishing diversity of opinion." (31 Hen. VIII. c. 14,) enforcing conformity to six of the strongest points in the Roman Catholic religion, u

An ancient Scotch code.

“laws of the State” means the constitution, and all statutes, regulations, and common laws of the State of Maine and its political subdivisions and all subsequent amendments theret

both federal statutes themselves and federal regulations that are properly adopted in accordance with statutory authorization.

See Military Law.

A 14th century maritime code.

See Wisby, Laws OF.

John D. A concordance of words and phrases construed in the judicial reports, and of legal defin: tions

The ecclesiastical law, or law Christian. Co. Litt. 344.

A reading of the sections violated in connection with others in the same subdivision makes it plain that they are directed to the protection of the revenue; and therefore they come

The term “lawsuit” means the action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, entitled Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida against State of Flori

“lawsuits” means the actions entitled “Narragansett Tribe of Indians v. Southern Rhode Island Land Development Co., et al., C.A. No. 75–0006 (D.R.I.)” and “Narragansett Tribe of In

Being entitled to, or having the benefit and protection of, the law.

One skilled in the law. A popular term for a person engaged in the practice of law. See "Attorney."

In English Law. That which relates to persons or things not ecclesiastical. In the United States, the people are not by law divided, as in England, into ecclesiastical and lay. The

I. fr. and eng. Not clerical or ecclesiastical. Lay corporation: a corporation composed of laymen, or established for temporal purposes. Lay days: days allowed in charter-parties f

2. A share of the profits of a fish« ing or whaling voyage, allotted te the officers and seamen, inthe nature of wages. 3 Story, 108.

A corporation composed of lay persons, or for lay purposes. Angell & A. Corp. 28-80; 1 Bl. Comm. 470. According to the line of demarcation tions." They are created for a variety of

See "Lay."

In maritime law. The time allowed to the master of a vessel for loading and unloading the same. In the absence of any custom to the contrary, Sundays are to be computed in the calc

L. Fr. Law.

A fee held by ordinary feudal tenure, as distinguished from the ecclesiastical tenure of frankalmoign, by which an ecclesiastical corporation held of donor. The tenure of frankalmo

Laymen.

Lay rector, to whom the greater tithes are reserved, the lesser going to the vicar. 1 Burn, Ecc. Law, 75, 76.

The term “hen” or “laying hen” means a domesticated female chicken twenty weeks of age or over, raised primarily for the production of commercial eggs.

See "Lay."

See Investitube; Annulus et Baculus.

A judge not versed in law.

In ecclesiastical law. One who is not an ecclesiastic nor a clergyman.

A period during which a workman is temporarily dismissed or allowed to leave his work; that part or season of the year during which activity in a particular business or game is par

This has always been regarded as an appropriate expression for the location and establishment of a highway. 133 Mass. 329.

Jurymen. Finch, Law, 381.

lays gens, lais gens, I. fr. In old English law. Lay people; the common people or laity; a jury; jurors. Le, I. fr. In old English law. The. Used anciently in the composition of na

A place for dung or soil.

or LAZARETTO. A place, selected by public authority, where vessels coming from infected or unhealthy countries are required to perform quarantine.

A place of quarantine.