Plight
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Anderson (1889)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
An old English word, used sometimes for the estate with the habit and quality of the land. Co. Litt. 221. It extends to a rent charge, and to a possibility of dower. Id.; 1 Rolle, Abr. 447; Litt. § 289.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
An old English word, used sometimes for the estate with the habit and quality of the land. Co. Litt. 221. It extends to a rent-charge and to a possibility of dower. Id.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
In old English law. The habit and quality of a thing, or an estate or right therein.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
In old English law, the habit or quality of a thing, whether property, real or personal, or an estate or right therein. 2 To deliver a thing in " the same plight and condition " is-a common expression.^