Responsalis
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Old English Law. One who appeared for another. A person, without restrictions as to character, permitted by the judge to act for a party in his presence. Such a person was sometimes allowed by a justice to act on the appearance of the defendant, which, according to the old writs, was always in' proper attorney; 2 Co. Inst. 249; In re Cooper, 22 N. Y. 68, per T. W. Dwight, arguendo. In Ecclesiastical Law. A proctor.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In old English law. One who appeared for another.
In ecclesiastical law. A proctor.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
/. I In old English law. One who answered for another.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
I. One who answered for another; an attorney.
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
John Bouvier · 1839
court. Fleta, lib. 6,c. 21. In the ecclesiastical law, this name is sometimes given to a proctor. RESULTING ‘1 RUSTS, estates. Resulting, implied or constructive. trusts, are those which arise in cases where it would be contrary to the principles of equity that he in whom the property becomes vested, should hold it otherwise than as a trustee. As an illustration of this description of a resulting trust, may be mentioned the case of a contract made for the purchase of a real estate; on the completion of the contract, a trust immediately results to the purchaser, and the vendor becomes a trustee for him till the conveyance of the legal estate is made. Again, when an estate is purchased in the name of one person, and the purchase money is paid by another, there is a resulting trust in favour of the person who gave or paid the consideration. Willis on Tr. 55; 1 Cruise, Dig. tit. 12, 8. 40,41; Ch. Ca. 39; 9 Mod. 78; 7 Ves. 725;'3 Hen. & Munf. 367; 1 Supp. to Ves. jre 11; Pow. Mortg. Index, h. t.