stale demand
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914)
Definitions from Case Law
From 64 U.S. 312 - The United States v. James Noe · 1859Most cited · 4 citing opinions
[A demand by one] who has been guilty of an unreasonable delay in fulfilling his part of the engagement, or who has slept for a lengthened period on his rights, and comes forward at last, when circumstances have changed in his favor, to enforce a stale demand.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A claim which has been for a long time undemanded; as, for example, where there has been a delay of twelve years unexplained. 3 Mason (U. S.) 161. STALLAGE (Saxon, stal). The liberty or right of pitching or erecting stalls in fairs or markets, or the money paid for the same. Blount; Wharton; 6 Q. B. 31. STALLARIUS (Lat.)
In Saxon law. The praefectus stabuli, now master of the horse (Saxon, stalstabulu-m). Blount. Sometimes one who has a stall in a fair or market. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 28, p. 13.
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A claim which has been for a long tiine undemanded: as, for example, where there has been a delay of STALLAGE (Sax. stal). The liberty or right of pitching or erecting stalls in fairs or markets, or the money paid for the same. Blount; Whart. Diet.; 6 Q. B. 31. It must be founded upon a reasonable consideration between the public and the grantee, and the tolls must be reasonable; 1 Steph. Com. 450. STAL LARI US (Lat.). In Saxon Law. The prwfectus stabuli, now master of the horse (Sax. stalstabulum). Blount. Sometimes one who has a stall in a fair or market FI. lib. 4, c. 28, p. 13.