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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In Spanish law. A common; common land. Common because of vicinage. White, New Recop. bk. 2, tit. 1, c. 6, S 1, note. TERMINUM (Lat.)

In civil law. A day set to the defendant. Spelman.

In this sense, Bracton, Glanville, and some others sometimes use it. Reliquiae Spelmanianae, p. 71; Beames, Glanv. 27, note.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A day given to a defendant Spelman.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

Wherefore did he eject within the term. The name of a writ which lies for a lessee, who has been turned out of his farm before the expiration of his term or lease, against the feoffee of the land, or the lessor who ejects him. This has given way to the action of ejectment. 3 Bl. Com. 207.