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Defined in 3 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

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

In Frenoli law. A right which the owner of an estate has of placing ladders on his neighbor's property to facilitate the reparation of a party wall, or of buildings which are supported by that wall. It is a species of servitude. Lois des Bat. pt 1, c. 3, sec. 2, art. 9, § 1. The space of ground left unoccupied around a building for the purpose of enabling the owner to repair it with convenience. This is not a servitude, but an actual corporeal property.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In French Law. A right which the owner of an estate has ot placing ladders on his neighbor's property to facilitate the reparation of a party-wall or of buildings which are supported by that wall. It is a species of servitude. Lois des Bdt. part 1, c. 3, sect. 2, art. 9, § 1. The space of ground left unoccupied around a building for the purpose of enabling the owner to repair it with convenience: this is not a servitude, but an actual corporeal property. T 0 U R N. See Sheriff’s Toubn. TOUT TEMPS PRIST (L. Fr. always ready). A plea by which the defendant signifies that he has always been ready to perform what is required of him. The object of the plea is to save costs: as, for example, where there has been a tender and refusal. 3 Bla. Com. 303. So, in a writ of dower, where the plea is detinue of charters, the demandant might reply, always ready; Rast. Entr. 229 b. See Toujours et Uncobe Prist. in the business of towing are not common carriers; Lawson, Carriers 3. So held in Wells v. Nav. Co., 2 N. Y. 204; Leonard v. Hendrickson, 18 Pa. 40, 55 Am. Dec. 587; Varble v. Bigley, 14 Bush (Ky.) 698, 29 Am. Hep. 435; The Fannie Tuthill, 12 Fed. 446; The Margaret, 94 U. S. 494, 24 L. Ed. 146; contra, Walston v. Myers, 50 N. C. 174; Adams v. Tow-Boat Co., 11 La. 46.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In French law. An casement consisting of the right to rest ladders upon the adjoining estate, when necessary in order to repair a party-wuil or buildings supported by it. Also the vacant space surrounding a building left unoccupied in order to facilitate its reparation when necessary. Merl. Repert.