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Other editions - View allCommon terms and phrasesaction ancient applied Bank bill Bract Brev called canon law cause church civil law Code Coke Comm common law Conn contract conveyance corporation court court of chancery court of equity Cowell creditor crime criminal criminal law debt debtor deed defendant denote distinguished duty easement ecclesiastical law England equity evidence execution fact Fitzh Fleta French law given heir Inst Insurance Iowa judge judgment judicial jurisdiction jury justice Kent land Litt lord Mackeld marriage Mass matter means ment N. J. Law N. Y. Supp offense officer old English law Orig party payment person phrase plaintiff plea pleading possession practice Railroad Roman law Saxon law Scotch law sense sheriff Spelman statute Steph tenant term thing tion Wharton word writ Popular passagesPage 281 - A cause of action, arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action. Page 453 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal, and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed. Page 299 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it. Page 249 - Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise. Page 233 - Whenever the defendant seeks affirmative relief against any party, relating to or depending upon the contract, transaction, matter, happening or accident upon which the action is brought, or affecting the property to which the action relates... Page 388 - In a strict and legal seN.se that is properly the domicil of a person where he has his true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus rercrtcndi) .u [Italics supplied.] Mr. Page 82 - A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a way, or watercourse, or of a passage for light, air, or heat from or across the land of another. Page 221 - Commerce is a term of the largest import. It comprehends intercourse for the purposes of trade in any and all its forms, including the transportation, purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities... Page 27 - Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property... Page 453 - An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed. References from web pagesAnnouncing new reprint: Dictionary Black's Law Dictionary (Second Edition 1910) Bibliographic information
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