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Ratio
An account , a rule of proportion , also, a cause , or giving judgment therein. Reason. Ground of a decision .
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Bank
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bank Meaning of Bank An association or corporation whose business it is to receive money on deposit , cash checks or drafts, discount commercial papers, make loans and issue promissory notes payable to […]
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Broker
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Broker Meaning of Broker One who exercises the calling of negotiating between parties ; the business of buying or selling or any other lawful transactions. A person whose business it is to bring a buyer […]
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Locus
(Lat.) A place; the place where a thing is done. …
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Locus
(Lat.) A place; the place where a thing is done. …
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Partus
(Lat,) The child just before It is born, or immediately after its birth; oilspring. …
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Filius
(Lat.) A son; a child. As distinguished from heir, filius is a term of nature, haeres a term of law. 1 Powell, Dev. 311. In the civil law the term was used to denote a child generally. Calv. Lex. ; Vicat. Its use in the phrase nullius filius would seem to indicate a use in…
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Filius
(Lat.) A son; a child. As distinguished from heir, filius is a term of nature, haeres a term of law. 1 Powell, Dev. 311. In the civil law the term was used to denote a child generally. Calv. Lex. ; Vicat. Its use in the phrase nullius filius would seem to indicate a use in…
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Fiat
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fiat Meaning of Fiat A decree ; an authority issuing from some competent source for the doing of some legal act. The word in Latin means let it be done and in English law refers to a short order or […]
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Fiat
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Fiat Meaning of Fiat A decree ; an authority issuing from some competent source for the doing of some legal act. The word in Latin means let it be done and in English law refers to a short order or […]
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Pignus
A pledge or security for a debt or demand . In civil law , a pignus was where the pledgee received possession of the thing pledged and hypotheca was where the pledgor retained possession.
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Comitatus
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Comitatus Meaning of Comitatus (Lat. from comes). A county; a shire; the portion of the country under the government of a comes or count. 1 Bl. Comm. 116. An earldom. Earls and counts were originally the […]
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Battel
Trial by combat. It was called also wager of battel or battaile,’ and could be claimed in appeals of felony. It was of frequent use in affairs of chivalry and honor, and in civil cases upon certain issues. Co. Litt. ç 294. It was not abolished in England […]
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Oyer
Literally, to hear. In the olden times when most people were illiterate or were deemed to be illiterate, it was common practise for a defendant to demand or crave oyer of a deed pleaded by the plaintiffs statement of claim be read to him.
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Dedimus
Latin. We have given. See Dare. A commission to take testimony, the full name of which is dedimus potestatem, we have given power….