Category: Judicial definitions
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Territory
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Territory Meaning of Territory A part of a country separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. The extent or compass of land and the waters thereof within the bounds of or belonging […]
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Territory
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Territory Meaning of Territory A part of a country separated from the rest, and subject to a particular jurisdiction. The extent or compass of land and the waters thereof within the bounds of or belonging […]
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Sheriff
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sheriff Meaning of Sheriff A county officer representing the executive or administrative power of the state within his county. See Blackburn v Brorein, (Fla.) 70 So.2d 293. His functions include the […]
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Sheriff
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Sheriff Meaning of Sheriff A county officer representing the executive or administrative power of the state within his county. See Blackburn v Brorein, (Fla.) 70 So.2d 293. His functions include the […]
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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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Conveyance
A mode by which property is conveyed or voluntarily transferred from one person to another by means of a written instrument and other formalities. It also signifies the instrument itself. Includes every instrument which transfers an interest in or creates a charge of lands. A […]
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Conveyance
A mode by which property is conveyed or voluntarily transferred from one person to another by means of a written instrument and other formalities. It also signifies the instrument itself. Includes every instrument which transfers an interest in or creates a charge of lands. A […]
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Will
A document containing a disposition or a declaration by which the person making it expresses his wish as to the disposition of his property, to be performed or taking effect after his death. It includes a codicil. Its validity insofar as its execution is concerned depends entirely upon its […]
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Commerce
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commerce Meaning of Commerce A term of the widest import comprehending intercourse for the purpose of trade in any and all its forms. It denotes the exchange of merchandise on a large scale between […]
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Commerce
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Commerce Meaning of Commerce A term of the widest import comprehending intercourse for the purpose of trade in any and all its forms. It denotes the exchange of merchandise on a large scale between […]
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Partus
(Lat,) The child just before It is born, or immediately after its birth; oilspring. …
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Freehold
An estate in land of indeterminate duration. It may be one of inheritance , that is, in fee simple or not of inheritance but for life. An estate held by free tenure as distinguished from copyhold or villeinage . It was originally an estate held by a free man , as opposed to villeinage.
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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…