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  • Law Of The Flag

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Law of the flag Meaning of Law of the flag The flag Is used, in the prosecution of commerce upon the high seas, as a symbol of nationality. Tha nationality of a ship is determined by the flag which it […]

  • Unlawfully

    In pleading. This word is frequently used in indictments in the deUNLIQUIDATED DAMAGES soription of the oflPense. It Is neoeasary when the crime did not exist at common law, and when a statute, in describing an offense which it creates, uses the word (1 Moody, Cr. Gas. 889) ; but it is […]

  • Merchandise

    Goods , commodities and wares as are ordinarily the objects of trade and commerce , whether sold wholesale or retail . The term is inappropriate to refer to realty .

  • Aetate probanda

    See De Aetate Probande. AFFECT. To act upon. 219 111. 15. …

  • Andean Pact

    International Trade Meaning and Definition of Andean Pact Meaning of Andean Pact A regional trade pact that includes Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Related Entries of Andean Pact in the […]

  • Andean Pact

    International Trade Meaning and Definition of Andean Pact Meaning of Andean Pact A regional trade pact that includes Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Related Entries of Andean Pact in the […]

  • Annus Deliberandi

    (Lat.) In Scotch law. A year of deliberating; a year to deliberate. The year allowed by law to the heir to deliberate whether he will enter and represent his ancestor. It commences on the death of the ancestor, unless in the case of a posthumous heir, when the year runs from his birth. […]

  • Abandonment

    Adoption Legal Definition of Abandonment Meaning of Abandonment Desertion of a child by a parent or adult primary caregiver with no provisions for continued childcare nor with any apparent intention to return to resume caregiving.Learn more […]

  • Stranding

    The running of a ship on shore or on a beach .

  • Continuando

    (Lat. continuare, to continue; continuando, continuing). In pleading. An averment that a trespass has been continued during a number of days. 3 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 212. It was allowed to prevent a multiplicity of actions (2 RoUe, Abr. 545) only where the injury was such as could, from […]

  • Ad Lucrandum Vel Perdendum

    For gain or loss. …

  • Obtemperandum Est Consuetudini Rationabili Tanquam Legi

    A reasonable custom is to be obeyed like law. 4 Coke, 38. …

  • Pactum De Non Petando

    (Lat.) In civil law. An agreement made between a creditor and his debtor that the former will not demand from the latter the debt due. By this agreement, the debtor is freed from his obligation. This is not unlike the covenant not to sue, of the common law. Wolfif. Dr. Nat. […]

  • Landowner

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Landowner Meaning of Landowner Synonyms of Landowner noun agrorum possessor estate owner freeholder holder oflegal title landed proprietor landholder […]

  • Unwritten Law

    The municipal laws of England are: (1) the unwritten or common law, which includes customs, general and particular, and particular laws. General customs, or the common law properly so called, are founded on immemorial universal usage, whereof judicial decisions are the evidence. Particular laws […]