Acknowledgment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Fealty
not to be confounded in our country, for they do not imply the same thing, homage being the acknowledgment of tenure, and fealty, the vassal oath of fidelity, being the essential feudal bond, and the animating principle
Executed fine
the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo que il a de son done; or a fine upon acknowledgment of the right of the cognizee, as that which he has of the gift of the cognizor. Abolished
Entry
A right of entry may be disposed of by deed. In Scots law, the term refers to the acknowledgment of the title of the heir, etc., to be admitted by the superior. As to a burglarious entry,
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Emphyteusis
any circumstances, whether he actually benefited by his emphyteusis or not, because the payment of rent was an acknowledgment of the title of the dominus. He was also bound to use the thing over which his right
Coronation oath
Coronation oath. At the public ceremony of crowning a sovereign of this kingdom in acknowledgment of his right to govern the kingdom, the sovereign swears to observe the laws, customs, and privileges of
Indorsement
an additional notation, on the back of a negotiable instrument to transfer or guarantee the instrument or to acknowledge payment. (2) The signature or notation itself. Also spelled endorse-ment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 778.
Independent member
not an adherent of any political party, Webster American Dictionary, p. 970. Is a member of Parliament who acknowledges no allegiance to any political party; in U.K. 'indepen-dent' at one time meant independent of the king; during
Jeofails, Statutes of
pleader in the old days of oral pleading perceived any slip in the form of his allegation, he acknowledged the error by the expression j'ay faille (I have made a slip), and under these statutes obtained liberty
I.O.U
I.O.U., a written acknowledgement of a debt, so called because it commences with those letters, which custom has substituted for the words
Homage
homage. See HOMAGE; JURY. In Feudal times, a ceremony that a new tenant per formed for lord to acknowledge tenure, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 737
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