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Free-board, or freebord

Dict.) has the following: 'Free-board, Francbordus, in some places they claim as a Free-bord, more or less ground beyond or without the fence. In Mon. Angl. 2 par. Fol. 241, it is said to contain two foot

Freehold

him. Such persons were called heirs, and he whom they thus represented, the ancestor. When the interest extended beyond the ancestor's life, it was called a freehold of inheritance, and when it only endured for the ancestor's

Generale

Generale, the usual commons in a religious house, distinguished from pietanti', which an extraordinary occasions were allowed beyond the commons, Cowel.

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Goodwill

assets, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 703. The advantage or benefit which is acquired by a business, beyond the mere value of the capital, stock, funds, or property employed therein, incon-sequence of the general public patronage

Guaranty, or Guarantee

778. A contract of guarantee is one of con-siderable nicety, and a surety will not be held bound beyond the strict terms of his undertaking; an apparently small variation will often release him, e.g., he will be

Heat of passion

not impose a heavier penalty than the indeterminate sentence imposed by the trial judge and did not go beyond the sentence of the court. Indeed it is the comprehensiveness of the original sentence which is stressed and

High seas

three miles distant from the coast of any country. The territorial jurisdiction of a country does not extend beyond this limit. See R. v. Keyn, (1876) 2 Ex D 63

Maritime Courts

(5)] [see now (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 26]. Courts of Vice-Admiralty are established in his Majesty's possessions beyond the seas, with jurisdiction over maritime causes, including those relating to prize. See (English) Colonial Courts of Admiralty

Kidnapping from India

Kidnapping from India, Whoever conveys any person beyond the limits of India without the consent of that person, or of some person legally authorised to consent

King

the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King, Defender of the Faith, Emperor of India, derives his title from the Act of Settlement

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