Broken - Law Dictionary Search Results
Measure of damage
to lend money. In actions of contract, the market-price of the subject-matter at the date the contract is broken will as a rule give the measure of damage. The leading case upon the subject is Hadley v.
Infractible
Capable of being broken
Magna Carta
our heirs shall attempt to do anything whereby the liberties contained in this charter may be infringed or broken. and if anything should be done to the contrary, it shall beheld of no force or effect.' Consult
Keep your definitions linked to case research
Eodorbrice
Eodorbrice [fr. eoder, Sax., a hedge, and brice, broken], hedge-breaking, Leg. Alf. C. 45.
Distress
should be distrained for at one time. the outer door of the house can in no case be broken open; but if the outer door be open the person distraining may justify breaking open an inner door
Curteyn
Curteyn, the name of King Edward the Conessor's sword; it is said that the point of it was broken as an emblem of mercy, Mat. Par. In Hen. 3.
Crown debts
a person givien to the Crown a bond on condition is not a bond-debtor before the condition is broken. S. 28(1) of the Bankruptcy Act, 1914, provides that an order of discharge shall not release a bankrupt
Coopertio
tree cut down; though coopertio arborum is rather the bark of timber trees felled, and the chumps and broken wood, Cowel.
Conditional limitation
it was void, as no one but the donor or his heirs could take advantage of a condition broken; and the entry of the donor or his heirs unavoidably defeated the livery upon which the remainder depended.
Break-in-areas
Break-in-areas, are areas which can, for the purpose of rescue in an emergency, be most readily and effectively broken into by persons outside the aircraft. These areas must be rectangular, marked by right-angle corner markings, with CUT
Try the research workspace - 7 days free