Entrance - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: entranceEntrance
The act of entering or going into ingress as the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment hence the act of taking possession as of property or of office as the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance or of a magistrate into office...
Entrancement
The act of entrancing or the state of trance or ecstasy...
Service entrance
an entrance for use of servants and those providing services such as deliveries or repair work...
Opisthodome
A back chamber especially that part of the naos or cella farthest from the main entrance sometimes having an entrance of its own and often used as a treasury...
Porte cochegravere
A large doorway allowing vehicles to drive into or through a building It is common to have the entrance door open upon the passage of the porte cochegravere Also a porch over a driveway before an entrance door...
prima facie
prima facie [Latin] : at first view : on first appearance absent other information or evidence [guidelines which would prima facie accredit new entrance examinations as nondiscriminatory "S. L. Lynch"] compare ex facie adj : sufficient to establish a fact or case unless disproved [prima facie proof] [a prima facie showing] ...
trespasser
trespasser : one who trespasses ;esp : one who enters or remains on the real property of another wrongfully or without the owner's or possessor's authority or consent compare invitee, licensee NOTE: The general rule is that the owner or possessor of real property has the duty merely to refrain from willfully, wantonly, or recklessly injuring a trespasser whose presence is known. This rule is usually applied to licensees as well, although a licensee is usually owed a higher degree of care when an entrance fee is charged or when active operations (as of machinery) are taking place on the property. ...
Barbican
A tower or advanced work defending the entrance to a castle or city as at a gate or bridge It was often large and strong having a ditch and drawbridge of its own...
Bartizan
A small overhanging structure for lookout or defense usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway...
Beginning
The act of doing that which begins anything commencement of an action state or space of time entrance into being or upon a course the first act effort or state of a succession of acts or states...
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