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Elegit
of a moiety as before, and also to his copyhold lands; but it does not now extend to good. [(English) Bankruptcy Act, 1883, s. 146] After the writ has been returned and filed, the creditor becomes tenant
Tidesman, or Tidewaiter
a name, now obsolete, for a custom-house officer who is placed on board a merchant ship till the goods on board are examined and placed in bond or the duties paid
In the course of the export
In the course of the export, the law is now well settled that if the property in the goods passes to the buyer after they have for the purpose of export to a foreign country, crossed the
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Debt
another species mentioned in the books, called debt in the detinet, which lay for the specific recovery of goods, under a contract to deliver them. An action of debt as a technical term is now obsolete. See
Arrest of judgment
the record which vitiated the proceedings. (See now R.S.C. Ords. XXVII. And XXXIX.) Judgment may be arrested for good cause in criminal cases, if the indictment be insufficient. See Archbold's Criminal Pleading. Means the staying of judgment
Primage
charge in addition to the freight originally a gratuity to the captain for his particular care of the goods sometimes called hat money but now belonging to the owners or freighters of the vessel unless by special
Wreck
Vict. c. 5) extended the protection from obstruction to lifeboats engaged in lifeboat service; and these enactments are now replaced by ss. 530-534 of the (English) Merchant Shipping Act, 1894. Under s. 477 of the (English) Merchant … Wreck, such goods, including the ship or cargo or any part [(English) Merchant Shipping act, 1894 (57 & 58 Vict. c.
Letters of marque
Hen. 5, c. 7; Muratori's Antichita Italiane, tit. 'Roppresaglie'; Malvezzi's Chron. of Brescia. But the term itself is now somewhat differently applied. If during war a subject should take an enemy's ship, without commission from the Crown, … In this case letters of marque and reprisal may be obtained in order to seize the bodies or goods of the subjects of the offending state, until satisfaction be made, wherever they happen to be found; and,
Maritime Courts
to a division of the High Court, called the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division (ibid., s. 34) (see now Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (3)). The Admiralty jurisdiction of the High Court was extended by s. 5 … s. 22 (1) (a)] to cases relating to the use or hire of a ship or carriage of goods in a ship, provided that the owner or part owner of the ship is domiciled in England or
Specific performance
of mandamus a little more efficacy by provisions since superseded by s. 24 of the Judicature Act, 1873, now by Judicature Act, 1925, s. 36, and the (English) Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, introduced a procedure for … 36, and the (English) Mercantile Law Amendment Act, 1856, introduced a procedure for enforcing the specific delivery of goods sold, specially superseded by s. 52 of the (English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893. An award of damages
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