Holm

Holmes

Sherlock Holmes a fictitious detective in novels by A Conan Doyle...

Holm [fr. hulmus, Sax.; insula amnica, Lat.], an isle, or fenny ground; a river island; also a hill or cliff, Co. Litt. 5a....

Mill-holms

Mill-holms, low meadows and other fields in the vicinity of mills, or watery places about mill-dams...

equity pl: -ties [Latin aequitat- aequitas fairness, justice, from aequus equal, fair] 1 a : justice according to fairness esp. as distinguished from mechanical application of rules [prompted by considerations of ] [comity between nations, and require it to be paid for "F. A. Magruder"] b : something that is equitable : an instance of equity [the inequities produced by the system are outnumbered by the equities] 2 a : a system of law originating in the English chancery and comprising a settled and formal body of substantive and procedural rules and doctrines that supplement, aid, or override common and statutory law [the judicial power shall extend to all cases, in law and , arising under this Constitution "U.S. Constitution art. III"] see also chancery compare common law, law NOTE: The courts of equity arose in England from a need to provide relief for claims that did not conform to the writ system existing in the courts of law. Originally, the courts of equity exercised great ...

jury

jury pl: ju·ries [Anglo-French juree, from feminine past participle of Old French jurer to swear, from Latin jurare, from jur- jus law] : a body of individuals sworn to give a decision on some matter submitted to them ;esp : a body of individuals selected and sworn to inquire into a question of fact and to give their verdict according to the evidence occasionally used with a pl. verb [the are always to decide whether the inference shall be drawn "Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr."] see also advisory jury, array, grand jury, inquest, jury nullification, petit jury, special jury, trial jury, venire Amendment VI to the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: The jury of American and English law most likely originated in early Anglo-Norman property proceedings, where a body of 12 knights or freemen who were from the area, and usually familiar with the parties, would take an oath and answer questions put to them by a judge in order to determine property rights. Jury verdicts began to be us...

sound

sound 1 a : free from injury or disease : exhibiting normal health b : free from flaw, defect, or decay [a design] 2 a : free from error, fallacy, or misapprehension [based on judicial reasoning] b : legally valid [a title] 3 : showing good judgment or sense sound·ly adv sound·ness n of sound mind : having the mental capacity to make a will esp. as demonstrated by the ability to understand the nature of one's property, identify the natural objects of one's bounty, and understand the nature of the dispositions being made in the will vi : to be based or founded : have a specified basis for an action used with in [those remedies for rent which ed in contract "O. W. Holmes, Jr."] [ing in tort] ...

Holm

A common evergreen oak of Europe Quercus Ilex called also ilex and holly...

VerbarIlex

The holm oak Quercus Ilex...

Sea holm

A small uninhabited island...

Bad-man theory

Bad-man theory, is a jurisprudential doctrine or belief that a bad person's view of the law represents the best test of what the law actually is because that person will carefully calculate precisely what the rules allow and operate up to the rules limits. This theory was first espoused by Oliver Wendell Holmes in his essay 'The Path of the Law, 10 Harv L Rev 457 (1897)', Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 135....

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