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Lives

Lives, Estate for. A lease to A. during the life of another or the lives of others was a tenure of very long standing in England, chiefly in the west and north, or where the lease...

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London Commissioners to administer oaths

London Commissioners to administer oaths. In pursuance of s. 2 of 16 & 17 Vict. c. 78 (repealed by the Commissioners for Oaths Act, 1889), persons practising as solicitors, within ten miles from Lincoln's Inn Hall,...

Maxim

Maxim [fr. maximum Lat.], an axiom; a general principle; a leading truth so called, says Coke, quia maxima est ejus dignitas et certissima auctoritas, atque quod maxime omnibus probetur, 1 Inst. 11. Modern opinion, however, does...

Terms

Terms, the periods during which the superior courts at Westminster were open. The legal year consists of four terms: Michaelmas, Hilary, Easter, and Trinity (which see), the year beginning with Michaelmas Term. The commencement and duration...

Pension-writ

Pension-writ, a process formerly issued against a member of an Inn of Court when he was in arrear for pensions, commons, or other duties, etc.

Revels

Revels, sports of dancing, masking, etc., formerly used in princes' courts, the inns of Court, and noblemen's houses, commonly performed by night; there was an officer to order and supervise them, who was entitled the Master...

Royal Courts of Justice

Royal Courts of Justice, the statutory name, by (English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 222, replacing s. 28 of the (English) Jud. (Officers) Act, 1879, of the Law Courts, on the north side of the Strand, between...

Special pleaders

Special pleaders, members of an inn of Court who devote themselves mainly to the drawing of pleadings, and to attending at judge's chambers. If not called to the Bar, as was in former times (when many...

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