Ley - Law Dictionary Search Results
Affiance
the plighting of troth or promise between a man and woman, upon agreement of marriage, Termes de la Ley; Co. Litt. 34 a.
Admeasurement, writ of
admeasurement of pasture, which lay where any one having common of pasture surcharged the common, Termes de la Ley.
Ad quod damnum
also used to inquire of lands given in mortmain to any house of religion, etc., Termes de la Ley. See 27 Edw. 1, st. 2.
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An, Jour, et waste
by the felony of the tenant, after which time the land escheats to the ord, Termes de la Ley.
Action of a writ
may be that he is entitled to another writ or action for the same matter, Termes de la Ley.
Acquintance
he cannot demand and recover the sum or duty again, if the acquittance be produced, Termes de la Ley. As to forgery of an acquittance. [see (English) Forgery Act, 1913 (3 & 4 Geo. 5, c. 27),
Accedas ad curiam
received false judgment in a Hundred Court or Court Baron, or justice had been delayed, Termes de la Ley.
Abdicate
Abdicate [fr. abdico, Lat.], to renounce or refuse anything, Termes de la Ley. In the civil law, to disinherit.
Abbot, or Abbat
with the monks of the same house, who were called the convent, made a corporation, Termes de la Ley. Mitred abbots were those privileged to wear the mitre and allowed full episcopal authority within their precincts. They
hearing
hearing 1 : a proceeding of relative formality at which evidence and arguments may be presented on the matter at issue to be decided by a person or body having decision-making authority compare trial NOTE: The...
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