Pocket Judgment - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: pocket judgmentPocket-judgment
Pocket-judgment, a statute-merchant which was enforceable at any time after non-payment on the day assigned, without further proceedings. See STATUTE-MERCHANT....
Pocketful
As much as a pocket will hold enough to fill a pocket as pocketfuls of chestnuts...
Pick-pocket, or Pick-purse
Pick-pocket, or Pick-purse, a thief who steals by putting his hand privately into the pocket or purse of another: an offence punishable with great severity in early times and still a felony as larceny from the person within s. 14 of the Larceny Act, 1916. See Reg. v. Ring, (1892) 61 LJMC 116, where it was held an offence to attempt to pick an empty pocket....
Statute-merchant
Statute-merchant, a bond of record (see 13 Edw. 1 (Stat. Merc.) repealed by Stat. Law Rev. Act, 1863) under the hand and seal of the debtor, authenticated by the sovereign's seal, with the effect that, on failure of payment on the day assigned, execution might be awarded, without any mesne process to summon the debtor, or bringing in proofs to convict him, and thus, it is presumed, it obtained the name of a 'pocket judgment.' Obsolete....
Pocket-sheriff
Pocket-sheriff. When the sovereign appoints a person sheriff who is not one of the three nominated in the King's Bench Division of the High Court, he is called a pocket-sheriff, 1 Bl. Com. 342....
deep pocket
deep pocket 1 : a person or organization having substantial financial resources esp. for the purpose of paying damages 2 pl : substantial financial resources ...
judgment
judgment also judge·ment [jəj-mənt] n 1 a : a formal decision or determination on a matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and any order from which an appeal lies. cog·no·vit judgment [kÄ g-nō-vit-] : an acknowledgment by a debtor of the existence of a debt with agreement that an adverse judgment may be entered without notice or a hearing : confession of judgment consent judgment : a judgment approved and entered by a court by consent of the parties upon agreement or stipulation : consent decree at decree declaratory judgment : a judgment declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument [seeking a declaratory judgment that the regulation is unconstitutional] compare damage, injunction specific performance at per...
out-of-pocket
out-of-pocket : requiring an outlay of cash [ expenses] ...
out-of-pocket rule
out-of-pocket rule : a measure of damages from fraud used in some jurisdictions that is based on the difference between the amount paid by the plaintiff and the market value of the thing paid for rather than the value attributed by the defendant compare benefit of the bargain ...
pocket veto
pocket veto : a veto of legislation that occurs indirectly when an executive refrains from signing the legislation and the adjournment of the legislature prevents its automatic enactment (as upon expiration of ten days) ...
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