The refusal or intentional omission of a person who has been duly cited before a court to appear and defend the charge laid against him, or, if he is duly […]

One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw.

This means to be insolent, rude or to act with disdain.

In medical jurisprudence . A bruise; an injury to any external part of the body by the impact of a fall or the blow of a blunt instrument , without […]

Lat. In the civil law . A co-tutor, or co-guardian. Inst. 1, 24, 1.

In English law . Cognizance or jurisdiction . Conusance of pleas. Termes de la Ley .

See COGNIZANCE.

Cognizant; acquainted with; having actual knowledge ; as, if a party knowing of an agreement In which he has an Interest makes no objection to it, he is said to […]

See COQNIZEE.

See COQNIZOB.

In old English law . Suitable; agreeable; convenient; fitting. Litt.

In the civil law . To bring an action.

an expression that is used for the carrier who applies for a license to operate vehicles commercially along a route or highway.

The nonmonetary return that is derived from holding an ASSET, such as not facing a shortfall in the event of excess demand . The existence of a convenience yield creates […]

Proper; just; suitable. Finlay v. Dickerson, 29 111. 20; Railway Co. v. Smith, 173 U. S. 684, 19 Sup. Ct. 565, 43 L. Ed. 858.

a statement that says that the court was in session and did its business at a certain place at a certain time.

In civil and old English law. It is agreed; it was agreed.

The fraternity of an abbey or priory, as socictas is the number of fellows in a college. A religious house, now regarded as a merely voluntary association , not importing […]

A private assembly or meeting for the exercise of religion. The word was first an appellation of reproach to the religious assemblies of Wycliffe in the reigns of Edward III. […]

In canon law. The act of summoning or calling together the parties by summoning the defendant

In the civil law . The agreement between the two parties to a contract upon the sense of the contract proposed. It is an essential part of the contract, following […]

The express agreement of parties overcomes [prevails against] the law. Story, Ag.

In Roman law. An agreement between parties; a pact. A convention was a mutual engagement between two persons, possessing all the subjective requisites of a contract, but which did not […]

Depending on, or arising from, the mutual agreement of parties; as distinguished from legal, which means created by, or arising from, the act of the law. As to conventional “Estates,” […]

the legal right to hold property or to have property applied for the payment of a claim that results from an agreement between 2 or more parties.