Commercial paper is said to be transferred, or sales alleged to have been fraudulent may be shown to have been made, “in the course of business ,” or “in the […]

The course of a river is a line parallel with its banks; the term is not synonymous with the “current” of the river. Attorney General v. Railroad Co., 9 N. […]

By this term is understood the regular and customary track, if such there be, which a ship takes in going from one port to another, and the shortest way. Marsh. […]

customarily or ordinarily done in the management of trade or business.

In legislation . A legislative assembly. Parliament is called in the old books a court of the king, nobility, and commons assembled. Finch, Law, b. 4, c. 1, p. 233; […]

In appellate practice, the “court above” is the one to which a cause is removed for review, whether by appeal, writ of error , or certiorari; while the “court below” […]

The ecclesiastical courts in England are often so called, as distinguished from the civil courts. 1 Bl. Comm. S3: 3 Bl. Comm. 04; 3 Steph. Comm. 430.

A court established by St. 11 & 12 Vict c. 78, compos ed of such of the judges of the superior courts of Westminster as were able to attend, for […]

This court was established by St. 20 & 21 Vict. c. So, which transferred to it all jurisdiction then exercisable by any ecclesiastical court in England, in matters matrimonial , […]

The style of a court having jurisdiction for review, by appeal or writ of error . The name was formerly used in New York and South Caroliua.

In English law . A local court which has its sittings in London only, which receives the petitions of insolvent debtors, and decides upon the question of granting a discharge.

A tribunal empowered to try any officer of government or other person brought to its bar by the process of impeachment . In England, the house of lords constitutes such […]

A meeting of all the judges of a court, usually for the purpose of hearing arguments on demurrers, points reserved, motions for new trial, etc.. as distinguished from sessions of […]

A court having jurisdiction of causes arising under the rules of admiralty law . See ADMIRALTY.

In English law . A court of peculiar constitution , held by a bailiff appointed by the king, in which alone the tenants of the king’s demesne could be impleaded. […]

The chief appellate tribunal of England. It was established by the judicature acts of 1S73 and 1875, and is invested tvith the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the court of appeal […]

In American law . An appellate tribunal which, in Kentucky, Maryland, the District of Columbia , and New York, is the court of last resort . In Delaware and New […]

A court erected by act of congress under the articles of confederation which preceded the adoption of the constitution . It had appellate jurisdiction in prize causes.

A court of arbitrators, created for the convenience of merchants in the city of New York, by act of the legislature of New York. It decides disputes between members of […]

The most inferior of the English ecclesiastical courts , from which an appeal generally lies to that of the bishop. 3 Bl. Comm. 04.

In Massachusetts during the early colonial period, this name was given to the chief or supreme judicial court, composed of the governor, his deputy, and certain assistants.

The lowest of the three courts held in the forests. It has fallen into total disuse.

Ecclesiastical courts , in which the primates once exercised in person a considerable part of their jurisdiction . They seein to be now obsolete, or at least to be only […]

An English court created in the time of Ilenry VIII., with jurisdiction over the property and revenue of certain religious foundations, which had been made over to the king by […]

An English court of record , having original and appellate jurisdiction in matters of bankruptcy, and invested with both legal and equitable powers for that purpose. In the United States […]