An assemblage or society of men united for some useful purpose or business, with power to act like a single individual . 2 Kent, Comm. 2G9. Collegium est societas plurium […]

This term Is sufficiently wide to include all contiguous and connected veins and seams of coal which are worked as one concern, without regard to the closes or pieces of […]

In maritime law . The act of ships or vessels striking together. In its strict sense, collision means the impact of two vessels both moving, and is distinguished from allision, […]

This found in maritime law and is the provision in an insurance policy that covers the possibility of a collision of the insured vessel and another vessel.

Along with Comprehensive, the most common form of optional auto insurance coverage. Collision Coverage covers the cost (minus a deductible) of repairing damage to a vehicle when the insured driver […]

The release of the renting firm’s right to recover collision damages from the person renting the vehicle. Optional insurance on a policy, sold typically through auto rental firms, covers this.

Amount an insured pays out-of-pocket and deducted from an awarded insurance claim. This is typically a fixed sum, or a percentage of the total claim amount set when claiming insurance […]

Automobile insurance coverage for physical damage and injury. (1). In comprehensive insurance , compensation for damage to the insured’s vehicle and to the other vehicle if the insured is at […]

The pillory

One who litigates with another.

A hood or covering for the shoulders, formerly worn by serjeants at law.

In Freneh law. The arrangement or marshaling of the creditors of an estate in the order in which they are to be paid according to law. Merl. Repert.

One of the usual parts of the declaration in an action for slander. It is a general averment that the words complained of were spoken “of and concerning the plaintiff,” […]

A deceitful agreement or compact between two or more persons, for the one party to bring an action against the other for some evil purpose, as to defraud a third […]

Court case with litigant parties trying to resolve a legal question or to attain a judgment that might establish a favorable precedent for another case, without being adversarial.

Illegal attempt to circumvent rules and laws drawn to ensure free and competitive bidding . Done by conspiring bidders. Refer also to auction ring .

In the civil law . A money-changer ; a dealer in money

In the civil law . Exchange.

In Saxon and old English law. An account or calculation.

Disk space’ rental or web hosting services provided to third parties from a server.

In America, this term designates the body of law in force in the thirteen original colonies before the Declaration of Independence . In England, the term signifies the laws enacted […]

In the English government, this is the department of state through which the sovereign appoints colonial governors, etc., and communicates with them. Until the year 1854, the secretary for the […]

In old European law. A husbandman; an inferior tenant employed in cultivating the lord’s land. A term of Roman origin, corresponding with the Saxon ceorl. 1 Spence, Ch. 51.

A dependent political community, consisting of a number of citizens of the same country who have emigrated therefrom to people another, and remain subject to the mother-country. U. S. v. […]

An appearance, semblance, or simulacrum, as distinguished from that which Is real. A prima facie or apparent right. Hence, a deceptive appearance; a plausible, assumed exterior, concealing a lack of […]