A writ to be quit of toll; it lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, bycharter or prescription , ought to be exempted from toll, where […]

Issued by a municipality . Interest gained is tax-exempt and not subject to AMT, alternative minimum tax. Purpose is to raise funds by the municipality for various project. Refer to […]

Industries an economic society declares as critical. The industries as well as their suppliers are included. Examples Steel, gas, electricity and communications are just a few examples.

Records that an organization requires to show how to execute its business. These vital records are critical to restore the organization from a disaster. Refer to disaster recovery.

the term given to the excuse the defendant gives when he fails to appear in court when he has been ordered to.

v. In old English practice. To present or offer an excuse for not appearingin court on an appointed day in obedience to a summons; to cast an essoin. Spelman.This was […]

A person who made an essoin.Est aliqnid qnod non oportet etiam si licet; qnicquid vero non licet certe non oportet.Hob. 159. There is that which is not proper, even though […]

It is to be understood or known; “it is to-wit.” Litt.

This word occurs frequently in the constitution of the United States , andit is there used in different meanings: (1) To settle firmly, to fix unalterably ; as toestablish justice, […]

Listed and freely available price on any supplier’s media that is (1) guaranteed by the manufacturer or producer, (2) was the price at which many customers bought that particular item.

Existing market price stated by a party not the manufacturer nor the supplier used by buyers and sellers to openly trade and bargain.

Refer to established catalog price and established market price .

An ordinance or statute. Especially used of those ordinances orstatutes passed In the reign of Edw. I. 2 Inst. 156; Britt c. 21.

a clause found in the First Amendment that separates the state from the church.

The assurance of dower made by the husband, or his friends, before or at the time of themarriage. Britt cc. 102, 103.

A bridge or stank of stone or timber. Cowell.

In Spanish law. In Spanish America this was a measure of land of sixteensquare varas, or yards. 2 White, Re- cop. 139.

In Spanish law. Delay in a voyage, or in the delivery of cargo, caused bythe charterer or consignee, for which demurrage is payable.

L. Fr. A standard, (of weights and measures.) So called because itstands constant and immovable, and hath all other measures coming towards it fortheir conformity. Termes de la Ley .

Wears or kiddles in rivers.

1. The interest which any one has in lands, or in any other subject ofproperty. 1 Brest. Est. 20. And see Van Itensselaer v. Boucher, 5 Denio (N. Y.) 40; […]

An estate in fee-simple . Glan. 1. 7, c. 1.

The interest of a tenant who has come rightfully intopossession of lands by permission of the owner, and continues to occupy the same afterthe period for which he is entitled […]

A species of estate less than freehold, where lands and tenementsare let by one man to another, to have and to hold at the will of the lessor; and thetenant […]

See ELEGIT.