An authority possessed without its being derived from another. A right, ability, or faculty of doing a thing, without receiving that right, ability, or faculty from another.

a term that means the fundamental right a person has. See inalienable right.

The old term for “heiress.” Co. Litt. 13a

To take by inheritance ; to take as heir on the death of the ancestor. Warren v. Prescott, 84 Me. 483, 24 Atl. 948, 17 L. R. A. 435, 30 […]

Blood which has the purity (freedom from attainder) and legitimacy necessary to give its possessor the character of a lawful heir; that which is capable of being the medium for […]

An estate in things real , descending to the heir. 2 Bl. Comm. 201; In re Donahue’s Estate, 30 Cal. 332; Dodge’s Appeal, 100 Pa. 220, 51 Am. Rep. 519; […]

the name of a tax that is levied on the transfer of goods that have been left to a person.

In ecclesiastical law . A writ issuing from a superior ecclesiastical court, forbidding an inferior judge to pro- ceed further in a cause pending before him. In this sense it […]

In old records. A nook or corner of a common or fallow field, inclosed and cultivated. Kennett, Par. Antiq. 297, 298; Cowell.

In old English law . Unseemly; not In due order. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 31,

In the law of divorce. Such barbarous cruelty or severity as endangers the life or health of the party to whom it is addressed, or creates a well-founded apprehension of […]

In Scotch practice. A technical expression applied to the decision of an inferior judge who has decided contrary to law ; he is said to have committed iniquity. Ben. Iniqnnm […]

That which begins or stands at the beginning. The first letter of a man’s name. See Elberson v. Richards, 42 N. J. Law, 70.

In Scotch law. Preliminaries of testimony. The preliminary examination of a witness, before examining him in chief, answering to the voir dire of the English law, though taking a somewhat […]

Security paid to protect a clearinghouse and to support loans. Refer to clearing, variation, and maintenance margin .

The first public offering of a companies stock in the market. A retail client will buy the stock and sell it to their customers. Refer to addon and rights issues.

Commenced; inchoate. Curtesy initiate is the interest which a husband has in the wife’s lands after a child is born who may inherit, but before the wife dies.

In French law . The name given to the important prerogative conferred by the charte constitutionnelle, article 16, on the late king to propose through his ministers projects of laws. […]

A prohibitive writ issued by a court of equity , at the suit of a party complainant , directed to a party defendant in the action, or to a party […]

the name given to the binding injunction that is issued after all rights have been determined.

the term given to a restraining order that is issued before all of the rights have been determined.

the term used to order a person to do a particular action.

injunction that will stay in force until all of the issues in a law suit are settled.

the term given to a restraining order that is granted at the beginning of a suit.

an order that stops a person from doing an action.