The name given to the chambers in which the first and second di- visions of the court of session in Scotland hold their sittings. See OUTER HOUSE .

In old records. Lands recovered from the sea by draining and banking. Cowell.

On who keeps an inn or house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. The keeper of a common inn for the lodging and entertainment of travelers and passengers, their […]

Free from guilt; acting in good faith and without knowledge of incrim- inatory circumstances , or of defects or objections.

the name given to a document that will transfer the title of the grantor but not more than he has to offer.

the name given to a party that did not intentionally be a party to a disputed matter.

the name that is given to a person who inadvertently crosses onto another person’s property.

In the civil law . Not named or classed; belonging to no specific class; ranking under a general head. A term applied to those contracts for which no certain or […]

In old English law . A close or inclosure, (clausum, inclausura.) Spelman.

Lat. We make known. A term formerly applied to letters patent , derived from the emphatic word at the conclusion of the Latin forms. It was a species of exemplification […]

In Scotch law. The exchange of one obligation for another, so as to make the second obligation come in the place of the first, and be the only subsisting obligation […]

In old English law . To purge one of a fault and make him innocent.

So called because anciently inhabited by such clerks as chiefly studied the framing of writs, which regularly belonged to the cursitors, who were officers of the court of chancery . […]

These are certain private unincorporated associations, in the na- ture of collegiate bouses, located in London, and invested with the exclusive privilege of calling men to the bar; that is, […]

This Latin word (commonly translated “meaning”) was the technical beginning of that clause iu a declaration or indictment for slander or libel in which the meaning of the alleged libelous […]

In the civil law . Inofficious ; contrary to natural duty or affection. Used of a will of a parent which disinherited a child without just cause, or that of […]

A will not in accordance with the testator’s natural affection and moral duties. Williams, Ex’rs, (7th Ed.) 38; Stein v. Wilzinski, 4 Redf. Sur. (N. Y.) 450; In re Willford’s […]

In Spanish law. Everything done contrary to a duty or obligation assumed, as well as in opposition to the piety and affection dictated by nature. Escriche.

the name given to a deed that is not effective in transferring the title to property.

will not operative because the grants and bequests are contrary to the existing laws.

Lat. Destitute of counsel; without legal counsel . A term applied to the acts or condition of one acting without legal advice, as a testator drafting his own will.

An intestate.

In old English law . A customary payment of a penny on entering into and going out of a tenancy, (pro exitu de tcnura, et pro ingressu.) Spel- man.

1. A body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The grand jury is sometimes called the “grand inquest.” 2. The judicial inquiry made by a jury […]

In Roman law. A tenant; one who hires and occupies another’s house; but particularly, a tenant of a hired house in a city, as distinguished from colo- nus, the hirer […]