the term that applies to crossing a street in the wrong place and walking diagonally across the road.

Summary justice inflicted upon a marauder or felon without a regular trial, equivalent to “lynch law.” So called from a Scotch town, near the English border, where raiders and cattle […]

In old records. Yeoman. Cowell ; Blount

A way to asses risk by comparing potential risk against a portfolios possible returns.

I.. Fr. I have failed; I am in error. An error or oversight in pleading. Certain statutes are called “statutes of amendments and jeofailes” because, where a pleader perceives any […]

Danger; hazard; perilJeopardy is the danger of conviction and punishment which the defendant in a crim- inal action incurs when a valid indictment has been found, and a petit jury […]

Equity follows the law . Gilb. 1S6.

In English law . An officer of the custom-house who oversees the waiters. Techn. Diet.

A large brass candlestick, usually hung in the middle of a church or choir. Cowell.

Fr. In French law . Jettison. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 8; Emerig. Traite des Assur. c. 12,

Lawful age; the age of twenty-five. Dig. 3. 5, 27. pr.; Id. 26, 2. 32. 2; Id. 27, 7, 1, pr.

A Norman French term signifying ” grandfather .” It is also spelled “aieul” and “ayle.” Kelham.

A term descriptive of goods which, by the act of the owner, have been voluntarily cast overboard from a vessel, in a storm or other emergency, to lighten the ship. […]

The act of throwing overboard from a vessel part of the cargo, in case of extreme danger, to lighten the ship. The same name is also given to the thing […]

Fr. In French law . Speculation in the public funds or iu stocks; gambliug speculations on the stock exchange ; dealings in “options” and “futures.”

By “jewels” are meant ornaments of the person, such as ear-rings, pearls, diamonds, etc., which are prepared to be worn. See Com. v. Stephens, 14 Pick. (Mass.) 373; Bobbins v. […]

A policy that covers the property of jewelers and the property of others in their care or custody against the most probable types of losses.

Lat. In the civil law . To subscribe an accusation. To bind one’s self, in case of failure to prove an accusation, to suffer the same punishment which the ac- […]

The whole of a thing which is to be done. “To build by plot, or to work by the job, is to undertake a building for a certain stipulated price.” […]

One who buys and sells goods for others; one who buys or sells on the stock exchange ; a dealer in stocks, shares, or securities.

Constantly buying assets to boost profits.

In old English law . Jewels. This term was formerly more properly applied to those ornaments which women, al though married, call their own. When these jocalia are not suitable […]

A little manor or farm. Cowell.

In old English law . A game of hazard. Keg. Orig. 200.

In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An arrangement which the parties to a suit were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain […]