Any unlawful conduct on the part of a person concerned in the ad- ministration of justice which is prejudicial to the rights of parties or to the right deter- mination […]

This si the term that is given to the unlawful behaviour of a public officer.

In practice . An improper continuance ; want of proper form in a continuance; the same with ” discontinuance .” Cowell.

In old English law . An apostate; an unbeliever; one who totally re- nounced Christianity . 4 Bl. Comm. 44.

The delivery of property by a carrier or warehouseman to a per son not authorized by the owner or person to whom the carrier or warehouseman is bound by his […]

A person guilty of a misdemeanor ; one sentenced to punishment upon conviction of a misdemeanor. See FIRST-GLASS MISDEMEANANT .

In criminal law . A general name for criminal offenses of every sort, punishable by indictment or special proceedings , which do not in law amount to the grade of […]

An error or falsity in the description of the subject-matter of a contract which deceives one of the parties to his injury, or is misleading in a material or substantial […]

In practice . An error made by a judge in instructing the Jury upon the trial of a cause.

The issue in a writ of right . When the tenant in a writ of right pleads that his title is better than the demandant’s, he is said to join […]

Lat. In the civil law . The name of an Involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevi- table calamity. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. […]

weeks after conception. Retween that time, and before the expiration of the sixth month, when the child may possibly live, it is termed “abortion.” When the delivery takes place soon […]

Lat. Mercy; a fine or amerciament; an arbitrary or discretionary amercement.

Used as an indicator of consumer confidence . Combines inflation rate and unemployment rate .

A misdeed or trespass. The doing what a party ought to do improperly. 1 Tidd, Pr. 4. The improper performance of some act which a man may lawfully do. 3 […]

A creditor, liquidator , official receiver , stockholders or shareholders initiating a court action to examine the conduct of any past or present officeholder of a firm. The defendant will […]

See MISFEASANCE .

An adverse event, calamity, or evil fortune, arising by accident, (or without the will or concurrence of him who suffers from it,) and not to be foreseen or guarded against […]

See JOINDEB.

In Saxon and old English law. An unjust or irregular summoning to court; to speak unsteadily in court; to vary in one’s plea. Cowell; Blount; Spelman.

To deposit in a place not afterwards recollected; to lose anything by for- getfulness of the place where it was laid. Shehane v. State, 13 Tex. App. 535.

Delusive; calculated to lead astray or to lead into error. Instructions which are of such a nature as to be misunderstood by the jury, or to give them a wrong […]

When a banks assets and liabilities have a range of maturity dates.

A floating rate type of note or bond. An interest rate gives added yield to this type of bond. Even though the rollover period is shorter, the rate is frequently […]

Mistake in name; the giving an incorrect name to a person in a plead- ing, deed, or other instrument .