Lat. In the civil law . Nautical or maritime interest; an ex- traordinary rate of interest agreed to be paid for the loan of money on the hazard of a […]

In old English law . A duty on certain tenants to carry their lord’s goods in a ship.

laws” because a knowledge of them may be attained merely by the light of reason, from the fact of their essential agreeableness with the constitution of human nature; while, on […]

the term used for the regulations and the rules that govern the people who are in the navy.

In the civil law . The master or commander of a ship; the captain of a man-of-war.

In the civil law . The master or captain of a ship. Calvin.

Capable of being navigated; that may be navigated or passed over in ships or vessels. But the term is generally understood in a more restricted sense, viz., subject to the […]

a term applied to a body of water that is navigable by a boat or ship.

To conduct vessels through navigable waters ; to use the waters as a means of communication . Ryan v. Hook, 34 Hun (N. Y.) 185.

The act or the science or the business of traversing the sea or other waters in ships or vessels. Pollock v. Cleveland Ship Building Co., 56 Ohio St. G55, 47 […]

Finding one’s way around a website, locating areas of interest, and accessing other associated websites using a specific set of information and links. Also known as site map.

Fr. In French law . A ship. Emerig. Traits des Assur. c. 6,

Lat. A ship; a vessel.

supersede the master of the ship with reference to -which the inquiry is held, to discharge any of the seamen, to decide questions as to wages, send home offenders for […]

A sum paid to government as an acknowledgment for a grant of lands, or any public otiice. Enc. Lond.

In Hindu law. Composer, arranger, adjuster. The first officer of a province, and minister of the department of criminal justice.

Refer to non circumvention , non disclosure agreement.

Lat. In ecclesiastical law . The name of a prohibitory writ, directed to the bishop, at the request of the plaintiff or defendant, where a quare impedit is pending, when […]

L. Fr. He did not deliver. A plea in detinue, denying the delivery to the defendant of the thing sued for.

L. Fr. (Does or did not disturb.) In English practice. The general issue or general plea in quare impedit . 3 Steph. Comm. 6G3.

The general issue in a formedon, now abolished. It denied the gift in tail to have been made in manner and form as alleged; and was therefore the proper plea, […]

a Latin phrase for a court order that forbids a person involved in a legal matter to leave the country or state where the court has jurisdiction .

Lat. In English practice. A writ which issues to restrain a person from leaving the kingdom. It was formerly used for political purposes, but Is now only resorted to in […]

Lat. In American practice. A writ similar to that of ne exeat regno , (q. v..) available to the plaintiff in a civil suit, under some circum- stances, when the […]

L. Fr. It does not lie in the mouth. A common phrase in the old books. Yearb. M. 3 Edw. II. 50.