Liable to be returned or rendered up at the mere demand or request of another; lience held or retained only ou sufferance or by permission ; aud by au extension […]

These are the circumstances that exist when the conduct of an executor and administration of an estate is unwise and reckless.

the possession that is dependent on the pleasure of another personbeing terminated at any time.

Lat. In the civil law . A convention whereby one allows another the use of a thing or the exercise of a right gratuitously till revocation. The bailee acquires thereby […]

Having the nature of prayer, request, or entreaty; conveying or embodying a recommendation or advice or the expression of a wish, but not a positive command or direction.

a trust that is created with the words to entreaty such as “wish and request” rather than command and direct.

Words that are used to depict a certain desire or recommendation without actually binding the listener with them. For instance, ‘it is my desire and/or wish to’

a measure taken in advance to avoid some mishap or to produce a good result.

A rule in environment management which states that if serious damage can be caused to the environment and/ or to the health of a human being, immediate steps should be […]

Rank, time, status, order or preference.

The act or state of going before; adjustment of place.

An adjudged case or decision of a court of justice, considered as furnishing an example or authority for an identical or similar case afterwards arising or a similar question of […]

Such as must happen or be performed before an estate can vest or be enlarged. See CONDITION PRECEDENT .

These are the decisions of a court that are thought worthy enough to be used as models for future cases.

Silent uniform course of practice, uninterrupted though not supported by legal decisions. See Cal t on v. Bragg, 15 East, 220; Thompson v. Musser, 1 Dall. 404, 1 L. Ed. […]

the term that is used for the previous estate that a future interest is restricted.

The continuance of a suit by consent of both parties. Cowell.

In English and American law. An order or direction, emanating from authority, to an officer or body of officers, commanding him or them to do some act within the scope […]

An authorization that must be taken from the insurer before treatment can be gven. The physicican of the insured party has to give in an estimate of the costs, as […]

Lat In Roman law. Prayers. One of the names of an application to the emperor. Tayl. Civil Law, 230.

In English ecclesiastical law . A right of the crown to name to the first prebend that becomes vacant after the accession of the sovereign, in every church of the […]

Lat. In pleading. The commencement of a replication to a plea in bar , by which the plaintiff “says that, by reason of anything in the said plea alleged, he […]

A constable’s or police district. The immediate neighborhood of a palace or court. A poll-district. See Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Ryan, 113 U. S. 516, 5 Sup. Ct. 601, […]

Metals such as gold, iridium, platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, osium, silver, etc. Usually available in forms of bars, leaves, powders, wires, etc.

Another form of the name of the written instructions to the clerk of court ; also spelled “praecipe,” (q. v.)