In old English law . A liberty of holding pleas; the jurisdiction of a manor court; the privilege claimed by a lord of trying actions of trespass between his tenants, […]

In old English law . He that is robbed, or by theft deprived of his money or goods, and puts in surety to prosecute the felon with fresh suit Bract, […]

In old Egnlish law. The person from whom a thing had been stolen, and by whom the thief was freshly pursued. Bract, fol. 1546. See SACABUBTH.

Lat. In Boman law. Cutpurses. 4 Steph. Comm. 125.

L. Lat. In old English law . A sack. A quantity of wool weighing thirty or twenty-eight stone. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 79,

L. Lat In old English law . A service or tenure of finding a sack and a broach (pitcher) to the sovereign for the use of the army. Bract 1. […]

A unit of cement from Portland that is 94 pounds in the USA and 87.5 pounds in Canada.

In maritime law . The name of an ancient officer, whose business was to load and unload vessels laden with salt, corn, or fish, to prevent the ship’s crew defrauding […]

Lat. In Roman law. The right to participate in the sacred rites of the city. Butl. Hor. Jur. 27.

L. Lat. In feudal law. Compurgators; persons who came to purge a defendant by their oath that they believed him innocent

Lat In the older practice of the Roman law, this was one of the forms of legis actio, consisting in the deposit of a stake or juridical wager. See SACRAMENTUM […]

Lat. In Roman law. An oath, as being a very sacred thing; more particularly, the oath taken by soldiers to be true to their general and their country. Alnsw. Lex. […]

In English criminal law . Larceny from a church. 4 Steph. Comm. 164. The crime of breaking a church or chapel, and stealing therein. 1 Russ. Crimes, S43. In old […]

Lat. In the civil law . The stealing of sacred things, or things dedi- cated to sacred uses; the taking of things out of a holy place. Calvin.

Lat. In the civil and common law. A sacrilegious person; one guilty of sacrilege. Sacrilegus omnium prsedonum cupi- ditatem et scelera superat. 4 Coke, 106. A sacrilegious person transcends the […]

A denomination of part of the county palatine of Durham. Wharton.

The amount of exposure that will cause no harm or damage after exposure.

a kind of burglary, wherin property is taken without the owner’s consent from a locked safe in an unlawful manner. This is usually substantial by marks of forced entry left […]

A box that cannot be broken or damaged by fire, flood and theft that are held by a bank for customers to store important documents or valuable items. Two keys […]

A coverage to protect a business that rents safe deposit boxes to people. Not a bank.

A plan that amasses points given to accidents and driving infringements that can effect the price of insurance.

1.The provision in a law or agreement that will protect from any liability or penalty as long as set conditions have been met. 2. A mechanism against a non-hostile take […]

A securities eschange rule governing the repurchase of treasury stock providing protection from liability when the firm acts in good faith in how and when the purchase is made and […]

the calculation of a future earning of a person who has died and is used by a jury to award damages to the heirs.

Water that is potable and free from harmful agents such as micro-organisms.