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Courtesy of england
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Courtesy of englandAn estate for life, created by act of law, which is defined as follows: When a man marries a woman, seised at any time during the coverture of an estate of inheritance, in severalty, in coparcenary, or in common, and has issue by her born alive, and which migbt by possibility inherit the same estate as heir to the wife, and the wife dies in the lifetime of the hushand, he holds the lands during, his life by the curtesy of England, and it is immaterial whether the issue be living at the time of the seisin, or at the death of the wife, or whether it was born before or after the seisin.
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Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Coverture
The state or condition of a married woman.
Inheritance
1) Estates. A perpetuity in lands to a man and his heirs; or it is the right to succeed to the estate of a person who died intestate. 2) The property which is inherited is called an inheritance. 3) Among the civilians, by inheritance is understood the succession to all the rights of the deceased.
Severalty
Title to an estate. An estate in severalty is one which is held by the tenant in his own right only, without any other being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during the continuance of his estate.
Coparcenary
An obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was no will, always went to the eldest son. If there was no male heir, the property went to all the female children collectively as a form of co-ownership.
Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Issue
1) Kindred. This term is of very extensive import, in its most enlarged signification, and includes all persons who have descended from a common ancestor. But when this word is used in a will, in order to give effect to the testator's intention it will be construed in a more restricted sense than its legal import conveys. 2) Pleading. An issue, in pleading, is defined to be a single, certain and material point issuing out of the allegations of the parties, and consisting, regularly, of an affirmative and negative. In common parlance, issue also signifies the entry of the pleadings.
Possibility
An uncertain thing which may happen; or it is a contingent interest in real or personal estate.
Heir
One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, and right of blood, to lands, tenements or hereditaments, being an estate of inheritance. It is an established rule of law, that God alone can make an heir. According to many authorities, heir may be nomen collectivuum, as well in a deed as in a will, and operate in both in the same mannar, as heirs in the plural number.
Dies
A day. There are four sorts of days: 1) A natural day; as, the morning and the evening made the first day. 2) An artificial day; that is, from day-break until twilight in the evening. 3) An astrological day, dies astrologicus, from sun to sun. 4) A legal day, which is dies juridicus, and dies non juridicus.
Curtesy
Curtesy or courtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Immaterial
What is not essential; unimportant what is not requisite; what is informal.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
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Cour
French for "court".
Courier
One who is sent on some public occasion as an express, to bear despatches, letters, and other papers.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
Course of the voyage
By this term is understood the regular and customary track, if such there be, which a ship takes in going from one port to another, and the shortest way.
Course of trade
What is usually done in the management of trade or business.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Court christian
An ecclesiastical judicature, known in England, so called from its handling matters of an ecclesiastical or religious nature.
Court clerk
The administrative personnel of the court who handles the filings for court procedures and answers questions concerning them.
Court costs
The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit, other than the attorney fees. An amount of money may be awarded to the successful party (and may be recoverable from the losing party) as reimbursement for court costs.
Court inferior or inferior court
A court subordinate to another; or, a court of limited jurisdiction.
Court martial
A military court set up to try and punish offenses taken by members of the army, navy or air force.
Court of admiralty
A court having jurisdiction of all maritime causes.
Court of arches
Ecclesiastical law. The most ancient consistory court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury for the trial of spiritual causes.
Court of audience
English. Ecclesiastical law. The name of a court kept by the archbishop in his palace, in which are transacted matters of form only; as confirmation of bishops, elections, consecrations, and the like.
Court of chancery or of equity
A court which proceeds wholly according to the principles of equity.
Court of common pleas
The name of an English court which was established on the breaking up of the aula regis, for the determination of pleas merely civil.
Court of conscience
English law. The name of a court in London. It has equity jurisdiction in certain cases.
Court of convocation
Ecclesiastical law. The name of an English ecclesiastical court. It is composed of every bishop, dean, and archdeacon, a proctor for the chapter, and two proctors for the clergy of each diocese in the province of Canterbury, for the province of York, there are two proctors for each archdeaconry.
Court of equity
A court of equity is one which administers justice, where there are no legal rights, or legal rights, but courts of law do not afford a complete, remedy, and where the complainant has also an equitable right.
Court of exchequer
English law. A court of record anciently established for the trial of all matters relating to the revenue of the crown.
Court of faculties
English. Ecclesiastical law. The name of a court which belongs to the archbishop, in which his officer, called magister ad facultates, grants dispensations to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited, or to ordain a deacon under age, and the like.
Court of inquiry
A court constituted by authority of the articles of war, invested with the power to examine into the nature of any transaction, accusation, or imputation against any officer or soldier.
Court of justice
An official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law.
Court of king's bench
The name of the supreme court of law in England.
Court of law
An official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law.
Court of law or of common law
Any court which administers justice according to the principles and forms of the common law.
Court of original jurisdiction
A court where a matter is initiated and heard in the first instance; a trial court.
Court of peculiars
English ecclesiastical law. The name of a court, which is a branch of, and annexed to, the. court of arches.
Court of record
At common law, any jurisdiction which has the power to fine and imprison, is a court of record.
Court of session
The highest civil court in the kingdom of Scotland. The judges, called lords of the session, are fifteen in number.
Court order
A written document ordering a person to do something. it is issued by a court and signed by a judge.
Court prerogative
The name of a court in England in which all testaments are proved and administrations granted, when the deceased has left bona notabilia in the province in some other diocese than that in which he died.
Court reporter
A person who transcribes by shorthand or stenographically takes down testimony during court proceedings, a deposition, or other trial-related proceeding.
Court rules
Regulations governing practice and procedure in the various courts.
Court term and number
An identifying date and number that appears on the captions of a papers filed in court. the assignment is made by the clerk.
Court TV
A television channel showing court proceedings.
Court, instance
One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court.
Court, prize
One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court.
Court, supreme
Supreme court is the name of a court having jurisdiction over all other courts.
Court-appointed attorney
Attorney appointed by the court to represent a defendant, usually with respect to criminal charges and without the defendant having to pay for the representation.
Court-ordered releases
The court may order an inmate to be released from custody at any time if the judge deems this to be the appropriate course of action.ÿ
Courtesy
Courtesy or curtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Courts of common pleas
The state trial-level courts that have the authority to grant divorce.
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Court, instance
One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court.
Court, prize
One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court.
Court, supreme
Supreme court is the name of a court having jurisdiction over all other courts.
Court-appointed attorney
Attorney appointed by the court to represent a defendant, usually with respect to criminal charges and without the defendant having to pay for the representation.
Courtesy
Courtesy or curtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Courtesy of england
Courts of common pleas
The state trial-level courts that have the authority to grant divorce.
Cousin
Domest. rel. Cousins are kindred who are the issue of two brothers or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called patternal cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or sisters of the mother.
Covenant
A written document in which signatories either commit themselves to do a certain thing, to not do a certain thing or in which they agree on a certain set of facts. They are very common in real property dealings and are used to restrict land use such as amongst shopping mall tenants or for the purpose of preserving heritage property. For example, a coventor to a mortgage commits themself to pay the mortgage if the mortgagor defaults.
Covenant for quiet enjoyment
A covenant usually contained in a lease, by which the lessor covenants or agrees that the tenant shall quietly enjoy the premises leased.
Covenant for title
An assurance to the purchaser that the grantor has the very estate in quantity and quality which he purports to convey.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Estate
A right or interest in property or the property of a deceased person.
Life
The aggregate of the animal functions which resist death. Bichat.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Time
Contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2) Pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions.
Coverture
The state or condition of a married woman.
Inheritance
1) Estates. A perpetuity in lands to a man and his heirs; or it is the right to succeed to the estate of a person who died intestate. 2) The property which is inherited is called an inheritance. 3) Among the civilians, by inheritance is understood the succession to all the rights of the deceased.
Severalty
Title to an estate. An estate in severalty is one which is held by the tenant in his own right only, without any other being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during the continuance of his estate.
Coparcenary
An obsolete co-ownership mechanism of English law where property, if there was no will, always went to the eldest son. If there was no male heir, the property went to all the female children collectively as a form of co-ownership.
Common
marriage law. a marriage in which no formal ceremony took place and no license exists.
Issue
1) Kindred. This term is of very extensive import, in its most enlarged signification, and includes all persons who have descended from a common ancestor. But when this word is used in a will, in order to give effect to the testator's intention it will be construed in a more restricted sense than its legal import conveys. 2) Pleading. An issue, in pleading, is defined to be a single, certain and material point issuing out of the allegations of the parties, and consisting, regularly, of an affirmative and negative. In common parlance, issue also signifies the entry of the pleadings.
Possibility
An uncertain thing which may happen; or it is a contingent interest in real or personal estate.
Heir
One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, and right of blood, to lands, tenements or hereditaments, being an estate of inheritance. It is an established rule of law, that God alone can make an heir. According to many authorities, heir may be nomen collectivuum, as well in a deed as in a will, and operate in both in the same mannar, as heirs in the plural number.
Dies
A day. There are four sorts of days: 1) A natural day; as, the morning and the evening made the first day. 2) An artificial day; that is, from day-break until twilight in the evening. 3) An astrological day, dies astrologicus, from sun to sun. 4) A legal day, which is dies juridicus, and dies non juridicus.
Curtesy
Curtesy or courtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Immaterial
What is not essential; unimportant what is not requisite; what is informal.
Seisin
Estates. The possession of an estate of freebold.
Death
Cessation of life; extinction of political existence.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Cour
French for "court".
Courier
One who is sent on some public occasion as an express, to bear despatches, letters, and other papers.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
Course of the voyage
By this term is understood the regular and customary track, if such there be, which a ship takes in going from one port to another, and the shortest way.
Course of trade
What is usually done in the management of trade or business.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Court christian
An ecclesiastical judicature, known in England, so called from its handling matters of an ecclesiastical or religious nature.
Court clerk
The administrative personnel of the court who handles the filings for court procedures and answers questions concerning them.
Court costs
The expenses of prosecuting or defending a lawsuit, other than the attorney fees. An amount of money may be awarded to the successful party (and may be recoverable from the losing party) as reimbursement for court costs.
Court inferior or inferior court
A court subordinate to another; or, a court of limited jurisdiction.
Court martial
A military court set up to try and punish offenses taken by members of the army, navy or air force.
Court of admiralty
A court having jurisdiction of all maritime causes.
Court of arches
Ecclesiastical law. The most ancient consistory court belonging to the archbishop of Canterbury for the trial of spiritual causes.
Court of audience
English. Ecclesiastical law. The name of a court kept by the archbishop in his palace, in which are transacted matters of form only; as confirmation of bishops, elections, consecrations, and the like.
Court of chancery or of equity
A court which proceeds wholly according to the principles of equity.
Court of common pleas
The name of an English court which was established on the breaking up of the aula regis, for the determination of pleas merely civil.
Court of conscience
English law. The name of a court in London. It has equity jurisdiction in certain cases.
Court of convocation
Ecclesiastical law. The name of an English ecclesiastical court. It is composed of every bishop, dean, and archdeacon, a proctor for the chapter, and two proctors for the clergy of each diocese in the province of Canterbury, for the province of York, there are two proctors for each archdeaconry.
Court of equity
A court of equity is one which administers justice, where there are no legal rights, or legal rights, but courts of law do not afford a complete, remedy, and where the complainant has also an equitable right.
Court of exchequer
English law. A court of record anciently established for the trial of all matters relating to the revenue of the crown.
Court of faculties
English. Ecclesiastical law. The name of a court which belongs to the archbishop, in which his officer, called magister ad facultates, grants dispensations to marry, to eat flesh on days prohibited, or to ordain a deacon under age, and the like.
Court of inquiry
A court constituted by authority of the articles of war, invested with the power to examine into the nature of any transaction, accusation, or imputation against any officer or soldier.
Court of justice
An official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law.
Court of king's bench
The name of the supreme court of law in England.
Court of law
An official, public forum which a public power establishes by lawful authority to adjudicate disputes, and to dispense civil, labour, administrative and criminal justice under the law.
Court of law or of common law
Any court which administers justice according to the principles and forms of the common law.
Court of original jurisdiction
A court where a matter is initiated and heard in the first instance; a trial court.
Court of peculiars
English ecclesiastical law. The name of a court, which is a branch of, and annexed to, the. court of arches.
Court of record
At common law, any jurisdiction which has the power to fine and imprison, is a court of record.
Court of session
The highest civil court in the kingdom of Scotland. The judges, called lords of the session, are fifteen in number.
Court order
A written document ordering a person to do something. it is issued by a court and signed by a judge.
Court prerogative
The name of a court in England in which all testaments are proved and administrations granted, when the deceased has left bona notabilia in the province in some other diocese than that in which he died.
Court reporter
A person who transcribes by shorthand or stenographically takes down testimony during court proceedings, a deposition, or other trial-related proceeding.
Court rules
Regulations governing practice and procedure in the various courts.
Court term and number
An identifying date and number that appears on the captions of a papers filed in court. the assignment is made by the clerk.
Court TV
A television channel showing court proceedings.
Court, instance
One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court.
Court, prize
One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court.
Court, supreme
Supreme court is the name of a court having jurisdiction over all other courts.
Court-appointed attorney
Attorney appointed by the court to represent a defendant, usually with respect to criminal charges and without the defendant having to pay for the representation.
Court-ordered releases
The court may order an inmate to be released from custody at any time if the judge deems this to be the appropriate course of action.ÿ
Courtesy
Courtesy or curtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Courts of common pleas
The state trial-level courts that have the authority to grant divorce.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Court, instance
One of the branches of the English admiralty is called an instance court.
Court, prize
One of the branches of the English admiralty, is called a prize court.
Court, supreme
Supreme court is the name of a court having jurisdiction over all other courts.
Court-appointed attorney
Attorney appointed by the court to represent a defendant, usually with respect to criminal charges and without the defendant having to pay for the representation.
Courtesy
Courtesy or curtesy. Scotch law. A right which vests in the hushand, and is in the nature of a life-rent. It is a counterpart of the terce.
Courtesy of england
Courts of common pleas
The state trial-level courts that have the authority to grant divorce.
Cousin
Domest. rel. Cousins are kindred who are the issue of two brothers or two sisters, or of a brother and a sister. Those who descend from the brother or sister of the father of the person spoken of are called patternal cousins; maternal cousins are those who are descended from the brothers or sisters of the mother.
Covenant
A written document in which signatories either commit themselves to do a certain thing, to not do a certain thing or in which they agree on a certain set of facts. They are very common in real property dealings and are used to restrict land use such as amongst shopping mall tenants or for the purpose of preserving heritage property. For example, a coventor to a mortgage commits themself to pay the mortgage if the mortgagor defaults.
Covenant for quiet enjoyment
A covenant usually contained in a lease, by which the lessor covenants or agrees that the tenant shall quietly enjoy the premises leased.
Covenant for title
An assurance to the purchaser that the grantor has the very estate in quantity and quality which he purports to convey.
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