|
 |
||
 |
| This dictionary contains: 8526 juridical terms |
 |
Knight's service
|
|
Knight's serviceEnglish law. It was, formerly, a tenure of lands. Those who held by knight's service were called: milites qui per loricas terras suas defendunt;: soldiers who defend the country by their armor. The incidents of knight's service were. homage, fealty, warranty, wardship, marriage, reliefs, heriots, aids, escheats, and forfeiture.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
Tenure
Estates. The manner in which lands or tenements are holden. 2. According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
Homage
English law. An acknowledgment made by the vassal in the presence of his lord, that he is his man, that is, his subject or vassal. The form in law French was, Jeo deveigne vostre home.
Fealty
Fidelity, allegiance.
Warranty
A guarantee given on the performance of a product or the doing of a certain thing. For example, many consumer products come with warranties under which the manufacturer will repair or replace any product that fails during the warranty period; the commitment to repair or replace being the "warranty".
Wardship
English law. Wardship was the right of the lord over the person and estate of the tenant, when the latter was under a certain age.
Marriage
A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought io exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.
Heriots
English law. A render of the best beast or other goods, as the custom may be, to the lord, on the death of the tenant.
Forfeiture
A cancellation. A legal action whereby a contract purchaser following default loses all his interest in the property.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Warning: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/juridic/public_html/lincari.php on line 147
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Kirby's quest
An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the English Exchequer, so called from being the inquest of John De Kirby, treasurer to Edward I.
Kissing
Kissing the bible is a ceremony used in taking the corporal oath, the object being, as the canonists say, to denote the assent of the witness to the oath in the form it is imposed. The witness kisses either the whole bible, or some portion of it; or a cross in some countries.
Kiting
Using several bank accounts in different banks, making deposits and writing checks against the accounts before the deposit checks clear the banking system, creating a "float" of money out of nothing more than the lag in time while checks clear and post to their respective accounts.
Knave
A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning. To call a man a knave has been held to be actionable.
Knight's fee
Old English law. An uncertain measure of land, but, according to some opinions it is said to contain six hundred and eighty acres.
Knight's service
Knot
One nautical mile (6080 feet) per hour, the maritime measure for speed at sea.
Know-how
Know-how as a term often covers matters such as new product plans, costings, materials, production information, financial status, accountancy information, consumer lists and business information. If such information is particularly sensitive, it may constitute a genuine trade secret where the law will imply obligation upon employees and ex-employees to prevent disclosure. Most other forms of know-how and confidential information can only be restricted, other than during employment, by means of a valid confidentiality undertaking or confidentiality agreement.
Knowingly
Pleadings. The word knowingly," or "well knowing," will supply the place of a positive averment in an indictment or declaration, that the defendant knew the facts subsequently stated; if notice or knowledge be unnecessarily stated, the allegation may be rejected as surplusage.
Knowledge
Information as to a fact. Many acts are perfectly innocent when the party performing them is not aware of certain circumstances attending them for example, a man may pass a counterfeit note and be guiltless, if he did not know it was so he may receive stolen goods if he were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these and the like cases it is the guilty knowledge which makes the crime.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
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.
Tenure
Estates. The manner in which lands or tenements are holden. 2. According to the English law, all lands are held mediately or immediately from the king, as lord paramount and supreme proprietor of all the lands in the kingdom.
Service
1) Contracts. The being employed to serve another. 2) Feudal law. That duty which the tenant owes to his lord, by reason of his fee or estate. 3) Practice. To execute a writ or process; as, to serve a writ of capias signifies to arrest a defendant under the process;
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.
Homage
English law. An acknowledgment made by the vassal in the presence of his lord, that he is his man, that is, his subject or vassal. The form in law French was, Jeo deveigne vostre home.
Fealty
Fidelity, allegiance.
Warranty
A guarantee given on the performance of a product or the doing of a certain thing. For example, many consumer products come with warranties under which the manufacturer will repair or replace any product that fails during the warranty period; the commitment to repair or replace being the "warranty".
Wardship
English law. Wardship was the right of the lord over the person and estate of the tenant, when the latter was under a certain age.
Marriage
A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with each other during their joint lives, in the union which ought io exist between husband and wife. By the terms freeman and freewoman in this definition are meant, not only that they are free and not slaves, but also that they are clear of all bars to a lawful marriage.
Heriots
English law. A render of the best beast or other goods, as the custom may be, to the lord, on the death of the tenant.
Forfeiture
A cancellation. A legal action whereby a contract purchaser following default loses all his interest in the property.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Warning: mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given in /home/juridic/public_html/lincari.php on line 147
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Kirby's quest
An ancient record remaining with the remembrancer of the English Exchequer, so called from being the inquest of John De Kirby, treasurer to Edward I.
Kissing
Kissing the bible is a ceremony used in taking the corporal oath, the object being, as the canonists say, to denote the assent of the witness to the oath in the form it is imposed. The witness kisses either the whole bible, or some portion of it; or a cross in some countries.
Kiting
Using several bank accounts in different banks, making deposits and writing checks against the accounts before the deposit checks clear the banking system, creating a "float" of money out of nothing more than the lag in time while checks clear and post to their respective accounts.
Knave
A false, dishonest, or deceitful person. This signification of the word has arisen by a long perversion of its original meaning. To call a man a knave has been held to be actionable.
Knight's fee
Old English law. An uncertain measure of land, but, according to some opinions it is said to contain six hundred and eighty acres.
Knight's service
Knot
One nautical mile (6080 feet) per hour, the maritime measure for speed at sea.
Know-how
Know-how as a term often covers matters such as new product plans, costings, materials, production information, financial status, accountancy information, consumer lists and business information. If such information is particularly sensitive, it may constitute a genuine trade secret where the law will imply obligation upon employees and ex-employees to prevent disclosure. Most other forms of know-how and confidential information can only be restricted, other than during employment, by means of a valid confidentiality undertaking or confidentiality agreement.
Knowingly
Pleadings. The word knowingly," or "well knowing," will supply the place of a positive averment in an indictment or declaration, that the defendant knew the facts subsequently stated; if notice or knowledge be unnecessarily stated, the allegation may be rejected as surplusage.
Knowledge
Information as to a fact. Many acts are perfectly innocent when the party performing them is not aware of certain circumstances attending them for example, a man may pass a counterfeit note and be guiltless, if he did not know it was so he may receive stolen goods if he were not aware of the fact that they were stolen. In these and the like cases it is the guilty knowledge which makes the crime.
We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Knight's service. If you have a better definition for Knight's service than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Knight's service may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Knight's service and any other medical topic for the public at large.
This dictionary contains 8526 terms.
|
|