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Primer seisin
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Primer seisinEnglish law. The right which the king had, when any of his tenants died seised of a knight's fee, to receive of the heir, provided he were of fall age, one whole year's profits of the lands, if they were in immediate possession; and half a year's profits, if the lands were in reversion, expectant on an estate for life
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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.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
King
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power.
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.
Fee
1) Feudal law. An allotment of land in consideration of military service; land held of a superior, on condition of rendering him service, the ultimate property remaining in him. Oppossed to allodium. 2) An estate of inheritance - the highest and most extensive interest a man can have in a feud.
Receive
To receive. Voluntarily to take from another what is offered.
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.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Fall
A life estate is sometimes said to "fall into", that is, to merge with the fee.
Profits
In general, by this term is understood the benefit which a man derives from a thing. It is more particularly applied to such benefit as arises from his labor and skill.
Immediate
That which is produced directly by the act to which it is ascribed, without the intervention or agency of any distinct intermediate cause.
Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Half
One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime.
Reversion
Estates. The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him; it is also defined to be the return of land to the grantor, and Iiis heirs, after the grant is over.
Expectant
Having relation to, or depending upon something; this word is frequently used in connexion with fee, as fee expectant.
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.
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Prima facie
The first blush; the first view or appearance of the business; as, the holder of a bill of exchange, indorsed in blank, is prima facie its owner.
Prima facie case
A case that is sufficient and has the minimum amount of evidence necessary to allow it to continue in the judicial process.
Prima impressionis
(United Kingdom) On first impression.
Prima tonsura
A grant of a right to have the first crop of grass.
Primage
Merchant law. A duty payable to the master and mariner of a ship or vessel; to the master for the use of his cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the merchant; to the mariners for lading and unlading in any port or haven.
Primary
That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary authority
Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources.
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primate
eccles. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans.
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
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Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primate
eccles. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans.
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primer seisin
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
Prince
In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
Principal
1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a 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.
Right
1) Sometimes it signifies a law, as when we say that natural right requires us to keep our promises, or that it commands restitution, or that it forbids murder. In our language it is seldom used in this sense. 2) It sometimes means that quality in our actions by which they are denominated just ones. This is usually denominated rectitude. 3) It is that quality in a person by which he can do certain actions, or possess certain things which belong to him by virtue of some title. In this sense, we use it when we say that a man has a right to his estate or a right to defend himself.
King
The chief magistrate of a kingdom, vested usually with the executive power.
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.
Fee
1) Feudal law. An allotment of land in consideration of military service; land held of a superior, on condition of rendering him service, the ultimate property remaining in him. Oppossed to allodium. 2) An estate of inheritance - the highest and most extensive interest a man can have in a feud.
Receive
To receive. Voluntarily to take from another what is offered.
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.
Were
The name of a fine among the Saxons imposed upon a murderer
Fall
A life estate is sometimes said to "fall into", that is, to merge with the fee.
Profits
In general, by this term is understood the benefit which a man derives from a thing. It is more particularly applied to such benefit as arises from his labor and skill.
Immediate
That which is produced directly by the act to which it is ascribed, without the intervention or agency of any distinct intermediate cause.
Possession
International law. By possession is meant a country which is held by no other title than mere conquest.
Half
One equal part of a thing divided into two parts, either in fact or in contemplation. A moiety. This word is used in composition; as, half cent, half dime.
Reversion
Estates. The residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him; it is also defined to be the return of land to the grantor, and Iiis heirs, after the grant is over.
Expectant
Having relation to, or depending upon something; this word is frequently used in connexion with fee, as fee expectant.
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.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Prima facie
The first blush; the first view or appearance of the business; as, the holder of a bill of exchange, indorsed in blank, is prima facie its owner.
Prima facie case
A case that is sufficient and has the minimum amount of evidence necessary to allow it to continue in the judicial process.
Prima impressionis
(United Kingdom) On first impression.
Prima tonsura
A grant of a right to have the first crop of grass.
Primage
Merchant law. A duty payable to the master and mariner of a ship or vessel; to the master for the use of his cables and ropes to discharge the goods of the merchant; to the mariners for lading and unlading in any port or haven.
Primary
That which is first or principal; as primary evidence, or that evidence which is to be admitted in the first instance, as distinguished from secondary evidence, which is allowed only when primary evidence cannot be had.
Primary authority
Constitutions, codes, statutes, ordinances, and case law sources.
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primate
eccles. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans.
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Primary caretaker
The parent who provides majority of the child's day to day care.
Primary evidence
The best evidence of which the case in its nature is susceptible.
Primary powers
The principal authority given by a principal to his agent; it differs from mediate powers.
Primate
eccles. law.. An archbishop who has jurisdiction over one or several other metropolitans.
Primer election
A term used to signify first choice.
Primer seisin
Primogeniture
1) The state of being first born the eldest. 2) Formerly primogeniture gave a title in cases of descent to the oldest son in preference to the other children; this unjust distinction has been geuerally abolished in the United States.
Primogenitus
The first born.
Primum decretum
In the courts of admiralty, this name is given to a provisional decree.
Prince
In a general sense, a sovereign the ruler of a nation or state. The son of a king or emperor, or the issue of a royal family; as, princes of the blood. The chief of any body of men.
Principal
1) This word has several meanings. It is used in opposition to accessary, to show the degree of crime committed by two persons; thus, we say, the principal is more guilty than the accessary after the fact. 2) Contracts. One who, being competent to contract, and who is sui juris, employs another to do any act for his own benefit, or on his own account. 3) Criminal law. A principal is one who is the actor in the commission of a crime.
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