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Yeoman
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Yeoman1) United States. This word does not appear to have any very exact meaning. It is usually put as an addition to the names of parties in declarations and indictments. 2) In England it signifies a free man who has land of the value of forty shillings a year.
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States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Parties
Contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
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Yardland
Old English law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres.
Year and day
This period of time is particularly recognized in the law. For example, when a judgment is reversed, a party, notwithstanding the lapse of time mentioned in the statute of limitations pending that action, may commence a fresh action within a year and a day of such reversal; again, after a year and a day have elapsed from the day of signing a judgment, no execution can be issued until the judgment shall have been revived by scire facias
Year books
These were books of reports of cases in a regular series from the reign of the English King to the time of Henry VIII, which were taken by the prothonotaries or chief scribes of the courts, at the expense of the crown, and published annually, whence their name Year Books
Years
Estate for years.
Yeas and nays
The list of members of a legislative body voting in the affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called
Yeoman
Yield capitalization
A capitalization method used to convert future benefits to present value by discounting each future benefit at an appropriate yield rate or by developing an overall rate that reflects the investment's income pattern, value change, and yield rate.
Yielding and paying contracts
These words, when used in a lease, constitute a covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent
York
Statute of York.The name of an English statute.So called because it was enacted at York.It contains many wise provisions and explanations of former statutes
Yellow dog contract
Yellow dog contract refers to the name given in American labor law to the contract of employment through which the employee agrees to forfeit their employment if they join a union during the period of employment. These contracts are now prohibited by American law.
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States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.
Word
Construction. One or more syllables which when united convey an idea a single part of speech.
Parties
Contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Value
Common law. This term has two different meanings. It sometimes expresses the utility of an object, and some times the power of purchasing other good with it. The first may be called value in use, the latter value in exchange.
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Yardland
Old English law. A quantity of land containing twenty acres.
Year and day
This period of time is particularly recognized in the law. For example, when a judgment is reversed, a party, notwithstanding the lapse of time mentioned in the statute of limitations pending that action, may commence a fresh action within a year and a day of such reversal; again, after a year and a day have elapsed from the day of signing a judgment, no execution can be issued until the judgment shall have been revived by scire facias
Year books
These were books of reports of cases in a regular series from the reign of the English King to the time of Henry VIII, which were taken by the prothonotaries or chief scribes of the courts, at the expense of the crown, and published annually, whence their name Year Books
Years
Estate for years.
Yeas and nays
The list of members of a legislative body voting in the affirmative and negative of a proposition is so called
Yeoman
Yield capitalization
A capitalization method used to convert future benefits to present value by discounting each future benefit at an appropriate yield rate or by developing an overall rate that reflects the investment's income pattern, value change, and yield rate.
Yielding and paying contracts
These words, when used in a lease, constitute a covenant on the part of the lessee to pay the rent
York
Statute of York.The name of an English statute.So called because it was enacted at York.It contains many wise provisions and explanations of former statutes
Yellow dog contract
Yellow dog contract refers to the name given in American labor law to the contract of employment through which the employee agrees to forfeit their employment if they join a union during the period of employment. These contracts are now prohibited by American law.
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