popular use
popular use 公开使用；公众使用
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popular use
A person’s imperfect right to enjoy public land. • A popular use is not legally enforceable. It is dependent on the government’s will to allow access to the land.
grant to uses
grant to uses. Hist. A conveyance of legal title to real property to one person for the benefit of another. • If, for example, A conveyed land to B and his heirs to the use of C and his heirs, B — the feoffee to uses — acquired seisin in and had possession of the
holograph
holograph (hol-[schwa]-graf), n. A document (such as a will or deed) that is handwritten by its author. • The majority rule is that a holographic will need not be entirely handwritten — only the “material provisions” — to take into account the popular use of fill-in-the-blank will forms. This is also the position of the
latin
Latin. The language of the ancient Romans and a primary language of the civil and canon law, and formerly of the common law. — Abbr. L. “The value of the Latin has always consisted in its peculiar expressiveness as a language of law terms, in its superior conciseness which has made it the appropriate language
particeps criminis
particeps criminis (pahr-t[schwa]-seps krim-[schwa]-nis), n. [Latin “partner in crime”] 1. An accomplice or accessory. See ACCESSORY. Pl. participes criminis (pahr-tis-[schwa]-peez). [Cases: Criminal Law 59, 68. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 127, 137, 998.] “The courts of justice will allow the objection that the consideration of the contract was immoral or illegal to be made even by
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pact
pact. An agreement between two or more parties; esp., an agreement (such as a treaty) between two or more nations or governmental entities. “Popular understanding notwithstanding, there is no legal difference between various kinds of international instruments because of the name they are given. In other words, ‘treaties,’ ‘pacts,’ ‘protocols,’ ‘conventions,’ ‘covenants,’ and ‘declarations’ are
premises
premises (prem-[schwa]-siz). 1. Matters (usu. preliminary facts or statements) previously referred to in the same instrument (wherefore, premises considered, the plaintiff prays for the following relief). 2. The part of a deed that describes the land being conveyed, as well as naming the parties and identifying relevant facts or explaining the reasons for the deed.
heirloom
heirloom. 1. An item of personal property that by local custom, contrary to the usual legal rule, descends to the heir along with the inheritance, instead of passing to the executor or administrator of the last owner. • Traditional examples are an ancestor’s suit of armor, family portraits, title deeds, and keys. Blackstone gave a
copylefted software
copylefted software. Slang. Free software whose distribution terms forbid the addition of restrictions if the software is redistributed in its original or a modified form. • Not actually a legal term, this phrase is popularly used as the antithesis of copyright by Internet free-software promoters. See FREEWARE.
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