feoffment (fef-m[schwa]nt orfeef-m[schwa]nt). Hist. 1. The act of conveying a freehold estate; a grant of land in fee simple. — Also termed feoffment with livery of seisin. 2. The land so granted. 3. The charter that transfers the land. — Also written enfeoffment. — Also termed deed of feoffment. [Cases: Deeds 21. C.J.S. Deeds §§ […]
insimul computassent (in-sim-[schwa]l orin-si-m[schwa]l kahm-pyoo-tas-[ schwa]nt). [Law Latin “they accounted together”] Hist. A count in an assumpsit action asserting that the parties had reviewed their accounts and that the defendant voluntarily agreed to pay the amount sought by the plaintiff. • This term derives from the initial words of the count.
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petition of right. 1. (cap.) One of the four great charters of English liberty (3 Car. (1628)), establishing that “no man be compelled to make or yield any gift, loan, benevolence, tax, or such like charge, without common consent by act of parliament.” • The other three great charters are Magna Carta, the Habeas Corpus
acceptance doctrine. Construction law. The principle that, once an owner accepts the work of a contractor, the contractor is not liable to third parties for an injury arising from the contractor’s negligence in performing under the contract, unless the injury results from a hidden, imminently dangerous defect that the contractor knows about and the owner
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A charge imposed on a commercial vessel for entering, remaining in, or leaving a port, usu. assessed on the basis of the ship’s weight. • U.S. Const. art. I, § 10, cl. 3 prohibits the states from levying tonnage duties. — Also termed tonnage tax; tonnage. [Cases: Commerce 78; Shipping 7. C.J.S. Commerce § 120;
hold-harmless agreement. A contract in which one party agrees to indemnify the other. — Also termed save-harmless agreement. See INDEMNITY. [Cases: Indemnity 25–33.]
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associate, n. 1. A colleague or companion. 2. A junior member of an organization or profession; esp., a lawyer in a law firm, usu. with fewer than a certain number of years in practice, who may, upon achieving the requisite se-niority, receive an offer to become a partner or shareholder. — Also termed associate attorney.
An enterprise undertaken by a governmental body, such as a parks department that creates a public park. — Also termed government enterprise.
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International Criminal Police Organization. An international law-enforcement group founded in 1923 and headquartered in Lyons, France. • The organization gathers and shares information on transnational criminals for more than 180 member nations. — Also termed Interpol. “Interpol is something of a legal curiosity: it engages in intergovernmental activities and yet is not based on any
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discontinuance (dis-k[schwa]n-tin-yoo-[schwa]nts), n. 1. The termination of a lawsuit by the plaintiff; a voluntary dismissal or nonsuit. See DISMISSAL; NONSUIT(1); judgment of discontinuance under JUDGMENT. [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 1691; Pretrial Procedure 501. C.J.S. Dismissal and Nonsuit §§ 2–7, 9–10, 12, 14–16, 24.] 2. The termination of an estate-tail by a tenant in tail who