reservation. 1. The creation of a new right or interest (such as an easement), by and for the grantor, in real property being granted to another. Cf. EXCEPTION(3). [Cases: Deeds 141; Easements 14. C.J.S. Deeds §§ 279–282, 284; Easements § 60.] implied reservation. An implied easement that reserves in a landowner an easement across a […]
law-enforcement officer. A person whose duty is to enforce the laws and preserve the peace. See PEACE OFFICER; SHERIFF. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 180(1). C.J.S. Municipal Corporations §§ 450–452, 474–476, 497, 502, 505, 508, 534.]
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bylaw [fr. Danish bye, Old Norse byr, “town”] 1. Parliamentary law. (usu. pl.) A rule or administrative provision adopted by an organization for its internal governance and its external dealings. • Although the bylaws may be an organization’s most authoritative governing document, they are subordinate to a charter or articles of incorporation or association or
sandbagging, n. 1. A trial lawyer’s remaining cagily silent when a possible error occurs at trial, with the hope of preserving an issue for appeal if the court does not correct the problem. • Such a tactic does not usu. preserve the issue for appeal because objections must be promptly made to alert the trial
blackmail, n. 1. A threatening demand made without justification; EXTORTION. Cf. FEEMAIL; GRAYMAIL; GREENMAIL(1), (2). [Cases: Extortion and Threats 25. 1. C.J.S. Threats and Unlawful Communications §§ 2–20.] — blackmail, vb. “[Blackmail is] a certain rate of Money, Corn, Cattle, or other consideration, paid to some inhabiting upon, or near the borders, being persons of
ad colligendum bona defuncti (ad kol-i-jen-d[schwa]m boh-n[schwa] di-f[ schwa]ngk-tI). [Law Latin “for collecting the goods of the deceased”] Special letters of administration authorizing a person to collect and preserve a decedent’s property.
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donor. 1. One who gives something without receiving consideration for the transfer. 2. SETTLOR(1). 3. The person who creates or reserves a power of appointment. Cf. DONEE OF POWER.
drilling-delay rental clause. Oil & gas. A provision in an oil-and-gas lease giving the lessee the right to maintain the lease from period to period during the primary term by paying delay rentals instead of starting drilling operations. • Lessees use drilling-delay rental clauses because courts have said that they obviate any implied covenant to
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mineral entry. The right of entry on public land to mine valuable mineral deposits. [Cases: Mines and Minerals 9–38. C.J.S. Mines and Minerals §§ 13, 26–93, 95–110, 112, 131.] “It is the policy of the United States, as expressed in Acts of Congress, to make public lands available to the people for the purpose of
division of powers. The allocation of power between the national government and the states. • Under the Tenth Amendment, powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states or to the people. But today the Tenth Amendment provides only a limited check on Congress’s power to regulate the states. Cf. SEPARATION OF
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