exclusive economic zone. Int’l law. An area just beyond the territorial sea, extending up to 200 nautical miles from the baseline of the territorial sea, in which the coastal country enjoys special authority for economic purposes. — Abbr. EEZ.
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custom, n. 1. A practice that by its common adoption and long, unvarying habit has come to have the force of law. See USAGE. [Cases: Customs and Usages 1. C.J.S. Customs and Usages § 1.] — customary, adj. conventional custom. A custom that operates only indirectly through the medium of agreements, so that it is
entail, n. A fee abridged or limited to the owner’s issue or class of issue rather than descending to all the heirs. — Also termed (in Scots law) tailzie. See BARRING OF ENTAIL; FEE TAIL. [Cases: Estates in Property 12. C.J.S. Estates §§ 22–27.] — entailable, adj. “Entail is fee entailed, viz; abridged, limited, and
form of action. The common-law legal and procedural device associated with a particular writ, each of which had specific forms of process, pleading, trial, and judgment. • The 11 common-law forms of action were trespass, trespass on the case, trover, ejectment, detinue, replevin, debt, covenant, account, special assumpsit, and general assumpsit. [Cases: Action 29; Federal
diplomatics. The science of deciphering and authenticating ancient writings. • The principles were largely developed by the Benedictine Dom Mabillon in his 1681 work entitled De re diplomatica. — Also termed diplomatic (n.). “Diplomatics, the science derived from the study of ancient diplomas, so called from being written on two leaves, or on double tablets.
replication (rep-l[schwa]-kay-sh[schwa]n). A plaintiff’s or complainant’s reply to a defendant’s plea or answer; REPLY(2). [Cases: Pleading 162. C.J.S. Pleading §§ 209, 219.] anticipatory replication. Equity pleading. In an original bill, the denial of defensive matters that the defendant might assert. • A defendant who relies on the anticipated defense must traverse the anticipatory matter in
An English court made up of two or more judges from the High Court of Justice sitting in special cases that cannot be disposed of by one judge. • Each division of the High Court has a divisional court, e.g., the Divisional Court of the Family Division. With the exception of the Divisional Court of
factor, n. 1. An agent or cause that contributes to a particular result ( punishment was a factor in the court’s decision). 2. An agent who is employed to sell property for the principal and who possesses or controls the property; a person who receives and sells goods for a commission (a factor was employed
right of entry. 1. The right of taking or resuming possession of land or other real property in a peaceable manner. 2. POWER OF TERMINATION. 3. The right to go into another’s real property for a special purpose without committing trespass. • An example is a landlord’s right to enter a tenant’s property to make
The government of a particular locality, such as a city or county; a governing body at a lower level than the state government. • The term includes a school district, fire district, transportation authority, and any other special-purpose district or authority. — Also termed municipal government. [Cases: Municipal Corporations 6. C.J.S. Municipal Corporations § 12.]