court a quo. See COURT. COURT BARON court baron. Hist. A manorial court with jurisdiction over amounts in controversy of 40 shillings or less. • Ac-cording to some authorities, the court baron developed into two courts: the customary court baron for disputes involving copyholders, and the court baron proper (also known as the freeholders’ court […]
condemn, vb. 1. To judicially pronounce (someone) guilty. 2. To determine and declare (property) to be assigned to public use. See EMINENT DOMAIN. 3. To adjudge (a building) as being unfit for habitation. 4. To adjudge (food or drink) as being unfit for human consumption. 5. Maritime law. To declare (a vessel) to be forfeited
gloss, n. 1. A note inserted between the lines or in the margin of a text to explain a difficult or obscure word in the text (this edition of Shakespeare’s works is bolstered by its many glosses on Elizabethan English). 2. A collection of explanations; a glossary (the hornbook’s copious gloss). 3. (usu. pl.) A
in foro contentioso (in for-oh k[schwa]n-ten-shee-oh-soh), adv. [Latin] Hist. In the forum of contention or litigation; in a contested action. — Also termed in foro contradictorio. “A decree is said to be granted in foro contentioso where the action in which it is pronounced has been litigated, and parties fully heard on the merits of
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norm. 1. A model or standard accepted (voluntarily or involuntarily) by society or other large group, against which society judges someone or something. • An example of a norm is the standard for right or wrong behavior. 2. An actual or set standard determined by the typical or most frequent behavior of a group. basic