presentment of Englishry. Hist. The offering of proof that a slain person was English rather than (before the Conquest) a Dane or (after the Conquest) a Norman. • This requirement was issued first by the conquering Danes and then by the Normans to protect these groups from the English by the threat of a village- […]
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Family law. A court’s ability to take jurisdiction of a child who is physically present in the state when that child has been abandoned or when necessary to protect the child from abuse. • Section 3(a)(3) of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction Act allows for emergency jurisdiction. It is usu. temporary, lasting only as long
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territorial property. Land and water over which a state has jurisdiction and control, whether the legal title is held by the state or by a private individual or entity. • Lakes and waters wholly within a state are generally its property, as is the marginal sea within the three-mile limit, but bays and gulfs are
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narrow-channel rule. The navigational requirement that a vessel traveling down a slim fairway must keep as near to the fairway wall on the vessel’s starboard side as is safe and practicable. 33 USCA § 2009(a)(i). [Cases: Collision 90. C.J.S. Collision §§ 160, 162, 165–174, 177, 180.]
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