A written approval or authorization to begin work pursuant to a contract. … [Read more...]

In actions of assumpsit, it is usual to put in a count, commonly called a common count, for work and labor done, and materials furnished by the plaintiff for the defendant; and when the work was not done under a special contract, the plaintiff will be entitled to recover on the common count for work, labor, and materials. The name of one of the common counts in actions of … [Read more...]

Language of wills, usually to refer to the situation where property is left to a person or that persons descendants. … [Read more...]

Terms of art. Special words or terms used by people in a particular vocation or specialty. … [Read more...]

As used in law, this word generally signifles the technical terms and phrases appropriate to particular instruments, or aptly fitted to the expression of a particular Intention in legal instruments. See the subtitles following. Words of art. The vocabulary or terminology of a particular art or science, and especially those expressions which are idiomatic or peculiar to it. See … [Read more...]