In Scotch law. A form of process by which a creditor formerly took possession of the estates of the debtor in payment of the debt due. It is now superseded by adjudications. … [Read more...]

In common parlance and legal acceptation, is used to signify something belonging to another thing as principal, and which passes as incident to the principal thing. … [Read more...]

In French law, an addition or annotation made In the margin of a writing. Merl. Repert … [Read more...]

When a judge has a conversation with the attorneys on a matter which the jury and others should not hear, the judge asks the attorneys to approach the bench to gather near the judge so that they may speak out of earshot of the jury. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In international law. The right of a ship of war, upon the high sea, to visit another vessel for the … [Read more...]

Belonging to; accessory or incident to; adjunct, appended, or annexed to; answering to accessorium in the civil law. 2 Steph. Comm. 30 note. A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a way, or water course, or of a passage for light, air, or heat from or across the land of another. Civil … [Read more...]