Eng. law. A duty or imposition which was collected on wool, wool-felts, and leather, was so called. This custom was called nova customa until the 22 Edw. I., when the king, without parliament, set a new imposition of 40s. a sack, and then, for the first time, the nova customa went by the name of antiqua customa. … [Read more...] about ANTIQUA CUSTOMA
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APERTURA TESTAMENTI
In the civil law. A form of proving a will, by the witnesses acknowledging before a magistrate their having sealed it. … [Read more...] about APERTURA TESTAMENTI
ANTIQUA CUSTUMA
In English law. Ancient custom. An export duty on wool, wool felts, and leather, imposed during the reign of Edw. I. It was so called by way of distinction from an increased duty on the same articles, payable by foreign merchants, which was imposed at a later period of the same reign and was called "custuma nova." 1 Bl. Comm. 314. … [Read more...] about ANTIQUA CUSTUMA
APEX
The summit or highest point of anything; the top; e. p., in mining law, "apex of a vein." See Larkin v. Upton, 144 U. S. 19, 12 Sup. Ct. 614, 36 L. Ed. 330; Stevens v. Williams, 23 Fed. Cas. 40; Dug gan v. Davey, 4 Dak. 110, 26 N. W. 887. Apex juris. The summit of the law; a legal subtlety; a nice or cunning point of law; close technicality; a rule of law carried to an extreme … [Read more...] about APEX
ANTIQUA STATUTA
In England the statutes are divided into new and ancient statutes; since the time of memory; those from the time 1 R. I. to E. III., are called antiqua statuta … [Read more...] about ANTIQUA STATUTA