In the civil law. A grandfather Inst. 3, 6, 1. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Grandfather. This term is used in making genealogical tables. … [Read more...]
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TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
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In the civil law. A grandfather Inst. 3, 6, 1. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Grandfather. This term is used in making genealogical tables. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A term used in old statutes, signifying a lying in wait, or waylaying. … [Read more...]
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v. To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166). n. The decision or determination rendered by arbitrators or commissioners, or other private or extrajudicial deciders, upon a controversy submitted to them; also the writing or document embodying such decision. Law Dictionary - … [Read more...]
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A crop sown before the expiration of a tenancy, which cannot ripen until after its expiration, to which, however, the tenant is entitled. Broom, Max. 412. … [Read more...]
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In old English statutes. A measure of wine, or vessel containing forty gallons. … [Read more...]