A parliament so called was held at Dublin, 10th May, 8 Hen. VIII. It is mentioned in letters patent 29 Hen. VIII. Absentem accipere debenvus enm qui non est eo loci in quo petitnr. We ought to consider him absent who is not in the place where he is demanded. Dig. 50, 16, 199. Absentia ejus qui reipnblicse causa abest, neque ei neque alii damnosa esse debet. The absence of him … [Read more...] about ABSENTEES or DES ABSENTEES
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ABSQUE IMPETITIONE VASTI
Without impeachment of waste; without accountability for waste; without liability to suit for waste. A clause anciently often inserted in leases, (as the equivalent English phrase sometimes is.) signifying that the tenant or lessee shall not be liable to suit, {im petitio,) or challenged, or called to account, for committing waste. 2 Bl. Comm. 283; 4 Kent, Comm. 78; Co. Litt … [Read more...] about ABSQUE IMPETITIONE VASTI
ABUTMENTS
The ends of a bridge, or those parts of it which touch the land. Sussex County v. Strader, 18 N. J. Law, 108, 35 Am. Dec. 530. … [Read more...] about ABUTMENTS
ABSOILE or ASSOILE
To pardon or set free; used with respect to deliverance from excommunication. Cowell; Kelham. Absolnta sententia expositore non in diget. An absolute sentence or proposition (one that is plain without any scruple, or absolute without any saving) needs not an expositor. 2 Inst. 533. … [Read more...] about ABSOILE or ASSOILE
ABSQUE TALI CAUSA
This phrase is used in a traverse de injuria, by which the plaintiff affirms that without the cause in his plea alleged he did commit the said trespasses. (Latin: without such cause.) Formal words in the now obsolete replication de injuria. … [Read more...] about ABSQUE TALI CAUSA