Latin for a meeting of minds or the mutual assent of the parties. … [Read more...]

Murder committed for hire, without provocation or cause of resentment given to the murderer by the person upon whom the crime is committed. Ersk. Inst. 4, 4, 45. A murder committed treacherously, or by stealth or surprise, or by lying in wait. … [Read more...]

One by which the covenantor affirms that a certain fact is in a particular way, as that the grantor of land is lawfully seised; that it is clear of encumbrances, and the like. If the assertion is false, these covenants are broken the moment that the instrument is signed. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition One which affirms that a particular state of facts exists ; an … [Read more...]

An ancient custom In Wells, by which a person accused of crime could clear himself by the oaths of three hundred men. It was abolished by St. 1 Hen. V. c. 6. Cowell; Spelman. … [Read more...]

1. To ascertain, adjust, and settle the respective shares to be contributed by several persons toward an object beneficial to them all, in proportion to the benefit received. 2. To adjust or fix the proportion of a tax which each person, of several liable to it, has to pay; to apportion a tax among several; to distribute taxation in a proportion founded on the proportion of … [Read more...]