A phrase sometimes used in conveyancing, to introduce the boundaries of lands. See Butts and bounds. … [Read more...]

Incidentally; without new process. A term used in former English practice to denote the method of filing a declaration against a defendant who was already in the custody of the court at the suit of a different plaintiff or of the same plaintiff in another cause. … [Read more...]

The gain or loss as a result of running a business, may also be referred to as net gain or net loss, see both terms for further clarification. … [Read more...]

In old English law. Short pieces of land left unplowed at the ends of fields, where the plow was turned about, (otherwise called "headlands,") as sidelings were similar unplowed pieces on the sides. Also a place where bowmen meet to shoot at a mark. … [Read more...]

Eng. law. A declaration may be filed without a new process or writ, when the defendant is in court in another case, by the plaintiff in that case having filed common bail for him; the declaration thus filed is called a declaration by the bye. … [Read more...]