In ecclesiastical law. The ecclesiastical or spiritual charge of a parish, including the usual and regular duties of a minister in charge. State v. Bray, 35 N. C 290. … [Read more...]

Written notice provided by a landlord to a tenant demanding that a breach of the lease agreement must be remedied or eliminated within a specific period of time or the tenant must move out of the premises. A tenant that neither cures nor quits (moves out) is subject to an eviction proceeding brought by the landlord. Typically cure or quit notices are sent with regard to … [Read more...]

See also grace period; it is a time when a party that breaches a contract can remedy the breach without penalty. The terms for the cure period are usually stated within the contract, e.g. a breach may be remedied within 24-48 hours, etc. … [Read more...]

An institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of William the Conqueror, which consisted in the ringing of a bell or bells at eight o'clock at night at which signal the people were required to extinguish all lights in their dwellings, and to put out or rake up their fires, and retire to rest, and all companies to disperse. The word is probably derived … [Read more...]

In old European law. A court. The palace, household, or retinue of a sovereign. A judicial tribunal or court held in the sovereign's palace. A oourt of justice. The civil power, as distinguished from the ecclesiastical. A manor; a nobleman's house; the hall of a manor. A piece of ground attached to a house; a yard or court-yard. Spelman. A lord's court held in his manor. The … [Read more...]