A road or way over which cattle are driven. … [Read more...]

In English practice. When the members of a court are equally divided on the argument showing cause against a rule nisi no order Is made i.e. the rule is neither discharged nor made absolute and the rule is said to drop. In practice there being a right to appeal It has been usual to make an order in one way the junior judge withdrawing his judgment. … [Read more...]

Twelve peers assembled at the instance of the barons, in the reign of Henry III., to be privy counselors, or rather conservators of the kingdom. … [Read more...]

To withdraw funds from, e.g. to draw money from a bank account, to withdraw profits from a partnership or LLC. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition n. 1. A movable section of a bridge, which may be raised up or turned to one side, so as to admit the passage of vessels. 2. A depression in the surface of the earth, in the nature of a shallow ravine or gulch, sometimes … [Read more...]

An abbreviation for "doctor;" also, in commercial usage, for "debtor," indicating the items or particulars in a bill or in an account-book chargeable against the person to whom the bill is rendered or in whose name the account stands, as opposed to "Cr." ("credit" or "creditor"), which indicates the items for which he is given credit Jaqua v. Shewalter, 10 Ind. App. 234, 37 N. … [Read more...]