TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(1) Financial term. Another word for a check or any written order for a payment of money. The person writing the draft is the drawer, the bank or holder of the money is the drawee, and the person named to receive the money is the payee. Also referred to as a bill of exchange. (2) This may refer to a penultimate version of a document that may be corrected or revised. (3) A … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Thieves; robbers. Cowell. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Any one who draws or frames a legal document, e.g., a will, conveyance, pleading, etc. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A charge for the transportation of property in wheeled vehicles, such as drays, wagons, and carts. Soule v. San Francisco Gaslight Co., 54 Cal. 242. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The provision which the law makes for a widow out of the lands or tenements of her husband, for her support and the nurture of her children. Co. Litt. 30a;"2 Bl. Comm. 130; 4 Kent, Comm. 35: 1 Washb. Real Prop. 146 ; Chapin v. Hill, 1 R. I. 452; Hill v. Mitchell, 5 Ark. 610; Smith v. Hines, 10 Fla. 258; Hoy v. Varner, 100 Va. 600, 42 S. E. 690." Dower is an estate for the life … [Read more...]