The person on whom the king bestows his right to any forfeiture that has fallen to the crown. … [Read more...]

In French law. Damages. … [Read more...]

Distinguished from "made." "A 'deed made' may no doubt mean an 'instrument made;' but a 'deed done' is not an 'instrument done,'it is an 'act done;' and therefore these words, 'made and done,' apply to acts, as well as deeds." Lord Brougham, 4 Bell, App. Oas. 38. … [Read more...]

A writ that lay for one against his neighbor, by the anticipated fall of whose house he feared a damage and injury to his own. Reg. Orig. 153. … [Read more...]

The person who receives a gift, he to whom a gift is made, or a bequest given; one who is invested with a power to select an appointee, he is sometimes called an appointer. In old English law. He to whom lands were given; the party to whom a donatio was made. In later law. He to whom lands or tenements are given in tall. Litt … [Read more...]