One which is in its nature and purposes susceptible of division and apportionment having two or more parts in respect to matters and things contemplated and embraced by it not necessarily dependent on each other nor intended by the parties so to be. … [Read more...]

Latin: I give that you may do; I give [you] that you may do or make [for me.] A formula in the civil law, under which those contracts were classed in which one party gave or agreed to give money, in consideration the other party did or performed certain work. Dig. 19, 5, 5; 2 Bl. Comm. 444. In this and the foregoing phrase, the conjunction "ut" is not to be taken as the … [Read more...]

In old English law. Severally; separately. Bract, fol. 47. … [Read more...]

Lat. I give, I say, I adjudge. Three words used in the Roman law, to express the extent of the civil jurisdiction of the praetor. Do denoted that he gave or granted actions, exceptions, and judi ces; dico, that he pronounced judgment; addico, that he adjudged the controverted property, or the goods of the debtor, etc., to the plaintiff. Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]

Eng. law. A particular and ascertained part of a county. In Lincolnshire, division means what riding does in Yorkshire. … [Read more...]