One who ejects, puts out, or dispossesses another. Casual ejector. The nominal defendant in an action of ejectment; so called because, by a fiction of law peculiar to that action, he is supposed to come casually or by accident upon the premises and to eject the lawful possessor. 3 ll. Comm. 203. … [Read more...]

The act of choosing or selecting one or more from a greater number of persons, things, courses, or rights. The choice of an alternative. State v. Tucker, 54 Ala. 210. The Internal, free, and spontaneous separation of one thing from another, without compulsion, consisting in Intention and will. Dyer, 281. The selection of one man from among several candidates to discharge … [Read more...]

That which is thrown up by the sea. Also jetsam, wreck, etc. … [Read more...]

It is an admitted principle, that a person shall not be permitted to claim under any instrument, whether it be a deed or a will, without giving full effect to it in every respect, so far as such person is concerned. When a testator, therefore, gives what belongs to another and not to him, and gives to the owner some estate of his own; this gift is under an implied condition, … [Read more...]

In English law. The oldest; the first-born. Spelman. … [Read more...]