A sudden and rapid combustion, causing violent expansion of the air, and accompanied by a report. The word "explosion" is variously used in ordinary speech, and is not one that admits of exact definition. Every combustion of an explosive substance, whereby other property is ignited and consumed, would not be an "explosion," within the ordinary meaning of the term. It is not … [Read more...]

A contract term that is written clearly and unamgiguously. May be oral where the terms were clearly and unambiguously negotiated and agreed. … [Read more...]

In old practice. The service of a writ Townsh. Pl. 43. … [Read more...]

civil law. The crime of abstracting the goods of a succession. 2. This is said not to be a theft, because the property no longer belongs to the deceased, nor to the heir before he has taken possession. In the common law, the grant of letters testamentary, or letters of administration, relate back to the time of the death of the testator or intestate, so that the property of the … [Read more...]

In regard to trespass and other torts, this term means to eject, to put out, to drive out, and generally with an implication of the use of force. Perry v Fltzhowe, 8 Q. B. 779; Smith v. Leo, 92 Hun, 242, 36 N. Y. Supp. 949. … [Read more...]