A chase. Blount. … [Read more...]

Lat. He has made flight; he fled. A clause inserted in an inquisition, in old English law, meaning that a person indicted for treason or felony had fled. The effect of this is to make the party forfeit his goods absolutely, and the profits of his lands until he has been pardoned or acquitted. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. One who had the usufruct of a thing; i. e, the use of the fruits, profits, or increase, as of land or animals. Inst 2, 1, 36, 38. Bracton applies it to a lessee, fermor, or farmer of land, or one who held lands ad firmam, for a farm or term. Bract fol. 261. … [Read more...]

See commercial frustration; making one unable to derive the benefit that would be intended and expected. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. Fruit fruits; produce; profit or increase; the organic productions of a thing. The right to the fruits of a thing belonging to another. The compensation which a man receives from another for the use or enjoyment of a thing, such as interest or rent See Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]