TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In old English law.. The taking of provisions from any person in fairs or markets before the royal purveyors were served with necessaries for the sovereign. Cowell. Also the seizing and rescuing of stolen or strayed cattle from the hands of a thief, or of those having illegal possession of them; also the reward fixed for such rescue. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Sax. Before. Fr. Out Kelham. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
evidence, remedies. A judgment rendered in a foreign state. 2. In Louisiana it has been decided that a judgment rendered by a Spanish tribunal, under the former government of the country, is not a foreign judgment. 3. The subject will be considered with regard, 1st. To the manner of proving such judgment; and 2d. Its efficacy. 4. 1. Foreign judgments are authenticated in … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
To shut out; to bar. Used of the process of destroying an equity of redemption existing in a mortgagor. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A jurisdiction beyong the borders of the current place, e.g. another county, another state or another country. … [Read more...]