Royal purveyors. 26 Edw. III. c 5. … [Read more...]

In old English law, this term, when used with reference to a particular city, designated any person who was not an inhabitant of that city. According to later usage, it denotes a person who is not a citizen or subject of the state or country of which mention is made, or any one owing allegiance to a foreign state or sovereign. For the distinctions, in Spanish law, between … [Read more...]

In English law. Rent payable in advance; or, more properly, a species of premium or bonus paid by the tenant on the making of the lease, and particularly on the renewal of leases by ecclesiastical corporations. … [Read more...]

Aliens; persons born in another country than the United States, who have not been naturalized. … [Read more...]

Belonging to another nation or country; belonging or attached to another jurisdiction; made, done, or rendered in another state or jurisdiction; subject to another jurisdiction; operating or solvable in another territory; extrinsic; outside; extraordinary. Foreign answer. In old English practice. An answer which was not triable in the county where it was made. (St 15 Hen. VI. c … [Read more...]