Movable goods which may be estimated and replaced according to weight, measure, and number. Things belonging to a class, which do not have to be dealt with in specie. Those things one specimen of which is as good as another, as is the case with half-crowns, or pounds of rice of the same quality. Horses, slaves, and so forth, are non-fungible things, because they differ … [Read more...]

In most of its uses in law, this term means additional, though occassionaly it may mean any, future, or other. See London & S. F. Bank v. Parrott, 125 Cal. 472, 58 Pac. 164, 73 Am. St. Rep. 64; Hltchings v. Van Brunt, 38 N. Y. 338; Fifty Associates v. Ilowland, 5 Cush. (Mass.) 218; O'Fallon v. Nicholson, 56 Mo. 238; Pennsylvania Co. v. Loughlin, 139 Pa. 612, 21 Atl. 163. … [Read more...]

Lat. A thief. One who stole secretly or without force or weapons, as opposed to robber. Fur manif estus. In the civil law. A manifest thief. A thief who is taken in the very act of stealing. … [Read more...]

This phrase is frequently used in covenants, when a covenantor has granted an estate, and it is supposed some further conveyance may be required. He then enters into a covenant for further assurance, that is, to make any other conveyance which may be lawfully required. … [Read more...]

Lat. An intention of stealing. … [Read more...]