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To possess corporally, to be vested with possession. "No one, at common law, was said to have or to be in possession of land, unless it were conveyed to him by the livery of seisin, which gave him the corporal investiture and bodily occupation thereof." BL Law Tracts, 113. Have and hold. A common phrase in conveyancing, derived from the habendum et tenendum of the old common … [Read more...]
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Chief; leading; principal; the upper part or principal source of a stream. Head money. A sum of money reckoned at a fixed amount for each head (person) in a designated class. Particularly (1) a capitation or poll tax. (2) A bounty offered by the laws of the United States for each person on board an enemy's ship or vessel, at the commencement of a naval engagement, which shall … [Read more...]
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A place calculated for the reception of ships, and so situated, in regard to the surrounding land, that the vessel may ride at anchor in it in safety. … [Read more...]
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English law. Formerly he was a chief officer of a borough, but now he is an officer subordinate to constable. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A small parcel of land so called In Kent; houses. Co. Litt. 5. … [Read more...]