Authority, credit, ascendance. 2. Influence is proper or improper. Proper influence is that which one person gains over another by acts of kindness and, attention, and by correct conduct. 3 Serg. & Rawle, 269. Improper influence is that dominion acquired by any person over a mind of sanity for general purposes, and of sufficient soundness and discretion to regulate his … [Read more...]

This term may denote any court subordinate to the chief appellate tribunal in the particular judicial system; but it is commonly used as the designation of a court of special, limited, or statutory jurisdiction, whose record must show the existence and attaching of jurisdiction in any given case, in order to give presumptive validity to its judgment See Ex parte Cuddy, 131 U. … [Read more...]

Lacking formality, casual, not drafted or executed in a manner that complies with accepted legal form. Deficient in legal form; inartificially drawn up. … [Read more...]

By this term are understood all courts except the supreme courts. An inferior court is a court of limited jurisdiction, and it must appear on the face of its proceedings tliat it has jurisdiction, or its proceedings. will be void. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 2529. … [Read more...]

The placing in possession of a freehold estate; also the granting of tithes to laymen. … [Read more...]