To design, resolve, purpose. To apply a rule of law in the nature of presumption; to discern and follow the probabilities of like cases. … [Read more...]

In old English law. A kind of thieves inhabiting Redesdale, on the extreme northern border of England; so called because they took in or received such booties of cattle and other things as their accomplices, who were called "outparters," brought in to them from the borders of Scotland. Spelman; Cowell … [Read more...]

One who has the charge, management, or direction of some office, department, or public business. Used in the constitutional and statutory law of some European governments to designate a principal officer of state corresponding to the cabinet ministers or secretaries Of the various departments of the United States government, as, "intendant of marine," "intendant of finance." … [Read more...]

Temporary inclosures made by customary tenants of a manor under a special custom authorizing them to inclose part of the waste until one or more crops have been raised on it Elton, Common, 277. … [Read more...]

This phrase is frequently used in conveyances, when reciting some other conveyance which has not yet been recorded, but which forms a link in the chain of title. In Pennsylvania, it has been construed to be a covenant, on the part of the grantor, to procure the deed to be recorded in a reasonable time. Penn v. Preston, 2 Rawle (Pa.) 14. … [Read more...]