Lat. We make known. A term formerly applied to letters patent, derived from the emphatic word at the conclusion of the Latin forms. It was a species of exemplification of charters of feoffment or other instruments not of record. 5 Coke, 54a. … [Read more...]

An authority given to some official person to Institute an inquiry, concerning the crown's interests. … [Read more...]

In Louisiana. Slander, or libelous words. Civil Code La art 3501. … [Read more...]

In insurance law. The condition of being innavigable, (q. v.) The foreign writers distinguish "innavigabillty" from "shipwreck." 3 Kent, Comm. 323, and note, The term is also applied to the condition of streams which are not large enough or deep enough, or are otherwise unsuited, for navigation. … [Read more...]

Any wrong or damage done to another, either in his person, rights, reputation, or property. Parker v. Griswold, 17 Conn. 298, 42 Am. Dec. 739; Woodruff v. Mining Co., 18 Fed. 781; Hitch v. Edgecombe County, 132 N. a 573, 44 S. E. 30; Macauley v. Tierney, 19 R. I. 255, 83 Atl 1 37 L. R. A. 455, 61 Am. St Rep. 770 In the civil law. A delict committed in contempt or outrage of any … [Read more...]