A person within the law's protection ; contrary to utlagh, an outlaw. Cowell … [Read more...]

On who keeps an inn or house for the lodging and entertainment of travelers. The keeper of a common Inn for the lodging and entertainment of travelers and passengers, their horses and attendants, for a reasonable compensation. Story, Bailm. I 475. One who keeps a tavern or coffeehouse in which lodging is provided. 2 Steph. Comm. 133. See INN. One who receives as guests all who … [Read more...]

Within a country, state, or territory; within the same country. In old English law, inland was used for the demesne (q. v.) of a manor; that part which lay next or most convenient for the lord's mansion-house, as within the view thereof, and which, therefore, he kept in his own hands for support of his family and for hospitality; in distinction from outland or utland, which was … [Read more...]

The absence of guilt. 2. The law presumes in favor of innocence, even against another presumption of law: for example, when a woman marries a second husband within the space of twelve months after her husband had left the country, the presumption of innocence preponderates over the presumption of the continuance of life. An exception to this rule respecting the presumption of … [Read more...]

Demesne or inland, opposed to delantal, or laud tenanted. Cowell. … [Read more...]