A freehold estate in lands or tenements secured to the wife, and to take effect on the decease of the husband, and to continue during her life at the least, unless she be herself the cause of its determination. Vance v. Vance, 21 Me 869. A competent livelihood of freehold for the wife of lands and tenements to take effect presently in possession or profit, after the decease of … [Read more...]

The religion and rites of the Jews. Du Cange. A quarter set apart for residence of Jews. A usurious rate of interest. 1 Mon. Angl. 839; 2 Mon. Angl. 10,665. Sex marcus sterlingorum ad ocquietandam terram praedictum de Judaismo, in quo fuit impignorata. Du Cange. An income anciently accruing to the king from the Jews. Blount … [Read more...]

In old English law. Land where rushes grow. Co. Litt. 5a, … [Read more...]

Lat. Zn Roman law. A private person appointed by the prastor, with the consent of the parties, to try and decide a cause or action commenced before him. He received from the praetor a written formula Instructing him as to.the legal principles accordlng to which the action was to be judged. Calvin. Hence the proceedings before him were said to be in judicio, as those before the … [Read more...]

Law created in American in 1920 which enabled sailors, or their families through their estate, to sue an employer for death or injury that occurred on the sea that resulted from the negligence of the employer or the employer's employees. … [Read more...]