This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and other buildings. 2. By the common law material men have a lien on a foreign ship for supplies of materials furnished for such ship, which may be recovered in the admiralty. 9 Wheat. 409. But they have no lien for furnishing materials for repairs of domestic ships. … [Read more...]

In old records. A decayed house; a wall; the ruins of a building; a certain quantity of land, about four oxgangs. … [Read more...]

The misrepresentation or fraudulent concealment of an important fact that, if the purchaser had known the truth about that fact, the purchaser may not have completed the transaction. … [Read more...]

A certificate that legally certifies the existence of a marriage, usually signed shortly after the ceremony, filed with the state and of which a certified copy is sent several weeks later to the spouses. … [Read more...]

Lat. A messuage. … [Read more...]