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A name which applies generally to a number of things; as, land, which is a general name by which everything attached to the freehold will pass. … [Read more...] about NOMEN GENERALISSIMUM

S. In the name of a penalty. In the civil law, a legacy was said to be left nomine poena where it was left for the purpose of coercing the heir to do or not to do something. Inst 2, 20, 36. The term has also been applied, in English law, to some kinds of covenants, such as a covenant inserted in a lease that the lessee shall forfeit a certain sum on non-payment of rent, or on … [Read more...] about NOMINE PCENAE

In Roman law. Obligations contracted by Uteres (i.e. Uteris obligationes) were so called because they arose from a peculiar transfer (tronscriptio) from the creditor's day-book (adversaria) Into his ledger, (codex.) … [Read more...] about NOMINA TRANSCRIPTITIA

contracts. The name of a penalty incurred by the lessee to the lessor, for the non-payment of rent at the day appointed by the lease or agreement for its payment. 2 Lill. Ab. 221. It is usually a gross sum of money, though it may be any thing else, appointed to be paid by the tenant to the reversioner, if the duties are in arrear, in addition to the duties themselves. 2. To … [Read more...] about NOMINE POENAE

In English law. An account of the names of all the villages and the possessors thereof, in each county, drawn up by several sheriffs, (9 Edw. II.) and returned by them into the exchequer, where it is still preserved. Wharton. … [Read more...] about NOMINA VILLARUM