Latin: Ia the civil law. Tor seise or take possession of; to enter upon a vacant possession; to take possession before another. Calvin. … [Read more...]

In pleading. The name of a plea, in an action of debt, by which the defendant says that he ought not to be charged. … [Read more...]

Latin: By aid and counsel. A civil law term applied to accessaries, similar in import to the "aiding and abetting" ,of ,the common law. Often written "ope et consilio." Burrill. … [Read more...]

Latin: A lading; a cargo. … [Read more...]

v. To render accessible, visible, or available; to submit or subject to examination, inquiry, or review, by the removal of restrictions or impediments. Open a case. In practice. To open a case is to begin it; to make an initiatory explanation of its features to the court, jury, referee, etc., by outlining the nature of the transaction on which it is founded, the questions … [Read more...]