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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...] about OPE OONSILIO

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

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...] about OPEN (VERB)

When applied to wills or testaments, this term signifies that they are wholly written by the testator himself. An instrument (e.g., a will) wholly written by the person from whom it emanates. … [Read more...] about OLOGRAPH

To all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. A form of address with which charters and deeds were anciently commenced. … [Read more...] about OMNIBUS AD QUOS PRAESENTES LITERAE PERVENERINT, SALUTEM