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The title of a treatise written in the reign of Edward III. containing the writs which were then most in use, annexing to each a short comment concerning their nature and the application of them, with their various properties and effects. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 152. It is so called by way of distinction from the New Natura Brevium of Fitzherbert, and is generally cited as "O. N. … [Read more...] about OLD NATURA. BREVIUM

A testament by which a testator leaves his property to his family. Sandars, Just. Inst. 207. See INOFFICIOUS TESTAMENT. Officit conatus si effectus sequatur. The attempt becomes of consequence, if the effect follows. Jenk. Cent. 55. Officium nemini debet esse damnosnm. Office ought not to be an occasion of loss to any one. A maxim in Scotch law. Bell. … [Read more...] about OFFICIOUS WILL

The ancient calendar or method of recoking time, whereby the year commenced on March 25th. It was superseded by the new style that is now in use in most countries of Europe in 1582 and in England in 1752. … [Read more...] about OLD STYLE

The state in which a computer is not connected to a network or the Internet. May also include paper documents or other physical things that are not stored or accessible on the Internet. … [Read more...] about OFFLINE

A treatise, so called to distinguish it from Littleton's book on the same subject, which gives an account of the various tenures by which land was holden, the nature of estates, and some other incidents to landed property in the reign of Edward III. It is a very scanty tract, but nas the merit of having led the way to Littleton's famous work. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 151. … [Read more...] about OLD TENURES