The same as allodial. … [Read more...] about ODHALL RIGHT
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OCCUPY
To live within, to reside in a place. To fill a space. To hold in possession; to hold or keep for use. … [Read more...] about OCCUPY
ODIO ET ATIA
A writ anciently called "oreve de oono et malo," addressed to the sheriff to inquire whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on just cause of suspicion, or only upon malice and 111 will; and if, upon the inquisition, it were found that he was not guilty, then there issued another writ to the sheriff to bail him. Reg. Orig. 133. Odiosa et … [Read more...] about ODIO ET ATIA
OCCUPYING CLAIMANT ACTS
Statutes providing for the reimbursement of a bona fide occupant and claimant of land, on its recovery by the true owner, to the extent to which lasting improvements made by him have increased the value of the land, and generally giving him a lien therefor. Jones v. Great Southern Hotel Co., 86 Fed. 370, 30 C. C. A. 108. … [Read more...] about OCCUPYING CLAIMANT ACTS
OF COUNSEL
An attorney affiliated with a law firm but is not actually a member as an employee, such as a partner or associate. This is an attorney who may work on individual cases that are brought into the firm that deal with the attorney's specialty or for a semi-retired member of the firm. A phrase commonly applied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, and … [Read more...] about OF COUNSEL