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The present instrument The phrase "these presents" is used in any legal document to designate the instrument In which the phrase itself occurs. … [Read more...] about PRESENTS

The manner of acquiring property by a long, honest, and uninterrupted possession or use during the time required by law. The possession must have been possessio longa, continua, et pacifica, nec sit ligitima interruptio, long, continued, peaceable, and without lawful interruption. 2. The law presumes a grant before the time of legal memory when the party claiming by … [Read more...] about PRESCRIPTION

keeping safe from harm; avoiding injury. This term always presupposes a real or existing danger. 2. A jettison, which is always for the preservation of the remainder of the cargo, must therefore be made only when there is a real danger existing. See Average; Jettison. … [Read more...] about PRESERVATION

The existence of a person In a particular place at a given time, particularly with reference to some act done there and then. Besides actual presence, the law recognizes constructive presence, which latter, may be predicated of a person who, though not on the very spot, was near enough to be accounted present by the law, or who was actively cooperating with another who; was … [Read more...] about PRESENCE

To preside over a court la to "hold" it-to direct control, and govern it as the chief officer. A judge may "preside" whether sitting as a sole judge or as one of several judges. Smith v. People, 47 N. Y. 384. … [Read more...] about PRESIDE