An organization or company that provides utility services to the general public such as gas, electric and water. Public utilities have limited monopoly rights given the impracticability of having competitive companies providing such services in a geographic area. … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. A child; one of the age from seven to fourteen, including, in this sense, a girl. But it also meant a "boy," as distinguished from a "girl;" or a servant Pneri sunt de sanguine parentnm, sed pater et mater non sunt de sanguine pnoromm. 3 Coke, 40. Children are of the blood of their parents, but the father and mother are not of the blood of the children. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. A farmer of the public revenue; one who held a lease of some property from the public treasury. Dig. 39, 4, 1, 1; Id. 39, 4, 12, 3; Id. 39, 4, 13. In English law. Persons authorized by license to keep a public house, and retail therein, for consumption on or off the premises where sold, all intoxicating liquors; also termed "licensed victuallers." Wharton. … [Read more...]

civil law. This commenced at the age of seven years, the end of the age of infancy, and lasted till the age of puberty, that is, in females till the accomplishment of twelve years, and in males, till the age of fourteen years fully accomplished. Ayl. Pand. 63. 2. The ancient Roman lawyers divided puerility into proximus infantiae, as it approached infancy, and into proximus … [Read more...]

In the civil law. The name of an action introduced by the pnetor Publiclus, the object of which was to recover a thing which had been lost Its effects were similar to those of our action of trover. Mackeld. Rom. Law, J 298. See Inst. 4, 6, 4; Dig. 6, 2, 1, 16. … [Read more...]