A liquid measure, containing one-fourth part of a gallon. … [Read more...]

pleading. As much as it was worth. When goods are sold, without specifying any price, the law implies a promise from the buyer to the seller that he will pay him for them as much as they were worth. 2. The plaintiff may, in such case, suggest in this declaration that the defendant promised to pay him as much as the said goods were worth, and then aver that they were worth so … [Read more...]

In Roman law. That portion of a testator's estate which he was required by law to leave to a child whom he had adopted and afterwards emancipated or unjustly disinherited, being one-fourth of his property. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]

(A) commerce, crim. law. The space of forty days, or a less quantity of time, during which the crew of a ship or vessel coming from a port or place infected or supposed to be infected with disease, are required to remain on board after their arrival, before they can be permitted to land. 2. The object of the quarantine is to ascertain whether the crew are infected or not. 3. To … [Read more...]

In Roman law. That portion of a testator's estate which, by the Falcidlan law, was required to be left to the heir, amounting to at least one-fourth. See Mackeld. Rom. Law, … [Read more...]