intern. law. The right of staple as exercised by a people upon foreign merchants, is defined to be, that they may not allow them to set their merchandises and wares to sale but in a certain place. 2. This practice is not in use in the United States. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition In English law. A mart or market. A place where the buying and selling of wool, … [Read more...]

A narrative of the facts upon which the plaintiff relies substituted for a more formal declaration in suits in the inferior courts. The phrase is used in New Jersey. … [Read more...]

Eng. law. A court which formerly had great jurisdiction and power, but which was abolished by stat. 16, C. I., c. 10, on account of its usurpations and great unpopularity. It consisted of several of the lords spiritual and temporal, being privy counselors, together with two judges of the courts of common law, without the intervention of a jury. Their legal jurisdiction extended … [Read more...]

Police officers hired by the state to enforce state laws within the boundaries of the state. … [Read more...]

In maritime law. The right-hand side of a vessel when the observer faces forward. "Starboard tack," the course of vessel when she has the wind on her starboard bow. Burrows v. Gower (D. C.) 119 Fed. 617. … [Read more...]