An immediate male descendant;. the, correlative of "father." Technically a word of purchase, unless explained. Its meaning may be extended by construction to include more remote descendants, such as a grandchild, and also to include an illegitimate male child, though the presumption is against this. See Flora v. Anderson … [Read more...]

pleading. His own first assault. A form of a plea to justify an assault and battery, by which the defendant asserts that the plaintiff committed an assault upon him, and the defendant merely defended himself. 2. When the plea is supported by evidence, it is a sufficient justification, unless the retaliation by the defendant were excessive, and bore no proportion to the … [Read more...]

A highly punitive award which requires one party to pay all the legal costs associated with a litigation. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. Loosed; freed from confinement; set at liberty. Dig. 50, 16, 48. In Seoteb practice. Purged. A term used in old depositions. … [Read more...]

A highly punitive award which requires one party to pay the legal costs of the other party. … [Read more...]