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Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made. 2. In general a suspender is required to give caution to pay the debt in the event it shall be found due. Where the suspender cannot, from his low or suspected circumstances, procure unquestionable security, the lords admit juratory caution; but the reasons of suspension are in that case, to be considered with particular … [Read more...] about SUSPENDER

When a rent, profit a prendre, and the like, are, in consequence of the unity of possession of the rent, of the land out of which they issue, not in esse for a time, they are said to be in suspense, tunc dormiunt, but they may be revived or awakened. … [Read more...] about SUSPENSE

Observing the actions of a person either with their knowledge (overt) or without their knowledge (covert.) To tail is a slang term to denote surveillance of a person who is moving. In some instances, surveillance may rise to a breach of right to privacy law. … [Read more...] about SURVEILLANCE

The act by which the quantity of a piece of land is ascertained; the paper containing a statement of the courses, distances, and quantity of land, is also called a survey. 2. A survey made by authority of law and duly returned into the land office, is a matter of record, and of equal dignity with the patent. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition The process by which a … [Read more...] about SURVEY

One who makes surveys of land; one who has the overseeing or care of another person's land or works. Surveyor of highways. In English law. A person elected by the inhabitants of a parish, in vestry assembled, to survey the ' highways therein. He must possess certain qualifications in point of property; and, when elected, he is. compellable, unless he can show some grounds of … [Read more...] about SURVEYOR