In practice. The holding of a court with full form, and before all the judges; as a sitting in banc. 3 Steph. Comm. 423. The holding of a court of nisi prius by one or more of the judges of a superior court. Instead of the ordinary nisi prius judge. 3 Steph. Comm. 422. Sittings after term. Sittings in bono after term were held by authority of the St. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 32. The … [Read more...]

Unitary; detached; individual; affecting only one person; containing only one part, article, condition, or covenant. By itself, unconnected. 2. A single bill is one without any condition, and does not depend upon any future event to give it validity. As to single "Adultery," "Bill," "Bond," "Combat" "Demise," "Entry," "Escheat" and "Original," see those titles. … [Read more...]

Latin: Site; position; location; the place where a thing is, considered, for example, with reference to jurisdiction over it or the right or power to tax it. Sive tota res evincatur, sive pars, habet regressum emptor in venditorem. The purchaser who has been evicted in whole or in part has an action against the vendor. Dig. 21, 2, 1; Broom, Max. 768. … [Read more...]

contracts. A writing by which one person or more, promises to another or others, to pay him or them a sum of money at a time therein specified, without any condition. It is usually under seal; and when so, it is sometimes, if not commonly, called a bill obligatory. 2. It differs from a promissory note in this, that the latter is always payable to order; and from a bond, because … [Read more...]

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