mar. law. A person specially employed by the owner of a cargo to take charge of the merchandise which has been shipped, to sell it to the best advantage, and to purchase returning cargoes and to receive freight, as he may be authorized. 2. Supercargoes have complete control over the cargo, and everything which immediately concerns it, unless their authority is either expressly … [Read more...]

Also known as blue laws or Sunday closing law where certain businesses are prohibited from operation on Sundays or Sunday mornings (such as the sale of beer on Sunday mornings before noon in some locales.) … [Read more...]

In medical Jurisprudence. The formation of a fetus as the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation, but before the birth of the offspring produced by it Webster. … [Read more...]

A specific clause which is currently in effect but which will cease to be in effect as of a certain date unless the law is renewed by the legislature so as to keep it in effect. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. He who has built upon the soil of another, which he has hired for a number of years or forever, yielding a yearly rent Dig. 43, 18, 1. In other words, a tenant on ground-rent … [Read more...]