Latin: Strict right or law; the rigor of the law as distinguished from equity. … [Read more...]

A current of water; a body of flowing water. The word, in its ordinary tfense, includes rivers. But Callis defines a stream "a current of waters running over the level at random, and not kept in with banks or walls." Private stream. A non-navigable creek or water-course, the bed or channel of which is exclusively owned by a private individual. … [Read more...]

(A) Employment Law: When employees are unified and organize a work stoppage in order to pressure an employer into agreeing to employee demands, e.g. protesting low pay, better health benefits, etc. (B) Legal Practice: When the court orders something to be removed or stricken, such as a party's motion or pleading or statements spoken by a witness that constituted inadmissible … [Read more...]

The process of working tin in Cornwall and Devon. The right to stream must not be exercised so as to interfere with the rights of other private Individuals; e.g. either by withdrawing or by polluting or choking up the water-courses or waters of others; and the statutes 23 Hen. VIII. c. 8, and 27 Hen. VIII. c. 23, impose a penalty for the offense. Brown. … [Read more...]

In common parlance, and in the language of the auction-room, property is understood to be "struck off" or "knocked down," when the auctioneer, by the fall of his hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement signifies to the bidder that he is entitled to the property on paylug the amount of his bid, according to the terms of the sale. Sherwood v. Reade, 7 Hill (X. Y.) … [Read more...]