pleading. This word, applied to an instrument in pleading, signifies an exact copy; it differs from purport. In chancery practice, by tenor is understood a certified copy of records of other courts removed into chancery by certiorari. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition A term used in pleading to denote that an exact copy is set out 1 Chit Crim. Law, 235. By the tenor … [Read more...]

An estate for years, and the time during which such estate is to be held, are each called a term; hence the term may expire before the time, as by a surrender. Co. Litt. 45. If, for example, a conveyance be made to Peter for three years, and after the expiration of the said term to Paul for six, and Peter surrenders or forfeits his term after one year, Paul's estate takes … [Read more...]

An ancient writ, lying to the city of London, or any other corporation, (where the old custom was that men might devise by will lands and tenements, as well as goods and chattels,) for the hearing and determining any controversy touching the same. Reg. Orig. 244. … [Read more...]

A writ whereby the record of an indictment, and the process thereupon, was called out of another court into the queen's bench. Reg. Orig. 69. … [Read more...]

See words of art; a term or words which are generally used or recognized to mean something specific, for example, a precise technical term such as circle of fifths in music. … [Read more...]