In England, a shop deeper; a small shop keeper. In the United States, a mechanic or artificer of any kind, whose livelihood depends un on the labor of his hands. Richie v. M& Cauley, 4 Pa. 472. "Primarily the words trader' and 'tradesman' mean one who trades, and they have been treated by the courts in many instances as synonymous. But, in their general application and … [Read more...]

pleadings. This is a technical word, which is essential in an indictment for treason in order to charge the crime, and which cannot be supplied by any other word, or any kind of circumlocution. Having been well laid in the statement of the treason itself, it is not necessary to state every overt act to have been traitorously committed. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. Delivery; transfer of possession; a derivative mode of acquiring, by which the owner of a corporeal thing, having the right and the will of aliening it, transfers it for a lawful consideration to the. receiver. Heinecc. telem. lib. 2, tit. 1, … [Read more...]

Latin: In the civil law. Sent across the sea. … [Read more...]

Span. In Spanish law. Delivery. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 2, c. 9. … [Read more...]