According to Blackstone, oak, ash, elm, and such other trees as are commonly used for building, are considered timber. 2 Comm. 28. But it has been contended, arguendo, that to make it timber, the trees must be felled and severed from the stock. … [Read more...]

L. Fr. A place where justice was administered. Kelhani. … [Read more...]

A service by which tenants were bound to carry timber felled from the woods to the lord's house. Cowell … [Read more...]

Sax. In old forest law. A petty oflicer of the forest who had the care of vert and venison by night and performed other servile duties. … [Read more...]

(A) contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration. It is divided into years, months. days, hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divided into day and night. 2. Time is frequently of the essence of contracts and crimes, and sometimes it is altogether immaterial. 3. Lapse of time alone is often presumptive evidence of facts which are otherwise unknown; an uninterrupted … [Read more...]