Lat. in the civil and old European law. An aunt. … [Read more...]

The liability and responsibility of a third party, which is not the plaintiff or a defendant, such as an insurance company. … [Read more...]

One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. The term covers both compound and simple larceny. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. In this sense it is opposed, in the language of the law, to the word persons. 2. Things, by the common raw, are divided into, 1. Things real, … [Read more...]

A third party who is brought into a lawsuit as claimant by a defendant. … [Read more...]

That which has been decided by a final judgment, by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction, from which there can be no appeal, either because the appeal did not lie, or because the time fixed by law for the appealing has elapsed, or because it has been confirmed on the appeal. Vide res judicata. 2. The Roman law agrees with ours, for it requires a final judgment or sentence … [Read more...]