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An inspector of the government of corporations or bodies politic. 1 Bl. Comm. 482. Visitor is an inspector of the government of a corporation etc. The ordinary is visitor of spiritual corporations. But corporations instituted for private charity if they are lay are visitable by the founder or whom he shall appoint; and from the sentence of such visitor there lies no appeal. By … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
(Latin) By virtue whereof. This was the clause In a pleading justifying an entry upon land, by which the party alleged that it was In virtue of an order from one entitled that he entered. Wharton. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
The regarder's office in the forest. Manw. 1. 195. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin: By virtue of his office. A sheriff, a constable, and some other officers may, virtute officii, apprehend a man who has been guilty of a crime in their presence. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
Latin: In old English practice. View; inspection, either of a place or person. … [Read more...]