A business or an investment which loses money and remains unprofitable. … [Read more...]

A city immediately adjoining London, and forming a part of the metropolis; formerly the seat of the superior courts of the kingdom. … [Read more...]

A document containing a statement of religious doctrine, concocted at a conference of British and continental Protestant divines at Westminster, in the year 1443, which subsequently became the basis of the Scotch Presbyterian Church. Wharton. … [Read more...]

The statute 3 Edw. I.,, A. D. 1275. This statute which deserves the name of a code rather than an act, is divided into fifty-one .chapters. Without extending the exemption of churchmen from civil jurisdiction, it potects the property of the church from the violence and spoliation of the king and the nobles, provides for freedom of popular elections, because sheriffs, coroners, … [Read more...]

A hole dug in the earth in order to obtain water. 2. The owner of the estate has a right to dig in his own ground, at such a distance as is permitted by law, from his neighbor's land; he is not restricted as to the size or depth, and is not liable to any action for rendering the well of his neighbor useless by so doing. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition (adjective) … [Read more...]