It is a rule that the young of domestic or tame animals belong to the owner of the dam or mother … [Read more...]

This phrase when used in English conveyancing with reference to settlements of land signifies all such children as are not entitled to the rights of an eldest son. It therefore includes daughters even those who are older than the eldest son. … [Read more...]

The period in which the revolution of the earth round the sun, and the accompanying changes in the order of nature, are completed. Generally, when a statute speaks of a year, twelve calendar, and not lunar, months are intended. Cro. Jac. 166. The year is either astronomical, ecclesiastical, or regnal, beginning on the 1st of January, or 25th of March, or the day of the … [Read more...]

This period of time is particularly recognized in the law. For example, when a judgment is reversed, a party, notwithstanding the lapse of time mentioned in the statute of limitations pending that action, may commence a fresh action within a year and a day of such reversal … [Read more...]

In old records, assertion and denial, without oath. … [Read more...]