TERRITORIAL, TERRITORIALITY

These terms are used to signify connection with, or limitation with reference to, a particular country or territory. Thus, "territorial law" is the correct expression for the law of a particular country or state, aitnough "municipal law" is more common. "Territorial waters" are that part of the sea adjacent to the coast of a given country which is by international law deemed to … [Read more...] about TERRITORIAL, TERRITORIALITY

All bodies of water that are contained within a specific boundary, such as a state or a country, in addition to an additional buffer zone bordering the ends of the coast … [Read more...] about TERRITORIAL WATERS

The courts established in the territories of the United States. Vide Courts of the United States. … [Read more...] about TERRITORIAL COURTS

A writ that lay for a man convicted by attaint to bring the record and process before the king, and take a fine for his imprisonment and then to deliver to him his lands and tenements again, and release him of the strip and waste. Reg. Orig. 232. Also it was a writ for the delivery of lands to the heir, after homage and relief performed, or upon security taken that he should … [Read more...] about TERRIS LEBERANDIS

A judicial writ for the restoring of lands or goods to a debtor who is distrained above the amount of the debt Reg. Jud. … [Read more...] about TERRIS ET CATALLIS TENTIS ULTRA DEBITUM LEVATUM