RESPONSALIS AD LUCRANDUM VEL PETENDUM

He who appears and answers for another In court at a day assigned; a proctor, attorney, or deputy. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 169. … [Read more...] about RESPONSALIS AD LUCRANDUM VEL PETENDUM

old Eng. law., One who appeared for another in court. Fleta, lib. 6, c., 21. In the ecclesiastical law, this name is sometimes given to a proctor. … [Read more...] about RESPONSALIS

civil law. Opinions given by Roman lawyers. Before the time of Augustus, every lawyer was authorized de jure, to answer questions put to him, and all such answers, response prudentum had equal authority, which had not the force of law, but the opinion of a lawyer. Augustus was the first prince who gave to certain distinguished jurisconsults the particular privilege of answering … [Read more...] about RESPONSA PRUDENTUM

Latin: In pleading. The prayer of a plea where the defendant insists that he ought not to answer, as when he claims a privilege; for example, as being a member of congress or a foreign ambassador. 1 Chit. PI. 433. … [Read more...] about RESPONDERE NON DEBET

The hypothecation of the cargo or goods on board a ship as security for the repayment of a loan, the tenn "bottomry" being confined to hypothecations of the ship herself; but now the term "respondentia" ia seldom used, and the express slon "bottomry" is generally employed, whether the vessel or her cargo or both be the security. Maude & P. Shipp. 433; Smith, Merc. Law, 416. … [Read more...] about RESPONDENTIA