RELIEVE

In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigniory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term la not common in English writers. Sweet … [Read more...] about RELIEVE

(A) Engl. law. A relief was an incident to every feudal tenure, by way of fine or composition with the lord for taking up the estate which was lapsed or fallen in by the death of the last tenant. At one time the amount was arbitrary; but afterwards the relief of a knight's fee became fixed at one hundred shillings. 2 Bl. Com. 65. (B) practice. That assistance which a court of … [Read more...] about RELIEF

An increase of the land by the sudden retreat of the sea or a river. 2. Relicted lands arising from the sea and in navigable rivers, generally belong to the state and all relicted lands of unnavigable rivers generally belong to the proprietor of the estate to which such rivers act as boundaries. Schultes on Aqu. Rights, 138; Ang. on Tide Wat. 75. But this reliction must be from … [Read more...] about RELICTION

L. Latin: Where a judgment was confessed by cognovit actionem after plea pleaded, and the plea waa withdrawn, it was called a "confession" or "cognovit actionem relictu verificetione." Wharton. … [Read more...] about RELICTA VERIFICATIONE

A widow; as A B, relict of C D. This term is applied to the survivor of a pair of married people, whether the survivor is the husband or the wife; it means the relict of the united pair, (or of the marriage union,) not the relict of the deceased individual. Spitler v. Heeter, 42 Ohio St 101. … [Read more...] about RELICT