Category: O
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Outlaw
Concept of Outlaw; Outlawry The following is an old definition of Outlaw; Outlawry [1], a term which has several meanings:1. Outlawry is putting a man out of the protection of the law, so that he is incapable of bringing an action to redress an injury, and forfeits his goods and chattels to […]
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Outer Bar
Outer Bar (utter Bar) Junior barristers, collectively, who sit outside the bar of the court, as opposed to Queen’s Counsel.
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Official Solicitor
The Official Solicitor Name The Official Solicitor is the standarized name of one of the UK Tribunals and Government Offices (see the entries in this legal Encyclopedia about court rules and procedural law for more information on some aspects of the Official Solicitor in the UK). [rtbs […]
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Oversman
Scottish Law: Oversman in the Past A person commonly named in a submission, to whom power is given to decide in case the arbiters cannot agree in the sentence; sometimes the nomination of the oversman is left to the arbiters. In either case the oversman has no power to decide, unless the […]
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Original Writ
English Law: Original Writ in the Past A mandatory letter issued in the king’s name, sealed with his great seal and directed to the sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia) of the county where the injury (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) was […]
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Writ Of Quare Impedit
English Law: Writ of Quare Impedit in the Past The remedy by which, where the right of a party to benefice is obstructed, he recovers the presentation; and is the form of action now constantly adopted to try a disputed title to an advowson. Booth, 223 1 Arch. Civ. Pl. 434. [1][rtbs […]
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Ouster le Main
English Law: Ouster le Main in the Past In law-French, this signifies, to take out of the hand. In the old English law it signified a livery of lands out of the hands of the lord, after the tenant (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) came of age. If the…
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Oxgang Of Land
English Old Law: Oxgang of Land in the Past An uncertain quantity of land, but, according to some opinions, it contains fifteen acres. Co. Litt. 69 a. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about oxgang of land is based on the […]
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Offender Rehabilitation
The Good Lives Model of Offender Rehabilitation: a Systematic Review of the Evidence Nicholas Raphael Netto, from the University of Oxford, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category “Criminological Theory, Research and Education,” […]
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Official Referees’ Court
The Official Referees’ Court Name The Official Referees’ Court is the standarized name of one of the UK Historic Courts (see the entries in this legal Encyclopedia about court rules and procedural law for more information on some aspects of the Official Referees’ Court in the UK court legal […]
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Q.B.
Concept of Q.B. Traditional meaning of q.b. [1] in the English common law history: The Queen’s Bench; see COURT OF KING’ BENCH; COURT, 8. [rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Based on A concise law dictionary of words, phrases and maxims, “Q.B.”, Boston: Little, […]
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Ordinance
Concept of Ordinance The following is an old definition of Ordinance [1], a term which has several meanings:1. A rule or regulation adopted by municipal corporation. See Ordain, 1. An ordinance of the councils of a municipality, though binding upon the community affected by it, is not a law in […]
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Originalia
English Law: Originalia in the Past The transcripts and other documents sent to the office of the treasurer-remembrancer in the exchequer, are called by this name to distinguish them from records, which contain the judgment’s of the barons. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources […]
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Office Found
English Law: Office Found in the Past When an inquisition is made to the king’s use of anything, by virtue of office of him who inquires and the inquisition is found, it is said to be office found. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this […]
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Oleron
Concept of Oleron Traditional meaning of oleron [1] in the English common law history: A code of maritime laws published at Oleron, an island off the French coast, in the twelfth century, under Richard I. or his mother. Queen Eleanor; see 1st Book (“The Rights of Persons”), Blackstone’s […]