UK Law

Category: Civil Law

  • Hilary Term

    English Law: Hilary Term in the Past One of the four terms of the courts, beginning the 11th and ending the 31st day of January in each year. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about hilary term is based on the […]

  • Petit, Treason

    English Law: Petit, Treason in the Past The killing of a master by his servant; a hushand by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man. In the United States of America this is like any other murder. See High, Treason; Treason. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes […]

  • Apposer

    English Law: Apposer in the Past An officer of the Court of Exchequer, called the foreign apposer. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about apposer is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a […]

  • Apposer

    English Law: Apposer in the Past An officer of the Court of Exchequer, called the foreign apposer. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about apposer is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a […]

  • Intercommoning

    English Law: Intercommoning in the Past Where the commons of two manors lie together and the inhabitants or those having a right of common of both, have time out of mind depastured their cattle, without any distinction, this is called intercommoning. [1][rtbs […]

  • Plaint

    English Law: Plaint in the Past The exhibiting of any action, real or personal, in writing; the party making his plaint is called the plaintiff. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about plaint is based on the Bouvier´s Law […]

  • Sergeant Or Serjeant

    English Law: Sergeant or Serjeant in the Past An officer in the courts of the highest grade among the practitioners of the law. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about sergeant or serjeant is based on the Bouvier´s Law […]

  • Mise

    English Law: Mise in the Past In a writ of right which is intended to be tried by the grand assize, the general issue is called the mise. Lawes, Civ. Pl. 111; 7 Cowen, 51. This word also signifies expenses and it is so commonly used in the entries of judgments in personal actions; as…

  • Mandavi Ballivo

    English Law: Mandavi Ballivo in the Past The return made by a sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia), when he has committed the execution of a writ to a bailiff of a liberty, who has the right to execute the writ. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and […]

  • Mandavi Ballivo

    English Law: Mandavi Ballivo in the Past The return made by a sheriff (see law enforcement in the U.K. encyclopedia), when he has committed the execution of a writ to a bailiff of a liberty, who has the right to execute the writ. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and […]

  • Vaccaria

    English Law: Vaccaria in the Past A word which is derived from vacca, a cow and signifies a dairy-house. Co. Litt. 5 b. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about vaccaria is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. […]

  • Outer Bar

    Outer Bar (utter Bar) Junior barristers, collectively, who sit outside the bar of the court, as opposed to Queen’s Counsel.

  • Commissioners Of Sewers

    English Law: Commissioners of Sewers in the Past Officers whose duty it is to repair sea banks (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) aud walls, survey rivers, public streams, ditches, etc. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and […]

  • Commissioners Of Sewers

    English Law: Commissioners of Sewers in the Past Officers whose duty it is to repair sea banks (see more about this popular legal topic in the U.K. encyclopedia) aud walls, survey rivers, public streams, ditches, etc. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and […]

  • Double Costs Practice

    English Law: Double Costs Practice in the Past According to the English law, when double costs are given by the statute, the term is not to be understood, according to its literal import, twice the amount of single costs, but in such case the costs are therefore, calculated. 1. There is […]