UK Law

Category: Legislation

  • Purlieu

    English Law: Purlieu in the Past A space of land near a forest, known by certain boundaries, which was formerly part of a forest, but which has been separated from it. Developments The history of purlieus is this. Henry III., on taking possession of the throne, manifested so great a taste for […]

  • Legitim

    Note: the meaning is different from Legitimation. Legitim, or Bairn’s Part, in Scots law, the legal share of the movable property of a father due on his death to his children. If a father dies leaving a widow and children, the movable property is divided into three equal parts; one-third […]

  • Death

    Definition of Death The permanent cessation of the vital functions in the bodies of animals and plants, the end of life or act of dying. The word is the English representative of the substantive common to Teutonic languages, as “dead” is of the adjective, and “die” of the verb; the ultimate […]

  • 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 […]

  • Prize Court

    English Law: Prize Court in the Past law The name of court which has jurisdiction of all captures made in war on the high seas. Developments In England (see more about this legal system) this is a separate branch of the court of admiralty, the other branch being called the instance court. […]

  • Tenant Right

    English Law: Tenant Right in the Past In leases from the crown, corporations or the church, it is usual to grant a further term to the old tenants in preference to strangers, and, as this expectation is seldom disappointed, such tenants are considered as baying an ulterior interest beyond […]

  • Moot

    English Law: Moot in the Past A term used in the inns of court, signifying the exercise of arguing imaginary cases, which young barristers and students used to perform at certain times, the better to be allowd by this practice to defend their clients cases. A moot question is one which has not […]

  • Moot

    English Law: Moot in the Past A term used in the inns of court, signifying the exercise of arguing imaginary cases, which young barristers and students used to perform at certain times, the better to be allowd by this practice to defend their clients cases. A moot question is one which has not […]

  • Chancery

    History Chancery, in English law, the court of the lord chancellor of England, consolidated in 1873 along with the other superior courts in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Its origin is noticed under the head of Chancellor. It has been customary to say that the court of chancery consists […]

  • Chancery

    History Chancery, in English law, the court of the lord chancellor of England, consolidated in 1873 along with the other superior courts in the Supreme Court of Judicature. Its origin is noticed under the head of Chancellor. It has been customary to say that the court of chancery consists […]

  • Mace-bearer

    English Law: Mace-bearer in the Past An officer attending the court of session. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this information about mace-bearer is based on the Bouvier´s Law Dictionary, 1848 edition. There is a list of terms of the […]

  • Trinity Term

    English Law: Trinity Term in the Past One of the four terms of the courts; it begins on the 22d day of May and ends on the 12th of June. St. 11 G. IV. and 1 W. IV., c. 70. It was formerly a movable term. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] Resources Notes and References Partialy, this […]

  • Weighage

    English Law: Weighage in the Past In the English law it is a duty or toll paid for weighing goods; it is called tronage, (see this concept in the corresponding entry on this reference) for weighing wool at the king’s beam or pesage, for weighing other avoirdupois goods. 2 Chit. Com: Law, 16. […]

  • Writ de Haeretico Comburendo

    English Law: Writ de Haeretico Comburendo in the Past The name of a writ formerly issued by the secular courts, when a man was turned over to them by the ecclesiastical tribunals, after having been condemned for heresy. Developments It was founded on the statute 2 Hen. IV. c. 15; it was first […]

  • Secondary

    English Law: Secondary in the Past An officer who is second or next to the chief officer; as secondaries to the prothonotaries of the courts of king’s bench or common pleas; secondary of the remembrancer in the exchequer, etc. Jacob, L. D. h. t. [1][rtbs name=”history-of-english-law”] […]