Category: Historical
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Abandon, Historical
Abandon and Abandonment, Historical Definition To desert, to forsake. Abandonment is the relinquishment or surrender of rights or property by one person to another. In Hickman v. Link, 116 Mo. 123, and Dodge v. Marden, 7 Oregon 460; State V. Seneca County Bank, 5 Ohio St. 177, “Abandonment is a word that has acquired a…
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A, Historic
A, Historic The article “A”is not necessarily a singular term; it is often used in the sense of “any,”and is then applied to more than one individual object. Some legal citations of “A” National Union Bank v. Copeland, 141 Mass. 257. In this case, where a debtor executed an assignment for the benefit of such…
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Legal Abbreviations, Historical 3
Legal Abbreviations, Historical 3 Evidence Verbally (or in writing not under seal) evidence may be heard to show the meaning of an abbreviation or the particular word for which it stands in a written instrument ; but not to show the intention with which it was used. In an action upon a stock contract, the…
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Legal Abbreviations, Historical 2
Legal Abbreviations, Historical 2 Affidavits, etc. The characters N. P. and J. P. indicate respectively the offices of Notary Public and Justice of the Peace, and their use does not vitiate a jurat. “Ex. A “means “exhibit A”; and “C. P. C. C,”annexed to the name of a person before whom an affidavit was sworn…
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Legal Abbreviations, Historical
Legal Abbreviations, Historical information Introduction A shortened form of words obtained by the omission of one or more syllables from the middle or end of the words, according to the Bouvier’s Law Dictionary. As almost every word in the language may be abbreviated, the number may be made very large. The broadest rule which has…