(You can find the line in the World Legal Encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms). To define a legal term, enter a word or phrase below. Downhill. The order or series of persons descended from each other or from all common ancestors who are considered to be placed in succession in the order of their birth, the line that shows the connection of all relatives by blood. Measures. A line is a linear measure that contains the twelfth part of an inch. In the domains. The border or dividing line between two goods. a Middle English merger of the Old English line “cable, rope; series, line, series of letters; rule, direction” and Old French line “directive, string, cord; descent, descent” (12c.), both from the Latin linea “linen thread, string, plumb line”, also “a mark, bound, border, destination; Line of Descent”, abbreviation of linea restis “linen cord” and similar expressions, from femenine of lineus (adj.) “made of linen”, from linum “linen” (see linen). The oldest meaning in Middle English was “string used by builders for measuring”; extended at the end of the 14th century to “a thread-shaped marking” (from Sinn “chain used by builders to make things equal”, mid-14th century), also “track, course, direction”.
The meaning of “border, boundary” (of a county, etc.) dates back to the 1590s. The mathematical meaning of “length without width” dates back to the 1550s. From the 1530s as “a fold of the face or palm”. From the 1580s as “the equator”. The meaning of “things or persons arranged in a straight line” dates back to the 1550s. Now considered American English, where British English uses tail; This term is also a noun, but the meaning appears earliest among English writers. The meaning of a “chronologically continuous series of persons” (a series of kings, etc.) dates back to the late 14th century. The meaning of “profession, sector of activity” dates back to the 1630s, according to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), probably from the misunderstood KJV translation by II Corinthians x.16, “And do not boast of another line of things prepared for our hand”, with line translating the Greek canon, which probably means “border, frontier”; The phrase “in the line of another man” is in parentheses. Trade meaning “class of goods in stock” dates back to 1930, so these are goods that the merchant receives on a line in the specific sense “order to an agent” for certain goods (1834). Insurance Underwriting Sense dates back to 1899.
The line of credit dates from 1958. The meaning of “series of public transport” (carriages, later ships) dates back to 1786; The meaning of “continuous part of a railway” dates back to 1825. The meaning of “telegraph wire between stations” dates back to 1847 (later “telephone wire”). The meaning of “rope-bearing hooks for fishing” dates back to about 1300. Meaning “policy or set of directives of a political faction” is 1892, American English, from the idea of a procession of partisans; This is the point in the political party line, and worse it is the slang line that means “superficial and plausible speech intended to deceive.” In the British Army, the line (1802) is the numbered regular force, unlike the guards, auxiliaries, militias, etc. In the Navy (1704) he refers to the line of battle (the meaning in the ship of the line, attested from 1706). Dutch lijn, Old High German lina, German leash, Old Norse lina “one string, one rope”, also come from Latin. Spanish and Italian have the word in the scholarly form linea.
In continental terms, a one-inch subdivision (one-tenth or twelfth in England), attested in English from the 1660s, but never common. See also lines. A line on “Acquiring information about” is from 1903. Endangering it means “paying money” from 1929 and “speaking clearly” in 1954. The end of the “as far as you can go” line dates back to 1948. His own work, which means “persecution, interest”, dates from 1957, the old line of the country (1861). The line drawing dates from 1891. A linear storm (1850) is a type that occurs within 10 days or two weeks of the time the sun crosses the equator. LINE, measurements. A line is a linear measure that contains the twelfth part of an inch. This definition of Line is based on The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary. This entry needs to be proofread.
LINE, successions. The division between two goods. Limit; Limit; Limit. 2. If a document mentions that a line ends at a particular monument, it must be extended in the required direction until it reaches the border, regardless of the distance. 1 Taylor, 110, 303 2. Falken, p. 219; 3 hawks, 21; 2 Taylor, 1.
And a marked line must be respected, although it deviates from the course. 7 wheat. 7; 2 Open. 304; 3 appeals, 239; 7 months 333; 2 Bibb, p. 261; 4. Bibb, p. 503; 4 months 29; see below, 2 Dana 2; 6 Wend. 467; 1 Bibb, p. 466; 1 swamp. 382; 3 marshes.
382; 3 Murph. 82; 13 Selection. 145; 13 Wend. 300; 5 J. J. Marsh. 587. 3. When several people settled in the same neighborhood at the same time or at short intervals, and their territories overlapped if they were extended in certain directions, settlers sometimes mutually established dividing lines called consensus lines. These lines, if agreed fairly, were sanctioned by the courts; And these agreements are conclusive for all persons who bring claims between the parties with notice, but not for bona fide purchasers against valuable consideration without notice, real or implied. 5 pp.
and R. 273; 9 W. and p. 66; 3 S&R. 323; 5 binn. 129; 10 watts, 324; 17 pp. &. R.
57; Jones, L. 0. T. 4. The lines established by a pact between nations bind their citizens and their subjects. 11 Peter 209; 1 Open. 269; 1 ves. Senator, rep. 450; 1 ATK. No. 2; 1 chap. Case 85; 1 P.
Wms. 723727; 2 ATK. R. 592; 1 vern. 48; 1 ves. 19; 2 ves. 284; 3 p. and R. 331. The order or series of persons descended from each other or from all common ancestors who are considered to be placed in the order of the throne in the order of their birth, the line showing the connection of all relatives by blood.
Measures. A line is a linear measure that contains the twelfth part of an inch. In the domains. The border or dividing line between two goods. Construction line. A line established by the municipal authority to ensure uniformity of appearance on the streets of the city, at > certain uniform distance from the curb or curb and drawn parallel to it, on which the facades of ? All buildings on this street must be placed, or beyond which they must not protrude. See Tear v. Freikörper, 4 C. B. (N.S.) 263. Branch branch.
A lineage that connects people who are not directly related as ascending or descending relatives, but whose relationship consists of a common descent of the same ancestor. Direct line. A lineage that is pursued only by individuals who are directly related to each other as ascending or descending relatives.
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