Category: D

In French feudal law. The duty incumbent on a roturicr, holding lands within theroyal domain, of supplying board and lodging to the king and to his suite while on aroyal progress. Steph. Leet. 351.

A mechanism where the INTEREST RATE on a FLOATING RATE NOTE or BOND is fixed once rates fall below a predefined level. The drop lock allows the issuer to lock in a lower rate of funding. See also NOTE, SPREAD LOCK.

In old French law. The right of selling various offices connected with the custody of judicial records or notarial acts. Steph.Leet. 354. A privilege of the French kings.

In old French law. A charge payable to the crown by any one who, after having served his apprenticeship inany commercial guild or brotherhood, sought to become a master workman in it on his own account. Steph. Leet. 354.

In French feudal law. The duty (incumbent on a roturicr) of supplying to the king on credit, during a certain period,such articles of domestic consumption as might be required for the royal household. Steph. Leet. 351.

In French feudal law. A relief payable by a noble vassal to the king as his seigneur, on every change in the ownership of his fief. Steph. Leet. 350.

The right of a creditor to pursue the debtor’s property into the hands of third persons for the enforcement of his claim.

A double right; that is. the right of possession and the right ofproperty. These two rights were, by the theory of our ancient law, distinct; and theabove phrase was used to indicate the concurrence of both in one person, whichconcurrence was necessary to constitute a complete title to land. Mozley & Whitley.

In French law. (The written law.) The Roman civil law, or Corpus Juris Civilis. Steph. Leet. 130.

International law.