ERTY

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The Law Mind • 500 words
Definition
"Erty" is not a recognized legal term. The source material provided does not contain a coherent entry for this term. What appears in the source dictionaries under this heading are fragments of entries for other terms — most likely truncated portions of words ending in "-erty," such as PROPERTY, REAL PROPERTY, or LIBERTY — where a typographical error, OCR scanning artifact, or indexing failure has produced an apparent headword that does not exist in the legal lexicon. Researchers encountering "erty" as a headword or index entry in a historical legal dictionary should treat it as a corrupt or incomplete form and consult the full entry from which it was severed. ---
Common Confusion
"Erty" may be confused with a genuine legal headword by automated indexing systems or researchers working quickly through digitized sources. It is not a synonym, variant spelling, or archaic form of any known legal term. The confusion is purely mechanical in origin. ---
Why It Matters in Research
This entry is a digitization artifact, not a legal concept. Historical legal dictionaries — including Bouvier's and Rapalje & Lawrence — were printed in dense, double-column formats that are prone to OCR misreads and page-boundary truncations when digitized. A fragment like "erty" most commonly represents the tail end of PROPERTY (real property, personal property, mixed property), LIBERTY, orERTY as a suffix in compound terms. Researchers using the Law Mind corpus should be alert to this class of error. When a headword appears to be a suffix fragment, the correct procedure is to: (1) examine the surrounding source text for context, (2) identify which full term the fragment most plausibly completes, and (3) consult that term's dedicated entry. The source snippets attached to this entry — covering after-acquired property in railroad mortgages, mixed property classifications, common carriers, and the writ of occupavit — are genuine Bouvier's and Rapalje & Lawrence content that belongs under PROPERTY and its subtypes. Do not index or cite "erty" as a legal authority or term of art. It carries no legal meaning independent of the word from which it was detached. ---
Historical Dictionary Support
Neither Bouvier's Law Dictionary nor Rapalje & Lawrence contains a standalone entry for "erty." The fragments attributed to this headword in the source material are editorially consistent with the PROPERTY cluster of entries in both dictionaries. Bouvier's treatment of after-acquired property (covering railroad mortgages, rolling stock, and fixtures) and Rapalje & Lawrence's discussion of mixed property and charter-party arrangements are well-documented sections of those works. They appear here as misattributed fragments, not as support for any independent definition of "erty." Historical dictionaries occasionally generate phantom headwords through binding damage, missing pages, or print shop errors. Researchers should treat such entries skeptically and verify against physical or high-quality facsimile editions where possible. ---
Related Terms
PROPERTY REAL PROPERTY PERSONAL PROPERTY MIXED PROPERTY AFTER-ACQUIRED PROPERTY LIBERTY (as another common "-erty" term in historical sources) CHARTER-PARTY (appearing in the source fragments) COMMON CARRIER
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Bouvier's Law Dictionary • 1928
! Tiffany, Real Prop. 2nd ed.. 625.
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Rapalje & Lawrence • 1888
more persons under one contract of affreightment, called a charter-party (q. v.) In the case of a general ship, the contract with each freighter generally takes the form of a bill of lading (q.v.) (Sm. Merc. Law ch. iii. 2.) A ship-owner who professes to carry the goods of all persons who apply to him, so long as he has room in his ship, is a common carrier (q. v.) Nugent v. Smith, 1 C. P. D. 19, 423. GENERAL SHIP, (what is). 6 Cow. (N. Y.) 173. GENERAL; SPECIAL, (defined), 1 N. Y. 232.
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Rapalje & Lawrence • 1883
Such as fall within the definition of things real, but which are attended nevertheless with some of the legal qualities of things personal, as emblements, DE MODERATA, &c. fixtures, and shares in public undertakings, connected with land. Besides these, there are others which, though things personal in point of definition, are, in respect of some of their legal qualities, of the nature of things real; such are animals feræ naturæ, charters and deeds, court rolls, and other evidences of the land, together with the chests in which they are contained, ancient family pictures, ornaMODES OF PROCEEDING, (in act of congress). ments, tombstones, coats of armor, with 1 How. (U. S.) 301, 306; 14 Pet. (U. S.) 301, 316; 16 Id. 303, 313; 17 Id. 204. pennons and other ensigns, and especially heirlooms.-Wharton. MIXED TITHES.-Tithes of wool, milk, pigs, &c., consisting of natural products, but nur- See, further, as to ownership, EsTATE; INTEREST; RIGHT; TITLE. OWNER, (defined). 65 Me. 591; 38 Mich. 168; 1 C. E. Gr. (N. J.) 383; 7 Vr. (N. J.) 181. (a tenant for life or years, or from year to year, is). 11 R. I. 258. Stat. L. 125. (equivalent to "proprietor"). 64 Mo. 112, 123; Cro. Jac. 362. (when includes "trustee"). Wilberf. (as applied to lands). 1 Gilm. (Ill.) (in insurance policy). 1 Wend. (N. 236; 2 Id. 132. Y.) 575. (in assessment act). 36 Ohio St. 26. (in act relalive to nuisances). L. R. 7 Q. B. 418. OXGANG, (defined). Shep. Touch. 93. OYER.-In old common law practice, a defendant is said to demand or crave "oyer" of a deed pleaded by the plaintiff when he asks that it shall be read to him, the generality of defendants in early times being incapable of reading themselves; the record then generally goes on to set out the deed in full as having been read to the defendant. This copy or setting out of the deed is also called the "oyer." Litt. 365; Co. Litt. 35b, 121b; 3 Bl. Com. 299. See PROFERT. OYER AND TERMINER.-In English law, the commission of oyer and - Natural liberty, restrained by human law so far as is necessary and ex- Actionable The said DEFENDANT. The sheriff shall PRESIDE. The survivor or his ASSIGNS. The SUSQUEHANNA. Their ESTATE. Their PARTS. Their REPRESENTATIVES. Their SUCCESSORS. Then SURVIVING and remaining. There to be CORRECTED. This FALL. This is to CERTIFY. Shall be TAKEN out of the Three months' NOTICE. State. Shall have liberty to PURCHASE. Shall RECEIVE OR TAKE. Shall WARRANT. Should come into POSSESSION. Should commit SUICIDE. Should she MARRY during, &c. Simple LARCENY. Six MONTHS. Sole CORPORATION. Solicitor's LIEN. Some of my BEST linen. Sound in WIND and limb. Special DEPOSIT. Special DEPUTATION. Special; GENERAL. Special LETTER OF CREDIT. Special VERDICT. Specific APPROPRIATION. Specific LEGACY. Spiritual OFFICER. State TAX. Statute MILES. Statute of LIMITATIONS. Stock of wOOD. Strict SETTLEMENT. Strong and spirituous LIQUORS. Succession PER STIRPES. Such as he would be RESPON- Wholesale factory PRICES. Wilful DESERTION. Wilful NEGLIGENCE. With all USUAL and reasonable covenants. With liberty to cruise six

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