Simple English definitions for legal terms
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Term: INTRA MAENIA
Definition: Intra maenia means "within the walls" of a house. It was commonly used to refer to domestic servants who worked inside the house.
This term is from Latin and is no longer commonly used in modern English.
Definition: Within the walls (of a house). This term was used most commonly in reference to domestic servants.
Example: The maid was instructed to clean all the rooms intra maenia.
Explanation: This example illustrates the use of intra maenia to refer to the inside of a house, specifically the rooms that the maid was instructed to clean. The term was commonly used in reference to domestic servants who worked within the walls of a house.
Definition: A covenant that does not require any action or performance by the party to whom it is made.
Example: The lease agreement included an intransitive covenant that the landlord would not interfere with the tenant's quiet enjoyment of the property.
Explanation: This example illustrates the use of intransitive covenant in a lease agreement. The covenant does not require any action or performance by the landlord, but rather prohibits them from interfering with the tenant's quiet enjoyment of the property.
Definition: Being conveyed from one place to another.
Example: The artwork was damaged in transitu during shipping.
Explanation: This example illustrates the use of in transitu to refer to the artwork being conveyed from one place to another during shipping. The term is often used in legal contexts to describe goods or property that are being transported.