法律英语|英文法律词典 O-20

ORPHANS^{1' COURT. The name of a court in some of the states, having jurisdic- tion of the estates and persons of orphans.}

ORPHANOTROPHI, civil law. Persons who have the charge of administering the affairs of houses destined^{2 for the use of orphans. Clef des Lois Rom. mot Ad- ministrateurs.}

OSTENSIBLE^{3 PARTNER. One whose name appears in a firm, as a partner, and who is really such.}

OTHER WRONGS, pleading, evidence. In actions of trespass^{4, the declaration concludes by charging generally, that the defendant5 did other wrongs to the plaintiff to his great damage. When the injury is a continuation or consequence of the trespass declared on, the plaintiff may give evidence of such injury under this averment of other wrongs, Rep., Temp. Holt 699; 2 Salk. 642; 6 Mod. 127; Bull. N. P. 89; 2 Stark6. N. P. C. 818.}

OUNCE. The name of a weight. An ounce avoirdupois weight is the sixteenth part of a pound; an ounce troy weight is the twelfth part of a pound. Vide Weights.

OUSTER, torts. An ouster is the actual turning out, or keeping excluded, the party entitlod to possession of any real property corporeal^7.

2. An ouster can properly be only from real property corporeal, and cannot be committed of anything movable; 1 Car. P. 123; S. C. 11 Eng. Com. Law R. 339; 2 Bouv. 1 Inst. n. 2348; 1 Chit. Pr. 148, note r; nor is a mere^{8 temporary trespass considered as an Guster. Any continuing act of exclusion9 from the enjoyment10, constitutes an ouster, even by one tenant11 in common of his co-tenant. Co. Litt. 199 b, 200 a. Vide 3 Bl; Com. 167; Arch. Civ. Pl. 6, 14; 1 Chit. Pr. 374, where the remedies for an ouster are pointed12 out. Vide Judgment13 of Respondent Ouster.}

OUSTER LE M人工智能N. In law-French, this signifies, to take out of the hand. In the old English law it signified a livery of lands out of the hands of the lord, after the tenant came of age. If the lord refused to deliver such lands, the tenant was entitled to a writ^{14 to recover the same from the lord; this recovery out of the hands of the lord was called ouster le main.}

OUTFIT^{15. An allowance made by the government of the United States to a minis-ter plenipotentiary, or charge des affaires, on going from the United States to any foreign country.}

2. The outfit can in no case exceedlone year's full salary of such minister or charge des affaires. No outfit is allowed to a consul^{16. Act of Cong. May 1, 1810. s. 1. Vide Minister.}