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CONTINUAL CLAIM, English law (law) and offset(1) (iou)


CONTINUAL CLAIM, English law (law)


CONTINUAL CLAIM, English law. When the feoffee of land is prevented from taking possession by fear of menaces or bodily harm, he may make a claim to taking possession by fear of menaces or bodily harm, he may make a claim to the land in the presence of the vares[?], and if this claim is regularly madethe land in the presence of the vares[?], and if this claim is regularly madeonce every year and a day, which is then called a continual claim, it once every year and a day, which is then called a continual claim, it preserves to the feoffee his rights, and is equal to a legal entry. 3 Bl. preserves to the feoffee his rights, and is equal to a legal entry. 3 Bl. Com. 175; 2 Bl. Com. 320; 1 Chit. Pr. 278 (a) in note; Crabbe' s Inst. E. L. Com. 175; 2 Bl. Com. 320; 1 Chit. Pr. 278 (a) in note; Crabbe' s Inst. E. L. 403. 403.

offset(1) (iou)



offset noun. M16.
[from OFF- + SET noun1. Cf. SET-OFF.]
The act of setting off (on a journey or course of action); the outset, a start, a beginning. M16.
A short lateral shoot, esp. from the lower stem, bulb, or corm, of a plant, serving for propagation; transf. & fig. a lateral branch, an offshoot, a collateral descendant; a spur of a mountain range. E17.
A thing that acts as a foil to embellish, or throws something else into prominence. L17.
Surveying. A short distance measured perpendicularly from a main line of measurement. E18.
Architecture. A horizontal or sloping break or ledge on the face of a wall, pier, etc., formed where the portion above is reduced in thickness. E18.
A counterbalance to or compensation for something else; a consideration or amount diminishing or neutralizing the effect of a contrary one; a set-off. M18.
Printing. The transfer of ink from a freshly printed surface; a printing process in which ink is transferred from a plate (orig. a stone) to a rubber-covered cylinder and then transferred to paper. L19.
lithographic offset, photolitho offset. offset litho, offset lithography, offset printing, offset process.
A bend in a pipe, made to carry it past an obstruction. E20.
Electricity. A small deviation from a correct or normal voltage, current, etc.; a small bias introduced to ensure correct operation of a circuit. M20.
Comb.: offset purchase Economics a purchase made abroad by agreement to counterbalance revenues spent in the buying country by the selling country; offset well an oil or gas well drilled in a particular area to counteract drainage of oil or gas from there caused by drilling in an adjacent area.