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DAM . A construction of wood, stone, or other materials, made across a stream of water for the purpose of confining it; a mole. 2. T...
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CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h...
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CANON , eccl. law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate...
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CARRIERS , contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. v.) who have been considered under another head; a...
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TO SEQUESTER, civil and eccles. law. To renounce. Example, when a widow comes into court and disclaims having anything to do, or to i...
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This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the government of Great Br...
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DEBT , contracts. A sum of money due by certain and express agreement. 3 Bl. Com. 154. In a less technical sense, as in the "act ...
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CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . The fundamental law of the United States. 2. It was framed by a convention of the repre...
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M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb.
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UTTER BARRISTER, English law, Those barristers who plead without the bar, and are distinguished from benchers, or those who have been r...
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CONSENT . An agreement to something proposed, and differs from assent. (q. v.) Wolff, Ins. Nat. part 1, SSSS 27-30; Pard. Dr. Com. par...
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... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo...
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M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb.
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E CONVERSO . On the other side or hand; on the contrary. E PLURIBUS UNUM . One from more. The motto of the arms of the United States...
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