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    ARTICLES OF THE PEACE, Eng. practice. An instrument which is presented to a court of competent jurisdiction, in which the exhibitant shows the grievances...

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    TO SETTLE. To adjust or ascertain to pay. 2. Two contracting parties are said to settle an account when they ascertain what is justly due by one to...

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  • SETTLE, SETTLEMENT

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    TO SETTLE. To adjust or ascertain to pay. 2. Two contracting parties are said to settle an account when they ascertain what is justly due by one to...

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  • SET, TO SET ASIDE, SET-OFF
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  • TRUTH

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    TRUTH. The actual state of things. 2. In contracts, the parties are bound to toll the truth in their dealings, and a deviation from it will generally a...

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  • SLANDER

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    SLANDER, torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which tend to his loss...

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  • CRUELTY

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    CRUELTY. This word has different meanings, as it is applicd to different things. Cruelty may be, 1. From hushand towards the wife, or vice versa. 2. Fro...

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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 Britain, composed...

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STATE

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STATE:   government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons united together...

SOVEREIGN, SOVEREIGNTY

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SOVEREIGN. A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. (q. v.) It is also applied to a king or other magistrate with limited powers....

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SOURCES OF THE LAW:   By this expression is understood the authority from which the laws derive their force. 2. The power of making...

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SOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of what he is doing. A case...

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TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate de-fences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely on his own...

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