IMMIGRATION. The removing into one place from another. It differs from emigration, which is the moving from one place into another. Vide Emigration.
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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... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
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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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SOVEREIGN. A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. (q. v.) It is also applied to a king or other magistrate wit...
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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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CONSTRUCTION , practice. It is defined by Mr. Powell to be "the drawing in inference by the act of reason, as to the intent of an... -
... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
MILL, estates. Mills are so very different and various, that it is not easy to give a definition of the term. They are used for the p...
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GABEL . A tax, imposition, or duty. This word is said to have the same signification that gabelle formerly had in France . Cunn. Dict...
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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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MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses...
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OATH. A declaration made according to law, before a competent tribunal or officer, to tell the truth; or it is the act of one who, when l... -
SLAVE. A man who is by law deprived of his liberty for life, and becomes the property of another. 2. A slave has no political rights...
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CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN , mar. law. The name given to the master or commander of a vessel. He is known in this country very generally b... -
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ELECTION. This term, in its most usual acceptation, signifies the choice which several persons collectively make of a person to fill an o... -
ANIMAL , property. A name given to every animated being endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In law, it signifies all animals e... -
DEPOSIT , contracts. Usually defined to be a naked bailment of goods to be kept for the bailor, without reward, and to be returned ... -
BAIL , practice, contracts. By bail is understood sureties, given according to law, to insure the appearance of a party in court. The ...
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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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TRUTH . The actual state of things. 2. In contracts, the parties are bound to toll the truth in their dealings, and a deviation fro... -
DISTRESS , remedies. A distress is defined to be, the taking of a personal chattel, without legal process, from the possession of the ... -
TO SETTLE. To adjust or ascertain to pay. 2. Two contracting parties are said to settle an account when they ascertain what is just...
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SET, contracts. Foreign bills of exchange are generally drawn in parts; as, "pay this my first bill of exchange, second and thir...
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PATENT , construction. That which is open or manifest. 2. This word is usually applied to ambiguities which are said to be latent, or ... -
TYRANNY , government. The violation of those laws which regulate the division and the exercises of the sovereign power of the state. I...
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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 o...
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CHALLENGE . This word has several significations. 1. It is an exception or objection to a juror. 2. A call by one person upon another ... -
ESTOPPEL , pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence o his o...
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SABBATH. The same as Sunday. (q. v.) SABINIANS. A sect of lawyers, whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and the second, Caelius S... -
PACE . A measure of length containing two feet and a half; the geometrical pace is five feet long. The common pace is the length of a... -
... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
GABEL . A tax, imposition, or duty. This word is said to have the same signification that gabelle formerly had in France . Cunn. Dict... -
CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const... -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ... -
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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A , the first letter of the English and most other alphabets, is frequently used as an abbreviation, (q. v.) and also in the marks of ...
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