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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... -
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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MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses... -
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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CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS , evidence. Whatever is communicated professedly by a client to his counsel, solicitor, or attorney, is co...
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CONSTITUTION, , government. The fundamental law of the state, containing the principles upon which the government is founded, and regu... -
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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DOWER . An estate for life, which the law gives the widow in the third part of the lands and tenements, or hereditaments of which the ... -
ACT , civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. In Latin, Instrumentum... -
F , punishment, English law. Formerly felons were branded and marked with a hot iron, with this letter, on being admitted to the ben... -
COLOR , pleading. It is of two kinds, namely, express color, and implied color. 2. Express color. This is defined to be a feigned matt... -
ANCIENT . Something old, which by age alone has acquired some force; as ancient lights, ancient writings. ANCIENT DEMESNE , Eng. law.... -
CHALLENGE . This word has several significations. 1. It is an exception or objection to a juror. 2. A call by one person upon another ...
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SATISDACTION, civil law. This word is derived from the same root as satisfaction; for, in the same manner that to fulfil the demand w...
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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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GABEL . A tax, imposition, or duty. This word is said to have the same signification that gabelle formerly had in France . Cunn. Dict... -
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... -
CERTIORARI , practice. To be certified of; to be informed of. This is the name of a writ issued from a superior court directed to one of... -
DIGEST , civil law. The name sometimes given to the Pandects of Justinian; it is so called because this compilation is reduced to orde...
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CHOICE . Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election. (q. v.) CHOSE , property. This is...
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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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PATENT , construction. That which is open or manifest. 2. This word is usually applied to ambiguities which are said to be latent, or ... -
TRUTH . The actual state of things. 2. In contracts, the parties are bound to toll the truth in their dealings, and a deviation fro... -
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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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... -
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... -
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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