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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... -
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... -
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... -
ABANDONMENT for torts, a term used in the civil law. By the Roman law, when the master was sued for the tort of his slave, or the o... -
COMMISSION , contracts, civ. law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This ... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with -
MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m... -
CONFEDERACY , intern. law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and goo...
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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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ATTESTATION CLAUSE , wills and contracts. That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, ... -
SUBPOENA, practice, evidence. A process to cause a witness to appear and give testimony, commanding him to lay aside all pretences and ... -
CHILD, CHILDREN , domestic relations. A child is the son or daughter in relation to the father or mother. 2. We will here consider th... -
DEAD Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value. DEAD BODY , crim. law. A corpse. 2. To take up a dead body wit... -
_______________ PENITENTIARY . A prison for the punishment of convicts. 2. There are two systems of penitentiaries in the United Stat...
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IMPEACHMENT , const. law, punishments. Under the constitution and laws of the United States, an impeachment may be described to be a wr... -
UNSOUND MIND; UNSOUND MEMORY. These words have been adopted in several statutes, and sometimes indiscriminately used to signify, not o...
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ATTESTATION CLAUSE , wills and contracts. That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, ...
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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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MICHIGAN. One of the new, states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the Act, of Congress of J... -
ACT , civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. In Latin, Instrumentum... -
CONFEDERACY , intern. law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and goo...
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SALARY: A reward or recompense for services performed. 2. It is usually applied to the reward paid to a public officer for the perfo... -
CONDEMNATION , mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the h... -
CHILD, CHILDREN , domestic relations. A child is the son or daughter in relation to the father or mother. 2. We will here consider th...
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EJECTMENT , remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unl...
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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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