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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... -
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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MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses... -
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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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... -
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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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... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ...
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USUFRUCT, civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the prof... -
CONTINUANCE , practice. The adjournment of a cause from one day to another is called a continuance, an entry of which is made upon the... -
COPYRIGHT . The property which has been secured to the author of a book, map, chart, or musical composition, print, cut or engraving, ... -
CONTRACT . This term, in its more extensive sense, includes every description of agreement, or obligation, whereby one party become...
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GENERAL . This word has several meanings, namely: 1. A principal officer, particularly in the army. 2. Something opposed to special; as,... -
MANDATE, practice. A judicial command or precept issued by a court or magistrate, directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment,...
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ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
GENEALOGY : The summary history or table of a house or family, showing how the persons there named are connected together. 2. It is ... -
ALABAMA . The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the resolution ... -
GEORGIA The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. George the Second granted a charter to Lord Percival,...
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AUTRE ACTION PENDANT . A plea that another action is pending for the same cause. 2. It is evident that a plaintiff cannot have two ac... -
MANDAMUS, practice. The name of a writ, the principal word of which when the proceedings were in Latin, was mandamus, we command. 2. ...
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AMBASSADOR , international law. A public minister sent abroad by some sovereign state or prince, with a legal commission and authority... -
MANDATE, practice. A judicial command or precept issued by a court or magistrate, directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment,...
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DYVOUR'S HABIT . Scotch law. A habit which debtors, who are set free on a cessio bonorum, are obliged to wear, unless in the summons ... -
CONIFISCATION . The act by which the estate, goods or chattels of a person who has been guilty of some crime, or who is a public enemy, ... -
MANIA , med. jur. This subject will be considered by examining it, first, in a medical point of view; and, secondly, as to its legal c...
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ALIEN , persons. One born out of the jurisdiction of the United States, who has not since been naturalized under their constitution and...
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TEXAS. The name of one of the new states of the United, States of America. Texas was an independent republic. By the joint resolution... -
ERROR . A mistake in judgment or deviation from the truth, in matters of fact and from the law in matters of judgment. 2. - 1 Error 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... -
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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