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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... -
MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses... -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
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... -
CAPIAS , practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Sever... -
CANON , eccl. law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate... -
SLANDER, torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which t... -
PARTIES , contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement. 2. Al... -
CARRIERS , contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. v.) who have been considered under another head; a...
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PATHOLOGY , med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence t... -
GENDER . That which designates the sexes. 2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v.... -
COURT , practice. A court is an incorporeal political being, which requires for its existence, the presence of the judges, or a compet... -
MUTATION, French law. This term is synonymous with change, and is particularly applied to designate the change which takes place in th... -
COUNSEL . Advice given to another as to what he ought to do or not to do. 2. To counsel another to do an unlawful act, is to become a... -
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...
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PENAL . That which may be punished; that which inflicts a punishment. PENAL STATUTES . Those which inflict a penalty for the violatio...
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CONTINUANCE , practice. The adjournment of a cause from one day to another is called a continuance, an entry of which is made upon the... -
DEBT , contracts. A sum of money due by certain and express agreement. 3 Bl. Com. 154. In a less technical sense, as in the "act ...
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CERTIFICATE , practice. A writing made in any court, and properly authenticated, to give notice to another court of anything done ther... -
BACHELOR. The first degree taken at the universities in the arts and sciences, as bachelor of arts, & c. It is called, in Latin, Bacc... -
CIVIL . This word has various significations. 1. It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of societ... -
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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CIRCUMSTANCES , evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and... -
CERTAINTY, UNCERTAINTY , contracts. In matters of obligation, a thing is certain, when its essence, quality, and quantity, are describ...
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EXTRADITION , civil law. The act of sending, by authority of law, a person accused of a crime to a foreign jurisdiction where it was com... -
PATHOLOGY , med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence t...
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GENDER . That which designates the sexes. 2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v....
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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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