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SCIRE FIERI INQUIRY, Eng. law. The name of a writ, the history of the origin of which is as follows: when on an execution de bonis te... -
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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 ... -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ... -
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... -
CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const... -
RACK , punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and th... -
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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CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ...
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TO ADMINISTER, ADMINISTERING . The stat. 9 G. IV. c. 31, S. 11, enacts "that if any person unlawfully and maliciously shall admin... -
MINISTER, government. An officer who is placed near the sovereign, and is invested with the administration of some one of the princip... -
MALICE, crim. law. A wicked intention to do an injury. 4 Mason, R. 115, 505: 1 Gall. R. 524. It is not confined to the intention of d... -
USEFUL. That which may be put into beneficial practice. 2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in describing the su... -
FUTURE STATE , evidence. A state of existence after this life. 2. A witness who does not believe in any future state of existence was... -
PARDON , crim. law, pleading. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, wh... -
USE, estates. A confidence reposed in another, who was made tenant of the land or terre tenant, that he should dispose of the land acc... -
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CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ...
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TO ADMINISTER, ADMINISTERING . The stat. 9 G. IV. c. 31, S. 11, enacts "that if any person unlawfully and maliciously shall admin...
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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...
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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... -
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... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
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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... -
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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