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COMMON . or right of common, English law. An encorporeal hereditament, which consists in a profit which a man has in the lands of anot... -
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... -
CONDEMNATION , mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the hi... -
COURT , practice. A court is an incorporeal political being, which requires for its existence, the presence of the judges, or a compet... -
EJECTMENT , remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unl... -
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 ... -
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... -
PAPER MONEY : By paper money is understood the engagements to pay money which are issued by governments and banks, and which pass as ... -
Do-it-yourself Prenuptial Agreement A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement, is a written contract entere...
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DE FACTO , i. e. in deed. A term used to denote a thing actually done; a president of the United States de facto is one in the exercise of...
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ABROGATION , in the civil law, legislation. The destruction or annulling of a former law, by an act of the legislative power, or by us... -
SUBPOENA, practice, evidence. A process to cause a witness to appear and give testimony, commanding him to lay aside all pretences and ... -
CASUS OMISSUS . An omitted case. 2. When a statute or an instrument of writing undertakes to foresee and to provide for certain contin...
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CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const... -
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... -
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... -
APPROPRIATION , contracts. The application of the payment of a sum of money, made by a debtor to his creditor, to one of several debts. ...
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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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SIGN, contracts, evidence. A token of anything; a note or token given without words. 2. Contracts are express or implied. The expres... -
RACK , punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and th... -
VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of... -
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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CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const...
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TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate de-fences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely o...
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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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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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