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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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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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CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
TREASURE TROVE. Found treasure. 2. This name is given to such money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion, which having been hi...
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WISCONSIN. The name of one of the new states of the United States, of America. 2. The constitution of Wisconsin was adopted by a conven... -
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BACHELOR. The first degree taken at the universities in the arts and sciences, as bachelor of arts, & c. It is called, in Latin, Bacc... -
CRIME . A crime is an offence against a public law. This word, in its most general signification, comprehends all offences but, in its... -
EQUITABLE . That which is in conformity to the natural law. Wolff, Inst. §83. EQUITABLE ESTATE . An equitable estate is a right or in... -
SOURCES OF THE LAW: By this expression is understood the authority from which the laws derive their force. 2. The power of making... -
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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DISINHERISON , civil law. The act of depriving a forced heir of the inheritance which the law gives him. 2. In Louisiana, forced heir... -
SILENCE. The state of a person who does not speak, or of one who refrains from speaking. 2. Pure and simple silence cannot be consider... -
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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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USHER. This word is said to be derived from a huissier, and is the name of an inferior officer in some English courts of law Archb. Pr... -
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MARYLAND. One of the original states of the United States of America. The province of Maryland was included in the patent of the Sout... -
WISCONSIN. The name of one of the new states of the United States, of America. 2. The constitution of Wisconsin was adopted by a conven...
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EQUITABLE . That which is in conformity to the natural law. Wolff, Inst. §83. EQUITABLE ESTATE . An equitable estate is a right or in...
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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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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...
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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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