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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... -
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... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
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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GENDER . That which designates the sexes. 2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v.... -
SOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of wha...
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COMMISSION , contracts, civ. law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This ...
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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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CHARGE , practice. The opinion expressed by the court to the jury, on the law arising out of a case before them. 2. It should contai...
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MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with -
ANIMAL , property. A name given to every animated being endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In law, it signifies all animals e... -
GIFT , conveyancing. A voluntary conveyance; that is, a conveyance not founded on the consideration of money or blood. The word denotes ... -
TRIAL, practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cau... -
BILL OF EXCHANGE C ontracts. A bill of exchange is defined to be an open letter of request from, and order by, one person on another,... -
GRAND . An epithet frequently used to denote that the thing. to which it is joined is of more importance and dignity, than other thing... -
CODICIL , devises. An addition or supplement to a will; it must be executed with the same solemnities. A codicil is a part of the will, ... -
ABANDONMENT for torts, a term used in the civil law. By the Roman law, when the master was sued for the tort of his slave, or the o...
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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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M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb.
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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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STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons...
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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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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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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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MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with
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SOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of wha...
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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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