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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... -
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... -
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... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with -
DEPOSIT , contracts. Usually defined to be a naked bailment of goods to be kept for the bailor, without reward, and to be returned ... -
CONVEYANCE , contracts. The transfer of the title to land by one or more persons to another or others. By the term persons is here und... -
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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SANCTUARY. A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civi... -
ELECTION. This term, in its most usual acceptation, signifies the choice which several persons collectively make of a person to fill an o... -
GOVERNMENT: N atural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. 2. There are three simple forms ... -
AMENDMENT , legislation. An alteration or change of something proposed in a bill. 2. Either house of the legislature has a rigt to ma... -
QUACK. One, who, without sufficient knowledge, study or previous preparation, and without the diploma of some college or university, unde... -
DISINHERISON , civil law. The act of depriving a forced heir of the inheritance which the law gives him. 2. In Louisiana, forced heir... -
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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CALIFORNIA . The name of one of the states of the United States. It was admitted into the Union, by-an Act of Congress, passed the 9th... -
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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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ATTESTATION CLAUSE , wills and contracts. That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, ... -
CONDEMNATION , mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the h... -
SANCTUARY. A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civi...
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MICHIGAN. One of the new, states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the Act, of Congress of J... -
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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USURPED POWER, insurance. By an article of the printed proposals which are considered as making a part of the contract of insurance it i... -
ELECTION. This term, in its most usual acceptation, signifies the choice which several persons collectively make of a person to fill an o...
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PACTUM CONSTITUTAE PECUNIAE C ivil law. An agreement by which a person appointed to his creditor, a certain day, or a certain time, 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... -
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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