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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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STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
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... -
SOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of wha...
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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... -
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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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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GENDER . That which designates the sexes. 2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v....
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MUTUAL. Reciprocal. 2. In contracts there must always be a consideration in order to make them valid. This is sometimes mutual, as w... -
Fighting words are a narrow category of unprotected speech that are defined as words spoken in a face to face exchange such as personal insu... -
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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SALARY: A reward or recompense for services performed. 2. It is usually applied to the reward paid to a public officer for the perfo... -
APPLICATION . The act of making a request for something; the paper on which the request is written is also called an application; as, ...
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USURPATION, government. The tyrannical assumption of the government by force contrary to and in violation of the constitution of the co... -
MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with -
GENDER . That which designates the sexes. 2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v....
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PAROL More properly parole. A French word, which means literally, word or speech. It is used to distinguish contracts which are made v...
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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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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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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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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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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... -
AVERMENT , pleading. Comes from the Latin verificare, or the French averrer, and signifies a positive statement of facts in opposition... -
GIFT , conveyancing. A voluntary conveyance; that is, a conveyance not founded on the consideration of money or blood. The word denotes ... -
SOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of wha...
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TRIAL, practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cau... -
ANIMAL , property. A name given to every animated being endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In law, it signifies all animals e...
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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... -
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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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