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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... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
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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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... -
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... -
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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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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SE DEFENDENDO, criminal law. Defending himself. 2. Homicide, se defendendo, is that which takes place upon a sudden rencounter, whe... -
SANCTUARY. A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civi... -
SEALING OF A VERDICT, practice. The putting a verdict in writing, and placing it in an envelop, which is sealed. To relieve jurors af...
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CHARACTER , evidence. The opinion generally entertained of a person derived from the common re 'port of the people who are acquain... -
ARBITRATION , practice. A reference and submission of a matter in dispute concerning property, or of a personal wrong, to the decision... -
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, ... -
ARTICLES OF PARTNERSHIP : The name given to an instrument of writing by which the parties enter into a partnership, upon the condition... -
VARIANCE, pleading, evidence. A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which ought to agree togeth... -
Mathis v. United States Docket Number: 15-6092 Date Argued: 04/26/16 Issue: Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Cr... -
ENTRY . criminal law. The unlawful breaking into a house, in order to commit a crime. In cases of burglary, the least entry with the who...
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SE DEFENDENDO, criminal law. Defending himself. 2. Homicide, se defendendo, is that which takes place upon a sudden rencounter, whe...
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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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MARRIAGE. A contract made in due form of law, by which a free man and a free woman reciprocally engage to live with -
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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ARTICLES OF PARTNERSHIP : The name given to an instrument of writing by which the parties enter into a partnership, upon the condition...
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Mathis v. United States Docket Number: 15-6092 Date Argued: 04/26/16 Issue: Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Cr...
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SEALING OF A VERDICT, practice. The putting a verdict in writing, and placing it in an envelop, which is sealed. To relieve jurors af...
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ACCESS , persons. Approach, or the means or power of approaching. Sometimes by access is understood sexual intercourse; at other times... -
CONFEDERACY , intern. law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and goo...
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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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