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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... -
SIGN, contracts, evidence. A token of anything; a note or token given without words. 2. Contracts are express or implied. The expres...
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SLANDER, torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which t... -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ... -
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 ... -
... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
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... -
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... -
RACK , punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and th... -
CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const...
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CONCLUSION , practice. Making the last argument or address to the court or jury. The party on whom the onus probandi is cast, in gener... -
CONFEDERACY , intern. law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and goo... -
CHARTER . A grant made by the sovereign either to the whole people or to a portion of them, securing to them the enjoyment of certain ... -
TO ENURE . To take, or have effect or serve to the use, benefit, or advantage of a person. The word is often written inure. A release to ...
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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... -
EMBEZZLEMENT , crim. law. The fraudulently removing and secreting of personal property, with which the party has been entrusted, for t... -
CODE , legislation. Signifies in general a collection of laws. It is a name given by way of eminence to a collection of such laws made...
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CONSPIRACY , crim. law, torts. An agreement between two or more persons to do an unlawful act, or an act which may become by the combi...
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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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COLOR , pleading. It is of two kinds, namely, express color, and implied color. 2. Express color. This is defined to be a feigned matt... -
CONCLUSION , practice. Making the last argument or address to the court or jury. The party on whom the onus probandi is cast, in gener...
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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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DISTRESS , remedies. A distress is defined to be, the taking of a personal chattel, without legal process, from the possession of the ... -
CHARTER . A grant made by the sovereign either to the whole people or to a portion of them, securing to them the enjoyment of certain ...
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TO ENURE . To take, or have effect or serve to the use, benefit, or advantage of a person. The word is often written inure. A release to ...
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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...
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EXTRADITION , civil law. The act of sending, by authority of law, a person accused of a crime to a foreign jurisdiction where it was com... -
ALABAMA . The name of one of the new states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the resolution ...
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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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