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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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CANON , eccl. law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate... -
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MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m... -
CARRIERS , contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. v.) who have been considered under another head; a... -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h...
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DEPOSIT , contracts. Usually defined to be a naked bailment of goods to be kept for the bailor, without reward, and to be returned ... -
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TRADITION C ontracts, civil law. The act by which a thing is delivered by one or more persons to one or more others. 2. In sales it i... -
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, ... -
ATTESTATION CLAUSE , wills and contracts. That clause wherein the witnesses certify that the instrument has been executed before them, ... -
MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m...
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A trench dug for leading water in a particular direction, and confin- ing it. 2. Public canals are generally protected by the law which...
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DEAD Something which has no life; figuratively, something of no value. DEAD BODY , crim. law. A corpse. 2. To take up a dead body wit...
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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... -
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MILL, estates. Mills are so very different and various, that it is not easy to give a definition of the term. They are used for the p...
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MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m...
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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 ... -
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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MUTATION, French law. This term is synonymous with change, and is particularly applied to designate the change which takes place in th...
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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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DEVIATION , insurance, contracts. A voluntary departure, without necessity, or any reasonable cause, from the regular and usual course...
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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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