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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 ... -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
MASTER. This word has several meanings. 1. Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to... -
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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TO SEQUESTER, civil and eccles. law. To renounce. Example, when a widow comes into court and disclaims having anything to do, or to i... -
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... -
CAPIAS , practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Sever...
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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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PARTIES , contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement. 2. Al... -
PARLIAMENT . This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the gove... -
JUSTIFICATION. The act by which a party accused shows and maintains a good and legal reason in court, why he did the thing he is calle... -
CONDEMNATION , mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the hi... -
SECRET. That which is not to be revealed. 2. Attorneys and counsellors, who have been trusted professionally with the secrets of th...
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DE INJURIA , pleading. The name of a replication in an action for a tort, that the defendant committed the trespasses or crrievances o... -
COLOR , pleading. It is of two kinds, namely, express color, and implied color. 2. Express color. This is defined to be a feigned matt... -
ESCAPE . An escape is tho deliverance of a person who is lawfully imprisoned, out of prison, before such a person is entitled to such ...
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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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TO SEQUESTER, civil and eccles. law. To renounce. Example, when a widow comes into court and disclaims having anything to do, or to i...
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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... -
SECRET. That which is not to be revealed. 2. Attorneys and counsellors, who have been trusted professionally with the secrets of th...
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TORTURE P unishments. A punishment inflicted in some countries on supposed criminals to induce them to confess their crimes, and to r... -
USEFUL. That which may be put into beneficial practice. 2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in describing the su... -
PATERNA PATERNIS . This expression is used in the French law to signify that in a succession, the property coming from the father of t... -
PATHOLOGY , med. jur. The science or doctrine of diseases. In cases of homicides, abortions, and the like, it is of great consequence t...
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DROIT . A French word, which, in that language, signifies the whole collection of laws, written and unwritten, and is synonymous to ou...
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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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