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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... -
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... -
ABANDONMENT for torts, a term used in the civil law. By the Roman law, when the master was sued for the tort of his slave, or the o... -
COMMISSION , contracts, civ. law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This ... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m... -
DEPOSIT , contracts. Usually defined to be a naked bailment of goods to be kept for the bailor, without reward, and to be returned ... -
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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ACT , civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. In Latin, Instrumentum... -
TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate de-fences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely o... -
MICHIGAN. One of the new, states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the Act, of Congress of J... -
AGENCY , contracts. An agreement, express , or implied, by which one of the parties, called the principal, confides to the other, deno... -
ILLINOIS . The name of one of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by virtue of a "Resolution dec... -
GEORGIA The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. George the Second granted a charter to Lord Percival,... -
CONFEDERACY , intern. law. An agreement between two or more states or nations, by which they unite for their mutual protection and goo... -
DECEIT , tort. A fraudulent. misrepresentation or contrivance, by which one man deceives another, who has no means of detecting the fr... -
AUTREFOIS . A French word, signifying formerly, at another time; and is usually applied to signify that something was done formerly, a...
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ABANDONMENT for torts, a term used in the civil law. By the Roman law, when the master was sued for the tort of his slave, or the o...
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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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COMMISSION , contracts, civ. law. When one undertakes, without reward, to do something for another in respect to a thing bailed. This ...
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DELIVERANCE , Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty to whom he wishes a... -
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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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... -
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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PARDON , crim. law, pleading. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, wh... -
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... -
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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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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