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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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MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses... -
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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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... -
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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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... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ...
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DESCENT . Hereditary succession. Descent is the title, whereby a person, upon the death of his ancestor, acquires the estate of the la... -
DELAWARE . The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. For a time the counties of this state were connected ...
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DEMURRER . (From the Latin demorari, or old French demorrer, to wait or stay.) In pleading, imports, according to its etymology, that ...
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MANSLAUGHTER, crim. law. The unlawful killing of another without malice either express or implied. 4 Bl. Com. 190 1 Hale, P. C. 466. ...
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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 ... -
MANIFEST, com. law. A written instrument containing a true account of the cargo of a ship or commercial vessel. 2. The Act of March ... -
DIGEST , civil law. The name sometimes given to the Pandects of Justinian; it is so called because this compilation is reduced to orde...
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BANK , com. law. 1. A place for the deposit of money. 2. An institution, generally incorporated, authorized to receive deposits of mon... -
AGREEMENT , contract. The consent of two or more persons concurring, respecting the transmissiou of some property, right or benefit, w... -
ANIMAL , property. A name given to every animated being endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In law, it signifies all animals e...
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MANIFEST, com. law. A written instrument containing a true account of the cargo of a ship or commercial vessel. 2. The Act of March ...
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DESCENT . Hereditary succession. Descent is the title, whereby a person, upon the death of his ancestor, acquires the estate of the la...
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MATERIAL MEN. This name is given to persons who furnish materials for the purpose of constructing or erecting ships, houses, and othe...
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Affordable Vehicle Leasing Agreement A Vehicle Leasing Agreement is a contract made between a vehicle owner (lessor) and someone who p... -
CASUS OMISSUS . An omitted case. 2. When a statute or an instrument of writing undertakes to foresee and to provide for certain contin...
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DEMURRER . (From the Latin demorari, or old French demorrer, to wait or stay.) In pleading, imports, according to its etymology, that ...
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MANIA , med. jur. This subject will be considered by examining it, first, in a medical point of view; and, secondly, as to its legal c...
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CONFIRMATION , contracts, conveyancing. 1 . A contract by which that which was voidable, is made firm and unavoidable. 2. A species of c... -
MANSLAUGHTER, crim. law. The unlawful killing of another without malice either express or implied. 4 Bl. Com. 190 1 Hale, P. C. 466. ...
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MANDATE, practice. A judicial command or precept issued by a court or magistrate, directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment,...
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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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