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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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MASTER. This word has several meanings. 1. Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to... -
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...
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ARTICLES OF PARTNERSHIP : The name given to an instrument of writing by which the parties enter into a partnership, upon the condition... -
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...
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MARSHAL. An officer of the United States, whose duty it is to execute the process of the courts of the United States. His duties are ... -
DISCLAIMER . This word signifies. to abandon, to renounce; also the act by which the renunciation is made. For example, a disclaimer i... -
DIRECT . Straight forward; not collateral. 2. The direct line of descents for example, is formed by a series of degrees between person...
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MANDAMUS, practice. The name of a writ, the principal word of which when the proceedings were in Latin, was mandamus, we command. 2. ...
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MALICE, crim. law. A wicked intention to do an injury. 4 Mason, R. 115, 505: 1 Gall. R. 524. It is not confined to the intention of d...
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CONTRACT . This term, in its more extensive sense, includes every description of agreement, or obligation, whereby one party become...
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EJECTMENT , remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unl... -
MASTER. This word has several meanings. 1. Master is one who has control over a servant or apprentice. A master stands in relation to...
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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...
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IMMIGRATION . The removing into one place from another. It differs from emigration, which is the moving from one place into another. Vide ...
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DIRECT . Straight forward; not collateral. 2. The direct line of descents for example, is formed by a series of degrees between person...
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MUTINY, crimes. The unlawful resistance of a superior officer, or the raising of commotions and disturbances on board of a ship agains... -
ILLINOIS . The name of one of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by virtue of a "Resolution dec... -
PACTUM CONSTITUTAE PECUNIAE C ivil law. An agreement by which a person appointed to his creditor, a certain day, or a certain time, a... -
CAPTION , practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a 'Commission, indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what aut...
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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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