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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... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
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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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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SOMNAMBULISM, med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of wha...
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TO SEVER, practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate de-fences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely o...
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SANCTUARY. A place of refuge, where the process of the law cannot be executed. 2. Sanctuaries may be divided into religious and civi... -
TO ATTACH , crim. law, practice. To an attachment for contempt for the non-take or apprehend by virtue of the order of a writ or prece... -
MUTE, persons. One who is dumb. Vide Deaf and Dumb. MUTE, STANDING MUTE, practice, crim. law. When a prisoner upon his arraignment t... -
MAINE. One of the new states of the United State's of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the Act of Congress of M...
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APPEAL , English crim. law. The accusation of a person, in a legal form, for a crime committed by him; or, it is the lawful declaratio...
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BILL OF EXCEPTION : Practice. The statement in writing, of the objection made by a party in a cause, to the decision of the court on ... -
TABELLIO. An officer among the Romans who reduced to writing and into proper form, agreements, contracts, wills, and other instruments, a... -
WADSET, Scotch law. A right, by which lands, or other heritable subjects, are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security ... -
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... -
BILL OF EXCHANGE C ontracts. A bill of exchange is defined to be an open letter of request from, and order by, one person on another,...
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M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb.
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TO ATTACH , crim. law, practice. To an attachment for contempt for the non-take or apprehend by virtue of the order of a writ or prece...
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APPEAL , English crim. law. The accusation of a person, in a legal form, for a crime committed by him; or, it is the lawful declaratio...
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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...
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Freedom of expression is a fundamental human right as stated in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Every... -
TABELLIO. An officer among the Romans who reduced to writing and into proper form, agreements, contracts, wills, and other instruments, a...
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CITATION , practice. A writ issued out of a court of competent, jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear and do somet... -
NAIL, A measure of length, equal to two inches and a quarter. Vide Measure. NAKED. This word is used in a metaphorical sense to deno... -
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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EMANCIPATION . An act by which a person, who was once in the power of another, is rendered free. B y the laws of Louisiana, minors ...
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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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