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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... -
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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... -
CONFIRMATION , contracts, conveyancing. 1 . A contract by which that which was voidable, is made firm and unavoidable. 2. A species of c... -
COMPENSATIO CRIMINIS . The compensation or set-off of one crime against another; for example, in questions of divorce, where one party c...
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ESTOPPEL , pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence o his o... -
DOWER . An estate for life, which the law gives the widow in the third part of the lands and tenements, or hereditaments of which the ... -
CERTIORARI , practice. To be certified of; to be informed of. This is the name of a writ issued from a superior court directed to one of... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui...
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SEAL , conveyancing, contracts. A seal is an impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed.... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
MERGER. Where a greater and lesser thing meet, and the latter loses its separate existence and sinks into the former. It is applied t... -
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... -
ABANDONMENT . In maritime contracts in the civil law, principals are generally held indefinitely responsible for the obligations which... -
CODICIL , devises. An addition or supplement to a will; it must be executed with the same solemnities. A codicil is a part of the will, ...
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CHOICE . Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election. (q. v.) CHOSE , property. This is...
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MILITIA. The military force of the nation, consisting of citizens called forth to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrectio...
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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 ...
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PARLIAMENT . This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the gove... -
PAYEE. The person in whose favor a bill of exchange is made payable. Vide Bills of Exchange. PAYMENT , contracts. That which is ...
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DEPARTMENT . A portion of a country. In France, the country is divided into departments, which are somewhat similar to the counties in...
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CODICIL , devises. An addition or supplement to a will; it must be executed with the same solemnities. A codicil is a part of the will, ...
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CHOICE . Preference either of a person or thing, to one of several other persons or things. Election. (q. v.) CHOSE , property. This is...
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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... -
DEVIATION , insurance, contracts. A voluntary departure, without necessity, or any reasonable cause, from the regular and usual course...
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COMPTROLLERS . There are officers who bear this name, in the treasury depart ment of the United States. 2. There are two comptrollers. ...
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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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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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