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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... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses... -
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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... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
MILL, estates. Mills are so very different and various, that it is not easy to give a definition of the term. They are used for the p...
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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...
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CAVEAT , practice. That hebeware. Caveat is the name of a notice given by a party having an interest, to some officer, not to do an act,... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m... -
PACTUM CONSTITUTAE PECUNIAE C ivil law. An agreement by which a person appointed to his creditor, a certain day, or a certain time, a... -
ANSWER , pleading in equity. A defence in writing made by a defendant, to the charges contained in a bill or information, filed by the... -
COUNT , pleading. This word, derived from the French conte, a narrative, is in our old law books used synonymously with declaration bu... -
CAPTATION , French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally ta...
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ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . The compact which was made by the original thirteen states of the United States of America, bore the name ... -
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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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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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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QUOTATION , rights. The transcript of a part of a book or writing from a book or paper into another. 2. If the quotation is fair, aud ... -
TO SETTLE. To adjust or ascertain to pay. 2. Two contracting parties are said to settle an account when they ascertain what is just...
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CHALLENGE . This word has several significations. 1. It is an exception or objection to a juror. 2. A call by one person upon another ... -
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION . The compact which was made by the original thirteen states of the United States of America, bore the name ...
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CAPTAIN or SEA CAPTAIN , mar. law. The name given to the master or commander of a vessel. He is known in this country very generally b... -
USEFUL. That which may be put into beneficial practice. 2. The patent act of congress of July 4, 1836, sect. 6, in describing the su... -
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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VARIANCE, pleading, evidence. A disagreement or difference between two parts of the same legal proceeding, which ought to agree togeth...
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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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