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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... -
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... -
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... -
RACK , punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and th... -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ... -
CONSTITUTIONAL . That which is consonant to, and agrees with the constitu- tion. 2. When laws are made in violation of the const... -
SLANDER, torts. The defaming a man in his reputation by speaking or writing words which affect his life, office, or trade, or which t... -
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... -
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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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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MEASURE. That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses...
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TO COMMIT . To send a person to prison by virtue of a warrant or other lawful writ, for the commission of a crime, offence or misdemeano... -
CONDEMNATION , mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the hi... -
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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... 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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USUFRUCT, civil law. The right of enjoying a thing, the property of which is vested in another, and to draw from the same all the prof... -
SEARCH, crim. law. An examination of a man's house, premises or person, for the purpose of discovering proof of his guilt in rela...
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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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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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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...
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CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ...
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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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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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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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