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COMMON . or right of common, English law. An encorporeal hereditament, which consists in a profit which a man has in the lands of anot... -
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... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
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... -
EJECTMENT , remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unl... -
LABEL. A narrow slip of paper or parchment, affixed to a deed or writing hanging at or out of the same. This name is also given to an app... -
COURT , practice. A court is an incorporeal political being, which requires for its existence, the presence of the judges, or a compet... -
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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Do-it-yourself Prenuptial Agreement A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement, is a written contract entere...
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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...
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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...
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ACCOUNT , remedies. This is the name of a writ or action more properly called account render. 2. It is applicable to the, case of an ... -
COURT , practice. A court is an incorporeal political being, which requires for its existence, the presence of the judges, or a compet...
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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... -
MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m... -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
SUICIDE, crimes, med. jur. The act of malicious self-murder; felo de se. (q. v.) 3 Man. Gran. & Scott, 437, 457, 458; 1 Hale, P. C.... -
ABORTION , med jur. and criminal law. The expulsion of the foetus before the seventh mouth of utero-gestation, or before it is viable....
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WISCONSIN. The name of one of the new states of the United States, of America. 2. The constitution of Wisconsin was adopted by a conven... -
CHILD, CHILDREN , domestic relations. A child is the son or daughter in relation to the father or mother. 2. We will here consider th... -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h...
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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...
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DELAWARE . The name of one of the original states of the United States of America. For a time the counties of this state were connected ... -
BILL , legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment.... -
MUTATION, French law. This term is synonymous with change, and is particularly applied to designate the change which takes place in th... -
PAPER MONEY : By paper money is understood the engagements to pay money which are issued by governments and banks, and which pass as ...
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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... -
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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... -
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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