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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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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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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...
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CAPIAS , practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Sever...
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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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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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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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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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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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COUNT , pleading. This word, derived from the French conte, a narrative, is in our old law books used synonymously with declaration bu...
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COVENANT , remedies. The name of an action instituted for the recovery of damages for the breach of a covenant or promise under seal. ...
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CRIME . A crime is an offence against a public law. This word, in its most general signification, comprehends all offences but, in its...
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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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SEAL , conveyancing, contracts. A seal is an impression upon wax, wafer, or some other tenacious substance capable of being impressed....
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CAPITULATION , war. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of t...
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MICHIGAN. One of the new, states of the United States of America. This state was admitted into the Union by the Act, of Congress of J...
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MEDICAL JURISPRUDENCE. That science which applies the principles and practice of the different branches of medicine to the elucidatio...
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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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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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COUNT , pleading. This word, derived from the French conte, a narrative, is in our old law books used synonymously with declaration bu...
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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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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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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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... 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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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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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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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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CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ...
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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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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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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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