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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... -
CAPITAL CRIME . One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane's Ab. Index, h... -
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... -
CAPIAS , practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Sever... -
CARRIERS , contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. v.) who have been considered under another head; a... -
TO SEQUESTER, civil and eccles. law. To renounce. Example, when a widow comes into court and disclaims having anything to do, or to i... -
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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VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of... -
ESCAPE . An escape is tho deliverance of a person who is lawfully imprisoned, out of prison, before such a person is entitled to such ... -
SABBATH. The same as Sunday. (q. v.) SABINIANS. A sect of lawyers, whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and the second, Caelius S... -
EQUITABLE . That which is in conformity to the natural law. Wolff, Inst. §83. EQUITABLE ESTATE . An equitable estate is a right or in... -
TRUSTEE , estates. A trustee is one to whom an estate has been conveyed in trust. 2. The trust estate is not subject to the specialt... -
TO ENURE . To take, or have effect or serve to the use, benefit, or advantage of a person. The word is often written inure. A release to ...
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TRESPASS , remedies. The name of an action, instituted for the recovery of damages, for a wrong committed against the plaintiff, with ...
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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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ARSON , criminal law. At common law an offence of the degree of felony; and is defined by Lord Coke to be the malicious and voluntary ... -
TRIAL, practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cau...
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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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SECRET. That which is not to be revealed. 2. Attorneys and counsellors, who have been trusted professionally with the secrets of th...
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VACANCY. A place which is empty. The term is principally applied to cases where an office is not filled. 2. By the constitution of...
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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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MAGNA CHARTA. The great charter. The name of an instrument granted by King John, June 19, 1215, which secured to the English people m... -
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... -
ESCAPE . An escape is tho deliverance of a person who is lawfully imprisoned, out of prison, before such a person is entitled to such ...
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COMPENSATIO CRIMINIS . The compensation or set-off of one crime against another; for example, in questions of divorce, where one party c... -
EQUITABLE . That which is in conformity to the natural law. Wolff, Inst. §83. EQUITABLE ESTATE . An equitable estate is a right or in...
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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... -
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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... -
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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