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  • MEASURE
    MEASURE.  That which is used as a rule to determine a quantity. A certain quantity of something, taken for a unit, and which expresses...
  • Dictionary, legal meaning of, MACE-BEARER... TO MUSTER
    M.  When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb.
  • CONSTRUCTION
    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...
  • STATE
    STATE:   government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons...
  • Legal meaning of, DAM... DYVOUR
    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...
  • CONDEMNATION
    CONDEMNATION , mar. law. The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the h...
  • SEVERANCE
    TO SEVER,  practice. When defendants who are sued jointly have separate de-fences, they may in general sever, that is, each one rely o...
  • GENDER
    GENDER . That which designates the sexes. 2. As a general rule, when the masculine is used it includes the feminine, as, man (q. v....
  • SOMNAMBULISM
    SOMNAMBULISM,  med. juris. Sleep walking. 2. This is sometimes an inferior species of insanity, the patient being unconscious of wha...