Know Your Rights When Asked About Immigration Status
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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... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
SOURCES OF THE LAW: By this expression is understood the authority from which the laws derive their force. 2. The power of making...
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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... -
SOVEREIGN. A chief ruler with supreme power; one possessing sovereignty. (q. v.) It is also applied to a king or other magistrate wit...
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Mathis v. United States Docket Number: 15-6092 Date Argued: 04/26/16 Issue: Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Cr... -
CONFIRMATION , contracts, conveyancing. 1 . A contract by which that which was voidable, is made firm and unavoidable. 2. A species of c... -
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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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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KENTUCKY . The name of one of the new states of the United States of America . 2. This state was formerly a part of Virginia , and t... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
CONSANGUINITY The relation subsisting among all the different persons descendiug from the same stock, or common ancestor. Vaughan, 32... -
ACT , civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. In Latin, Instrumentum... -
COMMON . or right of common, English law. An encorporeal hereditament, which consists in a profit which a man has in the lands of anot... -
... ALIMENTS . In the Roman and French law this word signifies the food and other things necessary to the support of life, as clo... -
CODICIL , devises. An addition or supplement to a will; it must be executed with the same solemnities. A codicil is a part of the will, ...
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KENTUCKY . The name of one of the new states of the United States of America . 2. This state was formerly a part of Virginia , and t...
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ALIENAGE . The condition or state of alien. ALIENATE , aliene, alien. This is a generic term applicable to the various methods of trans...
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AMBASSADOR , international law. A public minister sent abroad by some sovereign state or prince, with a legal commission and authority... -
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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BILL , legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment.... -
ALLOY, or ALLAY . An inferior metal, used with gold. and silver in making coin or public money. Originally, it was one of the allowanc... -
ESTOPPEL , pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence o his o...
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AUTHORITIES , practice. By this word is understood the citations which are made of laws, acts of the legislature, and decided cases, a...
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Affordable Articles of Incorporation Articles of incorporation is a set of formal documents filed with a government body to legally ...
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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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