Dictionary: LABEL... LYNCH-LAW.
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LABOR. Continued operation; work.
2. The labor and skill of one man is frequently used in a partnership, and valued as equal to the capital of another.
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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... -
Mathis v. United States Docket Number: 15-6092 Date Argued: 04/26/16 Issue: Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Cr... -
STATE: government. This word is used in various senses. In its most enlarged sense, it signifies a self-sufficient body of persons... -
CONFIRMATION , contracts, conveyancing. 1 . A contract by which that which was voidable, is made firm and unavoidable. 2. A species of c... -
COMPENSATIO CRIMINIS . The compensation or set-off of one crime against another; for example, in questions of divorce, where one party c...
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DOWER . An estate for life, which the law gives the widow in the third part of the lands and tenements, or hereditaments of which the ... -
ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
ESTOPPEL , pleading. An estoppel is a preclusion, in law, which prevents a man from alleging or denying a fact, in consequence o his o... -
CERTIORARI , practice. To be certified of; to be informed of. This is the name of a writ issued from a superior court directed to one of...
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DEPARTMENT . A portion of a country. In France, the country is divided into departments, which are somewhat similar to the counties in...
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DESCENT . Hereditary succession. Descent is the title, whereby a person, upon the death of his ancestor, acquires the estate of the la...
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COMPTROLLERS . There are officers who bear this name, in the treasury depart ment of the United States. 2. There are two comptrollers. ...
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CORPORATION . An aggregate corporation is an ideal body, created by law, composed of individuals united under a common name, the membe... -
DEMURRER . (From the Latin demorari, or old French demorrer, to wait or stay.) In pleading, imports, according to its etymology, that ...
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SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, government. The principal officer in the Department of State. (q. v.) He shall perform such d... -
CONVICT . One who has been condemned by a competent court. This term is wore commonly applied to one who has been convicted of a crime... -
USAGE. Long and uniform practice. In its most extensive meaning this term includes custom and prescription, though it differs from the... -
SCANDAL: A scandalous verbal report or rumor respecting some person. 2. The remedy is an action on the case. 3. In chancery practi...
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PARLIAMENT . This word, derived from the French parlement, in the English law, is used to designate the legislative branch of the gove... -
PARDON , crim. law, pleading. A pardon is an act of grace, proceeding from the power entrusted with the execution of the laws, wh... -
DEPARTMENT . A portion of a country. In France, the country is divided into departments, which are somewhat similar to the counties in...
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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... -
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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PARTIES , contracts. Those persons who engage themselves to do, or not to do the matters and things contained in an agreement. 2. Al... -
CARRIERS , contracts. There are two kinds of carriers, namely, common carriers, (q. v.) who have been considered under another head; a...
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CHALLENGE . This word has several significations. 1. It is an exception or objection to a juror. 2. A call by one person upon another ... -
TO SETTLE. To adjust or ascertain to pay. 2. Two contracting parties are said to settle an account when they ascertain what is just...
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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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