Dictionary: QUACK -- QUOD RECUPERET
12.8.17
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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... -
Mathis v. United States Docket Number: 15-6092 Date Argued: 04/26/16 Issue: Whether a predicate prior conviction under the Armed Career Cr... -
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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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... -
M. When persons were convicted of manslaughter in England, they were formerly marked with this letter on the brawn of the thumb. -
NAIL, A measure of length, equal to two inches and a quarter. Vide Measure. NAKED. This word is used in a metaphorical sense to deno... -
CRUELTY . This word has different meanings, as it is applicd to different things. Cruelty may be, 1. From hushand towards the wife, or... -
TO ATTACH , crim. law, practice. To an attachment for contempt for the non-take or apprehend by virtue of the order of a writ or prece... -
BILL OF EXCEPTION : Practice. The statement in writing, of the objection made by a party in a cause, to the decision of the court on ... -
ESCAPE . An escape is tho deliverance of a person who is lawfully imprisoned, out of prison, before such a person is entitled to such ... -
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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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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BILL , legislation. An instrument drawn or presented by a member or committee to a legislative body for its approbation and enactment.... -
F , punishment, English law. Formerly felons were branded and marked with a hot iron, with this letter, on being admitted to the ben... -
ALLOY, or ALLAY . An inferior metal, used with gold. and silver in making coin or public money. Originally, it was one of the allowanc... -
SABBATH. The same as Sunday. (q. v.) SABINIANS. A sect of lawyers, whose first chief was Atteius Capito, and the second, Caelius S... -
CARTEL ,war. An agreement between two belligerent powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters, and also a written challenge to a du...
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ALIBI , in evidence. This is a Latin word which signifies, elsewhere. 2. When a person, charged with a crime, proves (se eadem die fui... -
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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RACK , punishments. An engine with which to torture a supposed criminal, in order to extort a confession of his supposed crime, and th...
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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... -
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... -
CABALLERIA , Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those ... -
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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