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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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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...
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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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ALLOY, or ALLAY . An inferior metal, used with gold. and silver in making coin or public money. Originally, it was one of the allowanc... -
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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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ACT , civil law, contracts. A writing which states in a legal form that a thing has been said, done, or agreed. In Latin, Instrumentum...
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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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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... -
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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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