Spanish law. A measure of land, which is different in different provinces. Diccionario por la Real Academia. In those parts of the United States, whic...
Certain officers who taken collectively make a board; as, the president"s, cabinet, which is usually composed of the secretary of state, secretary of ...
A term derived from the French, which has been adopted in Louisiana, and which signifies the official statement of the quantity and value of real prop...
A younger brother, one trained up for the army or navy....
The name of a civil magistrate among the Turks....
An almanac. Julius Caesar ordained that the Roman year should consist of 365 days, except every fourth year, which should contain 366, the additional ...
crim. law. A list of prisoners, containing their names, the time when they were committed, and by whom, and the cause of their commitments....
The name of one of the states of the United States. It was admitted into the Union, by-an Act of Congress, passed the 9th September, 1850, entitled "A...
practice. When a plaintiff perceives that he has not given evidence to maintain his issue, and intends to become nonsuited, he withdraws himself, when...
civil law. Persons who accuse others, whom they know to be innocent, of having committed crimes. Code 9, 46, 9....
A person skilled in exchange; one who deals or trades in promissory notes or bills of exchange....
Eng. law. The court of the Star Chamber, now abolished....
A part or portion of a larger field or ground, which would otherwise be in gross or common. Vide Champerty....
A trench dug for leading water in a particular direction, and confin- ing it. 2. Public canals are generally protected by the law which authorizes the...
The name formerly given to the court of chancery....
Its general acceptation, is the act of crossing a writing; it is used sometimes to signify the manual operation of tearing or destroying the instrumen...
One who offers himself or is offered by others for an office....
eccl. law. This word is taken from the Greek, and signifies a rule or law. In ecelesiastical law, it is also used to designate an order of religious p...
One well versed in canon or ecclesiastical law....
war. The distance which a cannon will throw a ball. 2. The whole space of the sea, within cannon shot of the coast, is considered as making a part of ...
This word, in the law sense, denotes some ability, power, qualifi- cation, or competency of persons, natural, or artificial, for the performance of ci...
Capable of committing crime. This is said of one who has sufficient mind and understanding to be made responsible for his actions. See, Discretion....
English law. A judicial writ touching a plea of lands and tenements. The writs which bear this name are of two kinds, namely, cape magnum, or grand, c...
Vessels of war owned by private persons, and different from ordinary privateers (q. v.) only in size, being smaller. Bea. Lex. Mer. 230....
practice. This word, the signification of which is " that you take," is applicable to many heads of practice. Several writs and processes, commanding ...
practice. A writ issued in a case of misdemeanor, after the defendant has appeared and found guilty, and is not present when called. This writ is to b...
practice. A writ issued in the action of account render, upon the judgment quod computet, when the defendant refuses to appear, in his proper person, ...
practice. A writ commanding the sheriff, or other proper officer, to "take the body of the defendant and to keep the same to answer, ad respondendum, ...
practice. A writ of execution issued upon a judgment in a personal action, for the recovery of money, directed to the sheriff or coroner, commanding h...
practice, crim. law. The name of a writ which issues against a defendant who has been fined, and who does not discharge it according to the judgment. ...
English practice. A capias utlagatum is general or special; the former against the person only, the latter against the person, lands and goods. 2. Thi...
practice. A writ issued after a return of elongata or eloigned has been made to a writ of retorno habendo, commanding the sheriff to take so many of t...
pro fine. The name of a writ which was issued to levy a fine due to the king. Bac. Ab. Fines and Amercements, in prin. See Judgment of Capiatur....
By heads. An expression of frequent occurrence in laws regulating the distribution of the estates of persons dying intestate. When all the persons ent...
political economy, commerce. In political economy, it is that portion of the produce of a country, which may be made directly available either to supp...
One for the punishment of which death is inflicted, which punishment is called capital punishment. Dane"s Ab. Index, h. t. 2. The subject of capital p...
A poll tax; an imposition which is yearly laid on each person according to his estate and ability. 2. The Constitution of the United States provides t...
descents. By the head. Distribution or succession per capita, is said to take place when every one of the kindred in equal degree, and not jure repres...
The Capitularia or Capitularies, was a code of laws promulgated by Childebert, Clotaire, Carloman, Pepin, Charlemague, and other kings. It was so call...
war. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it. 2....
civ.law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who have the right of. the people, regulate the manner in which the government is t...
mar. law. The name given to the master or commander of a vessel. He is known in this country very generally by the name of master. (q. v.) He is also ...
French law. The act of one who succeeds in controlling the will of another, so as to become master of it. It is generally taken in a bad sense. 2. Cap...
French law. The name which is sometimes given, to him who by flattery and artifice endeavors to surprise testators, and induce them to. give legacies ...
practice. That part of a legal instrument, as a "Commission, indictment, &c., which shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found or ex...
war. One who has talken property from an enemy; this term is also employed to designate one who has taken an enemy. 2. Formerly, goods taken in war we...
war. The taking of property by one belligerent from another.2. To make a good capture of a ship, it must be subdued and taken by an enemy in open war,...
Eng. law. Having the head of a wolf. An outlawed felon was said to have the head of a wolf, and might have been killed by any one legally. Now, such k...
weights. A carat is a weight equal to three and one-sixth grains, in diamonds, and the like. Jac. L. Dict. See Weight....
French law. A French word, which is applied to an instrument of punishment somewhat resembling a pillory. It sometimes signifies the punishment itself...
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