On the other side or hand, on the contrary....
One from more. The motto of the arms of the United States....
money. A gold coin of the United States, of the value of ten dollars. It weighs two hundred and fifty-eight grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundre...
One who attests to things he has heard himself....
Eng. law. A title of nobility next below a marquis and above a viscount. 2. Earls were anciently called comites, because they were wont comitari regem...
The seigniory of an earl, the title and dignity of an earl....
contracts. The payment of a part of the price of goods sold, or the delivery of part of such goods, for the purpose of binding the contract. 2. The ef...
estates. An easement is defined to be a liberty privilege or advantage, which one man may have in the lands of another, without profit, it may arise b...
Eng. law. One of the four terms of the courts. It is now a fixed term beginning on the 15th of April and ending the 8th of May in every year. It was f...
Words used on an acquittal, or when a prisoner is to be discharged, that he may go without day, that is, that he be dismissed. Danes Ab. Index, h. t....
crim. law. Persons as wait under walls or windows or the eaves of a house, to listen to discourses, and thereupon to frame mischievous tales. 2. The c...
med. jur. Blackness. It is an extravasation of blood by rupture of capillary vessels, and hence it follows contusion, but it may exist, as in cases of...
In classical Greek this word signifies any assembly, and in this sense it is used in Acts xix. 39. But ordinarily, in the New Testament, the word deno...
A clergyman, one destined to the divine ministry, as, a bishop, a priest, a deacon. Dom. Lois Civ. liv. prel. t. 2, s. 2, n. 14....
Belonging to, or set apart for the church, as, distinguished from civil or secular. Vide Church....
English law. Courts held by the kings authority as supreme governor of the church, for matters which chiefly concern religion. 2. There are ten courts...
By this phrase it is intended to include all those rules which govern ecclesiastical tribunals. Vide Law Canon....
canon law. Those persons who compose the hierarchial state of the church. They are regular and secular. Aso & Man. Inst. B. 2, t. 5, c. 4, 1....
med. jur. The name of a disease accompanied by apoplectic convulsions, and which produces aberration of mind at childbirth. The word Eclampsia is of G...
A law ordained by the sovereign, by which he forbids or commands something it extends either to the whole country, or only to some particular province...
The title of a compilation of all the edicts. This collection was made by Salvius Julianus, a jurist who was, selected by the emperor Adrian for the p...
These are thirteen constitutions or laws of that prince, found in most editions of the corpus juris civilis, after the Novels. Being confined to matte...
The operation of a law, of an agreement, or an act, is called its effect. 2. By the laws of the United States, a patent cannot be granted for an effec...
This word used simpliciter is equivalent to property or, worldly substance, and may carry the whole personal estate, when used in a will. 5 Madd. Ch. ...
crim. law. The figure or representation of a person. 2. To make the effigy of a person with an intent to make him the object of ridicule, is a libel. ...
A breach, made by the use of force....
One who breaks through, one who commits a burglary....
I, myself. This term is used in forming genealogical tables, to represent the person who is the object of inquiry....
persons. This is a corruption of the French word aine, eldest or first born. 2. It is frequently used in our old law books, bastard eigne. signifies a...
English law. A journey. Justices in eyre, were itinerant judges, who were sent once in seven years with a general commission in divers counties, to he...
remedies. The name of an action which lies for the recovery of the possession of real property, and of damages for the unlawful detention. In its natu...
Of the same kind. 2. In the construction of laws, wills and other instruments, when certain things are enumerated, and then a phrase is used which mig...
He or she who has the greatest age. 2. The laws of primogeniture are not in force in the United States, the eldest child of a family cannot, therefore...
This term, in its most usual acceptation, signifies the choice which several persons collectively make of a person to fill an office or place. In anot...
practice. It is frequently at the choice of the plaintiff what kind of an action to bring, a skilful practitioner would naturally select that in which...
It is an admitted principle, that a person shall not be permitted to claim under any instrument, whether it be a deed or a will, without giving full e...
government. One who has the right to make choice of public officers one, who has a right to vote. 2. The qualifications of electors are generally the ...
Persons elected by the people, whose sole duty is to elect a president and vice-president of the U. S. 2. The Constitution provides, Am. art. 12, that...
Charitable alms-giving. 2. Eleemosynary corporations are colleges, schools, and hospitals. 1 Wood. Lect. 474, Skinn. 447 1 Lord Raym. 5 2 T. R. 346....
Eng. practice, remedies. A writ of execution directed to the sheriff, commanding him to make delivery of a moiety of the partys land, and all his good...
Capacity to be elected. 2. Citizens are in general eligible to all offices, the exceptions arise from the want of those qualifications which the const...
practice. Two persons appointed by the court to return a jury, when the sheriff and the coroner have been challenged as incompetent, in this case the ...
A measure of length. In old English the word signifies arm, which sense it still retains in the word elbow. Nature has no standard of measure. The cub...
practice. This word signifies, literally, to remove to a distance, to remove afar off. It is used as a return to a writ of replevin, when the chattels...
practice. There turn made by the sheriff to a writ of replevin, when the goods have been removed to places unknown to him. See, for the form of this r...
This term is used to denote the departure of a married woman from her hushand, and dwelling with an adulterer. 2. While the wife reides with her husha...
The act or art of speaking well upon any subject with a view to persuade. It comprehends a good elocution, correct and appropriate expressions uttered...
In another place. 2. Where one devises all his land in A, B and C, three distinct towns, and elsewhere, and had lands of much greater value than those...
An act by which a person, who was once in the power of another, is rendered free. B y the laws of Louisiana, minors may be emancipated. Emancipation i...
maritime law. A proclamation, or order of state, usually issued in time of war, or threatened hostilities, prohibiting the departure of ships or goods...
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