A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z

Based on the Revised Sixth Edition of the 1856 Bouviers Law Dictionary by John Bouvier. The definitions in the Bouvier Law Dictionary are old, however many are still applicable.

persons. One who has had an understanding, but who, by disease, grief, or other accident, has lost the use of his reason. A lunatic is properly one wh...

Incorporeal rights and things which cannot be transferred by livery of possession, but which exist only in idea, in contemplation of law, are said to ...

Being in ambush for the purpose of murdering another.2. Lying in wait is evidence of deliberation and intention.3. Where murder is divided into degree...

A common phrase used to express the vengeance of a mob, inflicting an injury, and committing an outrage upon a person suspected of some offence. In En...