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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.

pleading. A plea to an action of indebitatus assump- sit, by which the defendant asserts that he is not indebted to the plaintiff. 6 Carr. & P. 545 S....

practice. He or she lately died. The name of a writ, which in the English law, lies for a sister co-heiress, dispossessed by her coparcener of lands a...

The act of taking care of children and educating them: the right to the nurture of children generally belongs to the father till the child shall arriv...

A daughter-in-law. Dig. 50, 16, 50....