Eng. law. The name of a writ, the history of the origin of which is as follows: when on an execution de bonis testatoris against an executor the sheri...
The setting or standing of may place. The seat or situation of a capital messuage, or the ground on which it Stood. Jacob, L. D. h. t. ...
A woman who by her habit of scolding becomes a nuisance to the neighborhood, is called a common scold. Vide Common Scold. ...
Eng. law. The name of a customary contribution, laid upon all the subjects according to their ability. ...
An opprobrious title given to a person of bad character. General damages will not lie for calling a man a scoundrel, but special damages may be recove...
conv. The original or principal instrument, where there are part and counterpart. Vide Chirograph; Part, Rescript. ...
A person whose, business it is to write deeds and other instruments for others; a conveyancer. 2. Money scriveners are those who are engaged in procu...
A mark which is to supply the place of a seal, made with a pen or other instrument on a writing. 2. In some of the states this has all the efficacy o...
old Eng. law. The name of a tax or contribution raised for the use of the king~s armies by those who held lands by knight~s service. ...
The name of a court among the Saxons. It was the court of the shire, in Latin called curia comitatus, and the principal court among the Saxons. It was...
criminal law. Defending himself. 2. Homicide, se defendendo, is that which takes place upon a sudden rencounter, where two persons upon a sudden quar...
The ocean; the great mass of waters which surrounds the land, and which probably extends from pole to pole, covering nearly three quarters of the glob...
maritime law. A document which should be found on board of every neutral ship; it specifies the nature and quantity of the cargo, the place from whenc...
property. That space of land, on the border of the sea, which is alternately covered and left dry, by the rising and falling of the tide or, in other ...
A species of grass which grows in the sea. 2. When cast upon land, it belongs to the owner of the land adjoining the sea shore; upon the grounds, tha...
mer. law. The ability of a ship or other vessel to make a sea voyage with probable safety: there is, in every insurance, whether on ship or goods, an ...
English practice. The office at which certain judicial writs are sealed with the prerogative seal, and without which they are of no author-ity. The of...
government. The seal used by the United States in congress assembled, shall be the seal of the United States, viz.: ARMS, pale-ways of thirteen pieces...
practice. The putting a verdict in writing, and placing it in an envelop, which is sealed. To relieve jurors after they have agreed, it is not unusual...
A sailor; a mariner; one whose business is navigation. 2 Boulay Paty, Dr. Com. 232; Code de Commerce art. 262; Laws of Oleron, art. 7; Laws of Wishuy,...
By the act of July 16, 1798, a provision is made for raising a fund for the relief of disabled and sick seamen: the master of every vessel arriving fr...
crim. law. An examination of a man~s house, premises or person, for the purpose of discovering proof of his guilt in relation to some crime or misdeme...
practice. An examination made in the proper lien office for mortgages, liens, judgments, or other encumbrances, against real estate. The certificate g...
mar. law. The right existing in a belligerent to examine and inspect the papers of a neutral vessel at sea. On the continent of Europe, this is called...
crim. law, practice. A warrant (q. v.) requiring the officer to whom it is addressed, to search a house or other place therein specified, for property...
Eng. law. An officer of the customs, whose duty it is to examine and search all ships outward bound, to ascertain whether they have any prohibited or ...
This word has two significations. 1. It means a warrant of remedy by distress. Litt. s. 218; and vide Rent. 2. It imports want of present fruit or pro...
practice. The name of a writ given by statute of Westminster the second, 13 Edw. 1. c. 2, founded on the record of a former action of replevin. 2 Inst...
The name of a writ issued in England against a commoner who has a second time surcharged the common. 3 Bl. Com. 239. ...
construction. That which comes after the first, which is primary: as, the primary law of, nations the secondary law of nations. ...
English law. An officer who is second or next to the chief officer; as secondaries to the prothonotaries of the courts of king~s bench, or common plea...
That species of proof which is admissible on the loss of primary evidence, and which becomes, by that event, the best evidence. 3 Bouv. Inst. n. 3055....
crim. law. Those persons who assist, direct and support others engaged in fighting a duel. 2. As they are often much to blame in inciting the duellis...
That which is not to be revealed. 2. Attorneys and counsellors, who have been trusted professionally with the secrets of their clients, are not allow...
rights. A knowledge of something which is unknown to orthers, out of which a profit may be made; for example, an invention of a machine, or the discov...
An officer who, by order of his superior, writes letters and other instruments. He is so called because he is possessed of the secrets of his employer...
An officer appointed by the sovereign power, to accompany a minister of first or secoud rank, and sometimes, though not often, of an inferior rank. He...
An officer employed to attend a foreign mission, and to perform certain duties as clerk. 2. His salary is fixed by the act of congress of May 1, 1810...
government. This officer is appointed by the president. His duties are to execute all such orders as he shall receive from the president, relative to ...
government. The principal officer in the Department of State. (q. v.) He shall perform such duties as shall be enjoined on or entrusted to him by the ...
government. An officer appointed by the president. His principal duties are, 1. To superintend the collection of the revenue. 2. To digest, prepare, a...
government. This officer is appointed by the president. He is required to perform and execute such duties as shall, from time to time, be enjoined on ...
pleading. In ancient times the plaintiff was required to establish the truth of his declaration in the first instance, and before it was called in que...
The lands of the United States are surveyed into parcels of six hundred and forty acres; each such parcel is called a section. 1 Story~s L. U. S. 422....
Among the Romans the bidders at an auction were so called. Bab. on Auct. 2. ...
That which renders a matter sure; an instrument which renders certain the performance of a contract. The term is also sometimes applied to designate a...
practice. In some courts there is a rule that when the plaintiff resides abroad he shall give security for costs, and until that has been done, when d...
Otherwise. ...
crimes. The raising commotions or disturbances in the state; it is a revolt against legitimate authority, Ersk. Princ. Laws, Scotl. b. 4, t. 4, s. 14;...
The offence of a man who abuses the simplicity and confidence of a woman to obtain by false promises what she ought not to grant. 2. The woman being ...
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