Something by which to ascertain the truth respecting another thing. 7 Penn. St. Rep. 428; 6 Whart. 284. Vide Religious Test. ...
The state or condition of dying after making a will, which was valid at the time of testator~s death. ...
civil law. The appointment of an executor or testamentary heir, according to the formalities prescribed by law. Domat, Liv. 1, tit. 1, s. 1. 2. At fir...
Belonging to a testament; as a testamentary gift; a testamen-tary guardian, or one appointed by will or testament; letters testamentary, or a writing ...
One who dies having made a testament; a testator. This word is used in this sense, in the act of the legislature of Pennsylvania, entitled "An act rel...
One who has made a testament or will. 2. In general, all persons may be testators. But to this rule there are various exceptions. First, persons who a...
A woman who makes a will or testament, is so called. ...
practice. The name of a writ which is issued by the court of one county, to the sheriff of another county, in the same state, when the defen-dant cann...
conveyancing. That part of a deed which commences with the words "this indenture witnesseth." ...
practice. The teste of a writ is the concluding clause, commencing with the word witness, &c. 2. The act of congress of May 8, 1792, 1 Story~s Laws U....
Witnesses. ...
To give evidence according to law; the examination of a witness who declares his knowledge of facts. ...
civ. law. This word is used in the same sense as we use parol evidence, and, in contradistinction to literal proof, which is written evidence. ...
evidence. The statement made by a witness under oath or affirmation. Vide Bill to perpetuate testimony. ...
This is an old and barbarous French word, signifying in the old books, evidence. Com. Dig. h. t. ...
The name of one of the new states of the United, States of America. Texas was an independent republic. By the joint resolution of congress of March 1,...
old Eng. law. The land which was granted by the Saxon kings to their thains or thanes was so called. Crabb~s C. L. 10. The name of a coin. The thaler...
crimes. This word is sometimes used as synonymous with larceny, (q. v.) but it is not so technical. Ayliffe~s Pand. 581 2 Swift~s Dig. 309. 2. In the ...
The act of receiving a man~s goods from the thief, after they had been stolen by him, with the intent that he shall escape punishment. 2. This is an o...
A species of government which claims to be immediately directed by God. 2. La religion qui, dans l~antiquite, s~associa souvent au despotisms, pour re...
crimes. One who has been guilty of larceny or theft. ...
That which has been decided by a final judgment, by a tribu-nal of competent jurisdiction, from which there can be no appeal, either because the appea...
By this word is understood every object, except man, which may become an active subject of right. Code du Canton de Berne, art. 332. In this sense it ...
This term includes all persons who are not parties to the contract, agrement or instrument of writing, by which their interest in the thing conveyed i...
Scotch law. The name of servitude by which lands are astricted or thirled to a particular mill, and the possessors bound to grind their grain there, f...
A street or way so open that one can go through and get out of it without returning. It differs from a cul de sac, (q. v.) which is open only at one e...
The operation of the mind. No one can be punished for his mere thoughts however wicked they may be. Human laws cannot reach them, first, because they ...
A figurative expression used to signify the central line of a stream or water course. Harg. Tracts, 5; 4 Mason~s Rep. 397; Holt~s R. 490. Vide Filum a...
crim. law. A menace of destruction or injury to the lives or property of those against whom it is made. 2. Sending threatening letters to persons for ...
evidence. Menace. 2. When a confession is obtained from a person accused of crime, in consequence of a threat, evidence of such confession cannot be r...
med. jur. The anterior part of the neck. Dungl. plea. Diet. h. t.; Coop. Dict. h. t.; 2 Good~s Study of Med. 302; 1 Chit. Med. Jur. 97, n. 2. The word...
contracts. Credit; as, if a servant usually buy for the master upon tick, and the servant buy something without the master~s order, yet, if the master...
The ebb and flow of the sea. 2. Arms of the sea, bays, creeks, coves, or rivers, where the tide ebbs and flows, are public, and all persons may use th...
When two persons receive an equal number of votes at an election, there is said to be a tie. 2. In that case neither is elected. When the votes are gi...
An old manner of spelling tel. Such as nul tiel record, no such record. ...
A Spanish phrase used in Louisiana, to express a time when a man is not able to pay his debts. 2. A man cannot dispose of his property, at such a tim...
measures. A liquid measure containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons. ...
civil law. The name of a servitude; it is the right of inserting a beam or timber from the wall of one house into that of a neighboring house, in orde...
According to Blackstone, oak, ash, elm, and such other trees as are commonly used for building, are considered timber. 2 Comm. 28. But it has been con...
contracts, evidence, practice. The measure of duration., It is divided into years, months. days, (q. v.) hours, minutes, and seconds. It is also divid...
pleading. The avertment of time is generally necessary in pleading; the rules are different, in different actions. 2. - 1. Impersonal actions, the ple...
A place where spirituous liquors are sold and drunk in vio-lation of law. Sometimes the mere selling is considered as evidence of keeping a tippling h...
An officer appointed by the marshal of the court of king~s bench, to attend upon the judges with a kind of a rod or staff tipped with silver. 2. In th...
Eng. law. A right to the tenth part of the produce of, lands, the stocks upon lands, and the personal industry of the inhabitants. These tithes are ra...
Eng. law. Formerly a district containing ten men with their fam-ilies. In each tithing there was a tithing man whose duty it was to keep the peace, as...
estates. A title is defined by Lord Coke to be the means whereby the owner of lands hath the just possession of his property. Co. Lit. 345; 2 Bl. Com....
legislation That part of an act of the legislature by which it is known, and distinguished from other acts the name of the act. 2. A practice has prev...
persons. Titles are distinctions by which a person is known. 3. The constitution of the United States forbids the tyrant by the United States, or any ...
Iiterature. The particular division of a subject, as a law, a book, and the like; for example, Digest, book 1, title 2; for the law relating to bills ...
rights. The name of a newwpaper a book, and the like. 3. The owner of a newspaper, having particular title, has a right to such title, an an injunctio...
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