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| A | | the first letter of the English and most other alphabets, ... |
| A MENSA ET THORO | | from bed and board. A divorce a mensa et thoro, is ... |
| A PRENDRE | | French, to take, to seize, in contracts, as profits a prendre. ... |
| A QUO | | A Latin phrases which signifies from which; example, in the computation ... |
| A RENDRE | | French, to render, to yield, contracts. Profits a rendre; under this ... |
| A VINCULO MATRIMONII | | from the bond of marriage. A marriage may be dissolved a ... |
| AB INITIO | | from the beginning.
2. When a man enters upon lands ... |
| AB INTESTAT | | . An heir, ab intestat, is one on whom the ... |
| AB IRATO | | civil law. A Latin phrase, which signifies by a man ... |
| ABANDONMENT | | contracts. In the French law, the act by which a debtor ... |
| ABANDONMENT | | contracts. In insurances the act by which the insured relinquishes to ... |
| ABANDONMENT | | . In maritime contracts in the civil law, principals are generally ... |
| ABANDONMENT | | lights. The relinquishment of a right; the giving up of something ... |
| ABANDONMENT | | for torts, a term used in the civil law. By ... |
| ABANDONMENT | | malicious. The act of a hushand or wife, who leaves his ... |
| ABATEMENT | | chancery practice, is a suspension of all proceedings in a suit, ... |
| ABATEMENT | | contracts, is a reduction made by the creditor, for the prompt ... |
| ABATEMENT | | merc. law. By this term is understood the deduction sometimes made ... |
| ABATEMENT | | pleading, is the overthrow of an action in consequence of some ... |
| ABATEMENT OF A FREEHOLD | | . The entry of a stranger after the death of the ... |
| ABATEMENT OF LEGACIES | | is the reduction of legacies for the purpose of paying the ... |
| ABATEMENT OF NUISANCES | | is the prostration or removal of a nuisance. 3 Bl.
2. ... |
| ABATOR | | is, 1st, he who abates or prostrates a nuisance; 2, ... |
| ABATUDA | | obsolete. Any thing diminished; as, moneta abatuda, which is money clipped ... |
| ABAVUS | | civil law, is the great grandfather, or fourth male ascendant. Abavia, ... |
| ABBEY | | abbatia, is a society of religious persons, having an abbot or ... |
| ABBREVIATION | | practice. – The omission of some words or letters in writing; ... |
| ABBREVIATIONS | | and abbreviated references. The following list, though necessarily incomplete, may be ... |
| ABBREVIATORS | | eccl. law. Officers whose duty it is to assist in drawing ... |
| ABBROCHMENT | | obsolete. The forestalling of a market or fair.
... |
| ABDICATION | | government. 1. A simple renunciation of an office, generally understood of ... |
| ABDUCTION | | crim. law. The carrying away of any person by force or ... |
| ABEARANCE | | . Behaviour; as, a recognizance to be of good abearance, signifies ... |
| ABEREMURDER | | obsolete. An apparent, plain, or downright murder. It was used to ... |
| ABETTOR | | crim. law. One who encourages or incites, persuades or sets another ... |
| ABEYANCE | | estates, from the French aboyer, which in figurative sense means to ... |
| ABIDING BY PLEA | | . English law. A defendant who pleads a frivolous plea, or ... |
| ABIGEAT | | civ. law, A particular kind of larceny, which is committed not ... |
| ABIGEI | | civil law. Stealers of cattle, who were punished with more severity ... |
| ABJURATION | | – A renunciation of allegiance to a country by oath.
2. ... |
| ABLEGATI | | diplomacy. Papal ambassadors of the second rank, who are sent with ... |
| ABNEPOS | | civil law. The grandson of a grandson or grand-daughter, or fourth ... |
| ABOLITION | | . An act by which a thing is extinguished, abrogated ... |
| ABORTION | | med jur. and criminal law. The expulsion of the foetus before ... |
| ABORTUS | | . The fruit of an abortion; the child born before ... |
| ABROGATION | | in the civil law, legislation. The destruction or annulling of a ... |
| ABSCOND | | . To go in a clandestine manner out of the ... |
| ABSENTEE | | . One who is away from his domicil, or usual ... |
| ABSOLUTE | | . Without any condition or encumbrance, as an "absolute bond," simplex ... |
| ABSOLUTION | | . A definite sentence whereby a man accused of any crime ... |
| ABSQUE HOC | | pleading. When the pleadings were in Latin these words were employed ... |
| ABSQUE IMPETITIONE VASTI | | . Without impeachment of waste. (q. v.) Without any right to ... |
| ABSQUE TALI CAUSA | | . This phrase is used in a traverse de injuria, by ... |
| ABSTENTION | | French law. This is the tacit renunciation by an heir of ... |
| ABSTRACT OF TITLE | | . A brief account of all the deeds upon which the ... |
| ABUSE | | . Every thing which is contrary to good order established by ... |
| ABUTTALS | | . The buttings and boundings of land, showing on what other ... |
| AC ETIAM | | Eng. law. In order to give jurisdiction to a court, ... |
| ACCEDAS AD CURIAM | | Eng. law. That you go to court. An original writ, issuing ... |
| ACCEDAS AD VICECOMITEM | | Eng. law. The name of a writ directed to the coroner, ... |
| ACCEPTANCE | | contracts. An agreement to receive somethinng which has been offered.
... |
| ACCEPTILATION | | contracts. In the civil law, is a release made by a ... |
| ACCEPTOR | | contracts. The person who agrees to pay a bill of exchange ... |
| ACCEPTOR SUPRA PROTEST | | in contracts, is a third person, who, after protest for non-acceptance ... |
| ACCESS | | persons. Approach, or the means or power of approaching. Sometimes by ... |
| ACCESSARY | | criminal law. He who is not the chief actor in ... |
| ACCESSION | | property. The ownership of a thing, whether it be real or ... |
| ACCESSION | | international law, is the absolute or conditional acceptance by one or ... |
| ACCESSORY | | property. Everything which is joined to another thing, as an ornament, ... |
| ACCESSORY CONTRACT | | . one made for assuring the performance of a prior contract, ... |
| ACCIDENT | | practice. This term in chancery jurisprudence, signifies such unforeseen events, misfortunes, ... |
| ACCOMENDA | | mar. law. In Italy, is a contract which takes place when ... |
| ACCOMMODATION | | contracts. An amicable agreement or composition between two contending parties. It ... |
| ACCOMODATION | | com. law. That which is done by one merchant or other ... |
| ACCOMPLICE | | crim. law. This term includes in its meaning, all persons who ... |
| ACCORD | | in contracts. A satisfaction agreed upon between the party injuring and ... |
| ACCOUCHEMENT | | . The act of giving birth to a child. It ... |
| ACCOUNT | | remedies. This is the name of a writ or action ... |
| ACCOUNT | | practice. A statement of the receipts and payments of an executor, ... |
| ACCOUNT CURRENT | | . A running or open account between two persons.
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| ACCOUNT IN BANK | | com. law. 1: A fund which merchants, traders and others have ... |
| ACCOUNT OF SALES | | . comm. law. An account delivered by one merchant or tradesman ... |
| ACCOUNT STATED | | . The settlement of an account between the parties, by which ... |
| ACCOUNT-BOOK | | . A book kept by a merchant, trader, mechanic, or other ... |
| ACCOUNTANT | | . This word has several significations: 1. One who is versed ... |
| ACCOUPLE | | . To accouple is to marry. See Ne unquas accouple. ... |
| ACCRETION | | . The increase of land by the washing of the ... |
| ACCUMULATIVE JUDGMENT | | . A second or additional judgment given against one, who has ... |
| ACCUSATION | | crim. law. A charge made to a competent officer against one ... |
| ACCUSED | | . One who is charged with a crime or misdemeanor. ... |
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