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| OATH | | . A declaration made according to law, before a competent tribunal ... |
| OBEDIENCE | | . The performance of a command.
2. Officers who ... |
| OBIT | | . That particular solemnity or office for the dead, which the ... |
| OBLATION | | eccl. law. In a general sense the property which accrues to ... |
| OBLIGATION | | . In its general and most extensive sense, obligation is synony- ... |
| OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS | | . By this expression, which is used in the consti- tution ... |
| OBLIGEE or CREDITOR | | contracts. The person in favor of whom some obliga- tion is ... |
| OBLIGOR or DEBTOR | | . The person who has engaged to perform some obligation. Louis. ... |
| OBREPTION | | civil law. Surprise. Dig. 3,5,8,1. Vide Surprise.
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| OBSCENITY | | crim. law. Such indecency as is calculated to promote the violation ... |
| OBSOLETE | | . This term is applied to those laws which have ... |
| OBSTRUCTING PROCESS | | . crim. law. The act by which one or more persons ... |
| OCCUPANCY | | . The taking possession of those things corporeal which are without ... |
| OCCUPANT or OCCUPIER | | . One who has the actual use or possession of a ... |
| OCCUPATION | | . Use or tenure; as, the house is in the ... |
| OCCUPAVIT | | . The name of a writ, which lies to recover ... |
| OCCUPIER | | . One who is in the enjoyment of a thing. ... |
| OCHLOCRACY | | . A government where the authority is in the hands ... |
| ODHALL RIGHT | | . The same as allodial.
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| OF COURSE | | . That which may be done, in the course of ... |
| OFFENCE | | crimes. The doing that which a penal law forbids to ... |
| OFFER | | contracts. A proposition to do a thing.
2. An ... |
| OFFICE | | . An office is a right to exercise a public ... |
| OFFICE BOOK | | evidence. A book kept in a public office, not appertaining to ... |
| OFFICE COPY | | . A transcript of a record or proceeding filed in ... |
| OFFICE FOUND | | Eng. law. When an inquisition is made to the king's use ... |
| OFFICE, INQUEST OF | | . An examination into a matter by an officer in virtue ... |
| OFFICER | | . He who is lawfully invested with an office. ... |
| OFFICIAL | | civil and canon laws. In the ancient civil law, the person ... |
| OFFICINA JUSTITIAE | | Eng. law. The chancery is so called, because all writs issue ... |
| OFFICIO | | EX. By virtue of one's office. Vide Ex officio; 3 ... |
| OHIO | | . The name of one of the new states of ... |
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| OLD AGE | | . This needs no definition. Sometimes old age is the cause ... |
| OLD NATURA BREVIUM | | . The title of an old English book, (usually cited Vet. ... |
| OLD TENURES | | . The title of a small tract, which, as its ... |
| OLERON LAWS | | . The name of a maritime code. Vide Laws of Oleron. ... |
| OLIGARCHY | | . This name is given to designate the power which ... |
| OLOGRAPH | | . When applied to wills or testaments, this term signifies that ... |
| OMISSION | | . An omission is the neglect to perform what the ... |
| OMNIA PERFORMAVIT | | . A good plea in bar, where all the covenants are ... |
| OMNIUM | | mercant. law. A term used to express the aggregate value of ... |
| ONERARI NON | | . The name of a plea by which the defendant ... |
| ONERIS FERENDI | | civil law. The name of a servitude by which the wall ... |
| ONEROUS CAUSE | | civil law., A valuable consideration.
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| ONEROUS CONTRACT | | civil law. One made for a consideration given or promised, however ... |
| ONEROUS GIFT | | civil law. The gift of a thing subject to certain charges ... |
| ONUS PROBANDI | | evidence. The burden of the proof.
2. It is ... |
| OPEN COURT | | . The term sufficiently explains its meaning. By the constitution of ... |
| OPEN POLICY | | . An open policy is one in which the amount ... |
| OPENING A JUDGMENT | | . The act of the court by which a judgment ... |
| OPERATION OF LAW | | . This term is applied to those rights which are cast ... |
| OPERATIVE | | . A workman; one employed to perform labor for another. ... |
| OPINION | | practice. A declaration by a counsel to his client of what ... |
| OPINION | | evidence. An inference made, or conclusion drawn, by a witness from ... |
| OPINION | | judgment. A collection of reasons delivered by a judge for giving ... |
| OPPOSITION | | practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to ... |
| OPPRESSOR | | . One who having public authority uses it unlawfully to tyrannize ... |
| OPPROBRIUM | | civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. (q. v.)
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| OPTION | | . Choice; Election; (q. v.) where the subject is considered. ... |
| OR | | . This syllable in the termination of words has an ... |
| ORACULUM | | civil law. The name of a kind of decisions given ... |
| ORAL | | . Something spoken in contradistinction to something written; as oral evidence, ... |
| ORATOR | | practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs ... |
| ORDAIN | | . To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact ... |
| ORDEAL | | . An ancient superstitious mode of tribal. When in a criminal ... |
| ORDER | | government. By this expression is understood the several bodies which compose ... |
| ORDER | | contracts. An indorsement or short writing put upon the back of ... |
| ORDER | | French law. The act by which the rank of preferences ... |
| ORDER NISI | | . A conditional order which is to be confirmed unless something ... |
| ORDER OF FILIATION | | . The name of a judgment tendered by two justices, having ... |
| ORDERS | | . Rules made by a court or other competent jurisdiction. The ... |
| ORDINANCE | | legislation. A law, a statute, a decree.
2. This ... |
| ORDINANCE OF 1787 | | . An act of congress which regulates the territories of the ... |
| ORDINARY | | civil and eccles. law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in ... |
| ORDINATION | | civil and eccles. law. The act of conferring the orders of ... |
| ORE TENUS | | . Verbally. orally. Formerly the pleadings of the parties were ore ... |
| OREGON | | . The name of a territory of the United States ... |
| ORIGINAL | | contracts, practice, evidence. An authentic instrument of something, and which is ... |
| ORIGINAL ENTRY | | . The first entry made by a merchant, tradesman, or other ... |
| ORIGINAL JURISDICTION | | practice. That which is given to courts to take cognizance of ... |
| ORIGINAL WRIT | | practice, English law. A mandatory letter issued in the king's name, ... |
| ORIGINALIA | | Eng. law. The transcripts and other documents sent to the office ... |
| ORNAMENT | | . An embellisment. In questions arising as to which of two ... |
| ORPHAN | | . A minor or infant who has lost both of ... |
| ORPHANAGE | | Engl. law. By the custom of London, when a freeman ... |
| ORPHANOTROPHI | | civil law. Persons who have the charge of administering the affairs ... |
| ORPHANS' COURT | | . The name of a court in some of the ... |
| OSTENSIBLE PARTNER | | . One whose name appears in a firm, as a partner, ... |
| OTHER WRONGS | | pleading, evidence. In actions of trespass, the declaration concludes by charging ... |
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