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In practice. Inferior; of inferior jurisdiction, or jurisdiction in the first instance. The court from which a cause is removed for review […]

Lat. In public law. war. Ah armed contest between nations; the state of those who forcibly contend with each other. Jus belli, […]

In iuternational lnw. A term used to designate either of two na-tions wbicb are actually in a state of war with each […]

A conviction of the truth of a proposition, existing subjectively in the mind, and induced hy argument, persuasion, or proof addressed to […]

Use; benefit; profit; serv-ice; advantage. It occurs iu conveyances, e. g., “to his and their use aud behoof.” Stiles v. Japhet, 84 […]

In Spanish law. Lands sit-unted in places where the inhabitants had the right to select their own lords Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; manners; carriage of one’s self, with respect to pro-priety and morals; deportment, webster. State […]

A witness testifies on “be-half” of the party who calls him, notwith-standing his evidence proves to be adverse to that party’s case. […]

In India. A lady, princess, woman of high rank Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A land measure used in the Blast Indies. In Beugal it is equal to about a third part of an acre Source: […]

Prior to; preceding. In the presence of; under the official purview of; as in a magistrate’s Jurat, “before me per-sonally appeared.” etc […]

A liquor compounded of malt and hops Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A service which certain tenants were anciently bound to perform, as to reap thelr landlord’s corn at harvest Said by whishaw to […]

The jurisdiction of a bedel, as a bailiwick is the jurisdiction of a bailiff. Co. Litt. 234b; Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

In English law. A crier or messenger of court, who summons men to appear and answer therein. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

An animal; a domestic animal; a quadruped, such as may be used for food or in labor or for sport Source: Black’s […]

To support, sustain, or carry; to give rise to, or to produce, something else as an Incident or auxiliary Source: Black’s Law […]

Instruments for weighing goods and merchandise Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English ecclesiastical law. An inferior parish officer, who is chosen b.v the vestry, and whose business is to attend the vestry, […]

Money paid for the main-tenance of a beacon or signal-light Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A light-house, or sea-mark, formerly used to alarm the country, in case of the approach of an enemy, but now used for […]

This term, in its ordinary sig-nification, when applied to a place on tlde Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A species of creek or stream common in Louisiana and Texas. An out-let from a swamp, pond, or lagoon, to a river, […]

In old Engllsh law. Bailiff. This term is used in the laws of the colony of New Plymouth, Mass., A. D. 1670, […]

A house of prostitu-tion; a brothel. A house or dwelling maln-tatned for the convenience and resort of per-sons desiring unlawful sexual connection. […]