Those who adhered to the doctrine of Luther; so called because, in 1529, they protested against a decree of the emperor Charles V. and of the diet of Spires, and declared that they appealed to a general council. The name is now applied indiscrim-lnately to ail the sects, of whatever de-nomination, who have seceded from the Church of Rome. Enc. Lond. See Hale v. Everett, 53 N. H. 9, 16 Am. Rep. 82; Appeal of Tappan, 52 Conn. 413
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(1) The period during which oliver Cromwell ruled in Eng-land. (2) Also the office of protector. (3) The relation of the English sovereign, till the year 1864, to the Ionian Islands, whar-ton
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1. A formal declaration made by a person interested or concerned in some act about to be done, or already per-formed, and in relation thereto, whereby he expresses his dissent or disapproval, or af-firins the act to be done against his will or convictions, the object being generally to save some right which would be lost to him if his implied assent could be made out, or to exonerate hlmself from some resi>ousibii-ity which would attach to him unless he ex-pressly negatived his assent to or voluntary participation in the act
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A lnw imposing duties on imports, with the purpose and the efTect of discouraging the use of prod-ucts of foreign origin, and consequently of stimulating the home production of the same or equivalent articles. IL E. Thompson, in Enc. Brit
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In English practice. An order for the protection of the wife’s property, when the husband has will-fully deserted her, issuable by the divorce court under statutes on that subject
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The English statute 33 Edw. I. SL 1, allowing a challenge to be entered against a protection, etc
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The statute 33 & 34 Vict. c. 27. By this act it is provided that the exhibition of new inventions shall not prejudice patent rights, and that the exhibition of designs shall not prejudice the right to registration of such designs.
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A woman who indis-criniinately consorts with men for hire. Car-pen ter v. People, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 611; State v. Stoyell, 54 Me. 24, 89 Am. Dec. 716
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Common lewdness; whoredom; the act or practice of a woman who permits any man who will pay her price to have sexual intercourse with her. See Com. v. Cook, 12 Metc. (Mass.) 97
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Looking forward; contemplating the future. A law is said to be prospective .(as opposed to retrospective) when it is applicable only to cases which shall arise after Its enactment
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A document published by a company or corporation, or by persons acting as its agents or assignees, setting forth the nature and objects of an issue of shares, debentures, or other securities created by the company or corporation, and ln-vitlng the public to subscribe to the Issue. A prospectus is also usually published on the issue, in England, of bonds or other securities by a foreign state or corporation. Sweet
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Lat To follow up or pur sue; to sue or prosecute. See Nolle Prose-QUI
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Lat He follows up or pursues; he prosecutes. See Now Psos
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In practice. He who prosecutes another for a.crime in the name of the government
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This name is given to the private person upon whose complaint or information a criminal accusa-tion is founded and whose testimony is maln-ly relied on to secure a conviction at the trial; in a more particular sense, the person who was chiefly injured, in person or prop-erty, by the act constituting the alleged crime, (as in cases of robbery, assault, criminal negligence, bastardy, aud tbe liked and who instigates the prosecution and gives evi-ddnce
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In criminal law. A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of de-termining the guilt or innocence of a per-son charged with crime. See U. S. v. Reis-Inger, 128 U. S. 398, 9 Sup. Ct. 99, 32 L. Ed. 480; Tennessee v. Davis, 100 U. S. 257. 25 L. Ed. 648; Schulte v. Keokuk County, 74 Iowa, 292, 37 N. W. 376; Sigsbee v. State, 43 Fla. 524, 30 South. 816
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To follow up; to carry on an action or other judicial proceeding; to proceed against a person criminally
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To direct suspension ot proceedings of parliament; to terminate a session
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In the civil law. Among the Romans, a man was said to be “proscribed" when a reward was offered for hls head; but the term was more usually ap-plied to those who were sentenced to some punishment which carried with it the con-sequences of civil death. Cod. 9, 49
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Prolonging or putting off to another day. In English law, a prorogation is the continuance of the parlia-ment from one session to another, as an adjournment is a continuation of the session from day to day. wharton
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