Lat. one side being unheard. Spoken of any action which is taken ex parte
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A certaln portlon of lands, tithes, and offerings, established by law, for the maintenance of the minister who has the cure of souls. Tomlins
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A portion, share, or purpart one of two duplicate originals of a convey-ance or covenant, the other being called “counterpart.” Also, in composition, partial or incomplete; as part payment, part per-formance. Cairo v. Bross, 9 111. App. 406
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Lat A part; a party to a deed, action, or legal proceedlng
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The rector of a chnrch; one that has full possession of all the rights of a parochial church. The appellation of “parson,” however it may be depreciated by familiar, clownish, and indiscriminate use, is the most legal, most beneficial, and most honorable title that a parish priest can en-joy, because such a one, Sir Edward Coke observes, and he only, is eald vicem seu personam ecclesiw gcrerc. (to represent and bear the person of the church.) 1 Bl. Comm. 384
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The crime of killing one’s father; also a person guilty of killing hia father
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Lat. In the civil law. Parricide; the murder of a parent. Dig. 48, 9, 9
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In French law. 1. The magistrates who are charged with the con-duct of proceedings in criminal cases and misdemeanors
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A word; speech; hence, oral or verbal; expressed or evidenced by speech only; not expressed by wrltlng; not ex-pressed by sealed instrument
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In military law. A promlse glven by a prisoner of war, when he has leave to depart from custody, that he will return at the time appointed, unless dis-charged. webster
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L Lat A legisla-tive body in general or the English par-llament In particular
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The supreme legisla-tlve assembly of Great Britain and Ireland, consisting of the king or queen and the three estates of the realm, viz., the lords spiritual, the lords temporal, and the commons. 1 Bl. Comm. 153
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Relating or be-longlng to, connected with, enacted by or proceeding from, or characteristic of, the English parliament in particular, or any legislative body in general
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NG. In municipal law and ad-minlstration. A strip of land, lying elther in the middle of the street or in the space between the building line and the sidewalk, or between the sidewalk and the drlveway, intended to be kept as a park-like space, that is, not built upon, but beautified with turf, trees, flower-beds, etc. See Downing ▼. Des Moines, 124 Iowa, 289, 99 N. W. 1066
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To be quit of inclosing a park or any part thereof
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The judgment of peers; trial by a Jury of one’s peers or equals. ’
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In Englisb law. A tract of inclosed ground privileged for keeping wild beasts of the chase, particularly deer; an Inclosed chase extendlng only over a man’s own grounds. 2 Bl. Comm. 38
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Members of a parish. In England, for many purposes they form’ a body politic
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A beadle; a summoner to’ the courts of civil law
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In English law. A circuit of ground, committed to the charge of one parson or vicar, or other minister having cure of souls therein. 1 Bl. Comm. 111. wilson v. State, 34 ohio St. 199. The pre-cinct of a parish church, and the particular charge of a secular priest. Cowell. An ec-deeiastical dlvision of a town or district, subject to the ministry of one pastor. Brande
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