In part payment; in par-‘tlal satisfaction of an account The phrase is usually contrasted with “In full.”
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when a policy of insurance expresses that the insurance is made “on ac-count of whom it may concern,” it will cover all persons having an insurable interest in the subject-matter at the date of the policy and who were then contemplated by the par-ty procuring the insurance. 2 Pars. Mar. Law, 30
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1. In legislative practice, a hill including in one act various separate and distinct matters, and particularly one joining a number of different subjects in one measure in such a way as to compel the executive authority to accept provisions which he does not approve or else defeat the whole enactment See Com. ▼. Barnett, 199 Pa. 161, 48 Atl. 977, 55 L. R. A. 882; Yea-ger v. weaver, 64 Pa. 425
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In mercantlle law. A term used to express the aggregate value of the different stock in which a loan is usually funded. Tomlins
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He has done all. In pleading. A good plea in bar where all the covenants are in the affirmative. Bailey v. Rogers, 1 Me. 189
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To all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. A form of address with which charters and deeds were anciently commenced.
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In Spanish law. A good man; a substantial person. Las Partidas, pt 6, tit 13,1. 38
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LaL Laylng aside all other busi-nesses. 9 East, 347
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The olo-graphlc testament is that which is written
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A form of government wherein the administration of affairs is lodg-ed in the hands of a few persons
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An instrument (e. g., a will) wholly written by the person from whom it emanates
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An artificial imitation of butter, made chiefly from animal fats. Its sale is prohibited or restricted by statute in several of the states. See Cook v. State, 110 Ala. 40, 20 South. 360; Butler v. Chambers, 36 Mlnn. 69, 30 N. W. 308, 1 Am. St Rep. 638; State v. Ransick, 62 ohip St 283, 56 N. E. 1024; Braun v. Coyne (C. C.) 125 Fed. 331; U. S. Comp. SL 1901, p. 2228; State v. Armour Packing Co., 124 Iowa, 323, 100 N. W. 60; People v. Arensburg, 105 N. Y. 123, 11 N. E. 277, 59 Am. Rep. 483; Powell v. Com., 114 Pa. 265, 7 Atl. 913, 60 Am. Rep. 350; Powell v. Pennsylvanla, 127 U. S. 678, 8 Sup. Ct. 992, 32 L. Ed. 253
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A code of maritime laws published at the island of oleron in the twelfth century by Eleanor of Gui-enne. They were adopted In England suc-cessively under Richard I., Henry III., and Edward III., and nre often cited before the admiralty courts. De Lovio v. Boit, 2 Gall. 398, Fed. Cas. No. 3,116
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The ancient calendar or method of reckoning time, whereby the year commenced on March 25th. It was super-seded by the new style (that now in use) in most countries of Europe in 1582 and in England in 1752
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A treatise, so called to distinguish it from Littletbn’s book on the same subject, which gives an account of the various tenures by which land was holden, the nature of estates, and some other inci-dents to landed property in the reign of Ed-ward III. It is a very scanty tract, but bas the merit of having led the way to Littleton’s famous work. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 151
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s so called by way of dlstlnction from the New Natura Brevium of Fitzherbert, and is generally cited as “O. N. B.,” or as “Vet. Na. B.,” using the abbreviated form of the Latin title
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The title of a treatise written in the reign of Edward III. containing the writs which were then most in use, annexing to each a short com-ment concerning their nature and the appll-cation of them, with their various properties and effects. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 152
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This term is synonymous with “issue.” See Barber v. Railroad Co., 106 U. S. 83, 17 Sup. Ct. 488, 41 L. Ed. 925; Allen v. Markle, 36 Pa. 117; Powell v. Brandon, 2 Cushm. (Miss.) 343
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In Scotch law. Usury; the taking of interest for money, contrary to law. Bell
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A testament by which a testator leaves hls property to his family. Sandars, Just. Iust. 207. See In-officious Testament
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A deduction; a counterclaim; a contrary claim or demand by which a given claim may be lessened or canceled. See Leonard v. Charter oak L. Ius. Co., 05 Conn. 529, 33 Atl. 511; Cable Flax Mills v. Early, 72 App. Div. 213, 76 N. Y. Supp. 191. The more usual form of the word is “set-off,” (Or v
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The workshop or office of justice. The chancery was for-merly so called. See 3 Bl. Comm. 273; Yates v. People, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 363
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