An oath where-by a person may be obliged to make any pre-sentment of any crime or offense, or to con-fess or accuse himself of any criminal matter or thlng whereby he may be liable to any censure, penalty, os punishment 3 Bl. Comm. 447
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The court or Jurisdic-tion of which an offldal is head
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A writ addressed to the magistrates of a corporation, requiring them not to make such a man an oflicer, or to put one out of the office he has, until ln-quiry is made of hls manners, etc. Reg. orig. 126
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“office” is defined to be a right to exercise a public or private employment, and to take the fees and emoluments there* unto belonging, whether public, as those of magistrates, or private, as of bailiffs, receivers, or the like. 2 Bl. Comm. 36. Row-land v. New York, 83 N. Y. 372; Dailey ▼. State, 8 Blackf. (Ind.) 330; Blair v. Marye, 80 Va. 495; worthy v. Barrett, 63 N. C. 202; People v. Duane, 121 N. Y. 367, 24 N. E. 845; U. S. v. Hartwell, 6 wall. 393, 18 L. Ed. 830
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official. Partly official or authorized. Having color of officiaf right.—official aot. one done by an oflicer in nis official capacity nnder color and by virtue of his ofiice. Turner v. Sisson, 137 Mass. 192; La mm on v. Feusire, 111 U. 8. 17, 4 Sup. Ct. 286, 28 L. Ed. 337.— official assignee. In English practice. An assignee in bankruptcy appointed by the lord chancellor to co-operate with the other assignees in administering a bankrupt’s estate.—official managers. Persons formerly appointed, under English statutes now repealed, to superintend the winding up of insolvent companies nnder the control of the court of chancery, wharton.* —official misconduct. Any unlawful be-havior bv a public officer in relation to the duties of his office, willful in its character, includ-ing any willful or corrupt failure, refusal, or neglect of an officer to perform any duty enjoin-ed on him by law. watson v. State. 9 Tex, App. 212; Brackenridge v. State, 27 Tex. Anp. 513, 11 S. W. 630. 4 L. R. A. W.—official principal. An ecclesiastical officer whose duty it is to hear causes between party and party as the delegate of the bishop or archbishop by whom he is appointed. He generally also holds the office of vicar general nnd (if appointed by a bishop) that of chancellor. The official prio-cipai of the province of Canterbury is called the “dean of arches.” Phillim. Ecc. Law. 1203. et seq.; Sweet.—official solicitor to tbe oonrt of cbanoery. An ofiicer in England whose functions are to protect the suitors’ fund, and to administer, under the direction of the court, so much of it as now comes under the spending power of the court. He acts for persons suing or defending in forma pauperis, when so directed by the judge, and for those who. throngh ignorance or forgetfulness, have been guilty of contempt of court by not obeying process. lie also acts generally as solicitor in all cases in which the chancery division requires such services. The office is transferred to the high court by the judicature acta, but no altera-tion in its name appears to have been made
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In English ecclesiastical law. Personal tlthes, payable by custom to the parson or vicar of a parish, either occa-sionally, as at sacranieuts, marriages, churching of women, burials, etc., or at con-stant times, as at Easter, Christmas, etc
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In English ecclesiastical law. The offerings of the falthful, or the place where they are made or kept; the servlce at the tlme of the Communion
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In the law relating to nuisances and similar matters, this term means noxious, causing annoyance, discomfort, or painful or disagreeable sensations. See Rowland v. Miller (Super. N. Y.) 15 N. Y. Supp. 701; Moller v. Presbyterian Hospital, 65 App. Div. 134, 72 N. ¥. Supp. 483; Barrow v. Richard, 8 Paige (N. Y.) 360, 35 Am. Dec. 713. As occasionally used in crim-inal law and statutes, an “offensive weapon” is primarily oue meant and adapted for at-tack and the infliction of injury, but prac-tically the term includes anything that would come within the description of a “deadly” or “dangerous” weapon. See State v. Dineen, 10 Minn. 411 (Gil. 325); Rex v. Grice, 7 Car. & P. 803; Rex v. Noakes, 5 Car. & P. 326. In international law, an “of-fensive and defensive league” is one bind-ing the contracting powers not only to aid each other in case of aggression upon ei-ther of them by a third power, but also to support and aid each other in active and ag-gressive measures against a power with which either of them may engage in war
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1. To bring to or before; to present for acceptance or rejection; to hold out or proffer; to make a proposal to; to exhibit something that may be taken or re-ceived or not. Morrison v. Springer, 15 Iowa, 346; Vincent v. woodland oil Co., 165 Pa. 402, 30 AU. 991; People v. Ah Fook, 62 Cal. 494
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In old English lnw. The morsel of execration; the corsn-ed, (q. v.) 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 21
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A crime or misdemeanor; a breach of the crlminal laws. Moore v. IUi-nois, 14 How. 13, 14 L. Ed. ,306; Illies v. Knight, 3 Tex. 312; People v. French, 102
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EW. A Scotch expresslon, closely translated from the Latin “de novo,” (q. v
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Recorded; entered on the records; existing and remalning in of upon the approprlate records
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In force; extant: not obsolete; exlsting as a binding, or obligatory power. *’
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A term applied to hny jier-mission or license granted to & phrty in the course of a judlclal proceeding which 1S not claimable as a matter of Course or of right, but is allowed by the favor or indulgence of the court See waiters ▼. McElroy, 151 Pa. 549, 25 Atl. 125
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A phrase commonly ap1 plied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, and particularly to one employed to assist In the preparation of management of a cause, or lts presentation on appeal, but who is not the principal attorney of record for the party
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Any action or step taken • in the course of judicial proceedings which will be allowed by the court upon mere ap-pl ica tlon, without nny Inquiry or contest, or which may be effectually taken wlthout even applying to the court for leave, is said to be “of course.” Stoddard v. Treadwell, 29 Cal: 281; Merchants’ Bank v. Crysler, 67 Fed. 390, 14 C. C. A. 444
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S. L. Lat in old English law. The executor of a last will and testament CowelL
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Complete property, as opposed to feudal tenure. The transposition of the syllables of “odfcal” makes it “allodh,” aud hence, according to Blackstone, arises the word “allod” or “allodial,” (q. v.) “Allodh” is thus put in contradistinction to “fccodh.” Mozley & whltley
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A wrlt anciently call-ed “breve de bono et malo” addressed to the sheriff to inqnlre whether a man committed to prison upon suspicion of murder were committed on Just cause of suspicion, or only upon malice and ill will; aud if, upon the inquisition, it were found that he was not guilty, then there issued another writ to the sheriff to ball him. Reg. orig. 133
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Eight such; eight such men; eight snch jurors. The name of a writ, at common law, which issues when up* on a trial at bar, eight more Jurors are nec-essary to fill the panel, commanding the sheriff to summon the requisite number. 3 BL Comm. 364. See Dkcem Tales
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Fr. In French law. originally, a duty, whlch, by the permission of the seigneur, any city was accustomed to col-lect on liquors and some other goods, brought wlthln its precincts, for the consumption of the inhabitants. Afterwards appropriated to the use of the king. Steph. J
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Government by the multitude. A form of government wherein the populace has the whole power and administration in its own hands
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In old English law. . The eighth day inclusive after a feast; oue of the return days of writs. 3 Bl. Comm. 278
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