Between peers; between those who stand on a level or equality, as respects diligence, opportunity, responsibility, etc
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Between parties. Instruments In which two persons unite, each making conveyance to, or engagement with, the other, are called “papers infer partes” Smlth v. Emery, 12 N. J. Law, 60
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Between conjunct persons. By the act 1621, c. 18, all conveyances or alienations between conjunct persons, unless granted for oner-ous causes, are declared, as in a question with creditors, to be null and of no avail. Conjunct persons are those standing in a certnin degree of relationship to each other; snch, for example, as brothers, sisters, sons, uncles, etc. These were formerly excluded as witnesses, on account of their relation-ship ; but this, as a ground of exclusion, has been abolished. Tray. Lat. Max.
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(Between the jaws of the land.) A term used to describe a roadstead or arm of the sea en-closed between promontories or projecting headlands
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(Lat. Be-tween the dog and the wolf.) The twilight; because then the dog seeks his rest, and the wolf his prey. 3 Inst 63
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Between her arms. Fleta, llb. 1, c. 35, If 1, 2
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Among others; in a general clause; not by name, (nominatimj
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Between other persons; between those who are strangers to a matter in question
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Among the subtleties of. the law. See Apex Jubis
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Among other things. A term anciently used in pleading, especially in recitlng statutes, where the whole statute was not set forth at length. Inter alia enactatum fuit, among other things it was enacted. See Plowd. 65
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Meaning; will; purpose; design. “The intention ot the testator, to be collected from the whole will, is to gov-ern, provided it be not uniawful or inconsist* ent with the rules of iaw.” 4 Kent, Comm. 534
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A writ that lay agalnst hlm who entered into lands after the death of a tenant in dower, or for life, etc., and held out to him in reversion or remainder. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 203
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1. In criminal law and the law of evidence. Purpose; formulated design; a resolve to do or forbear a particular act; aim; determination. In its literal sense, the stretching of the mind or will towards a particular object
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In Spanish law. The Immediate ageut of the minister of finance^ or the chief and principal director of the different branches of the revenue, appointed in the various departments in each of the prov-lnces into which the Spanish monarchy is dl-vided. Escriche
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The trne meaning, tbe correct understanding or inten-tion of the law; a presumption or Inference made by the courts. Co. Litt 78
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one who has the charge, management, or dlrectlon of some office, department, or public business
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This phrase is frequently used iu conveyances, when reciting some other conveyance which has not yet been recorded, but which forms a link in the chain of title. In Pennsylvania, it has been construed to be a covenant, on the part of the grantor, to procure the deed to be recorded in a reasonable time. Penn v. Preston, 2 Rawle (Pa.) 14
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Habitual intemperance is that degree of intemperance from the use of intoxicating drinks which dis-quaiifies the person a great portion of the time from properly attending to business, or which would reasonably inflict a course of great mental anguish upon an innocent party. Clv. Code CaL § 106. And see Mowry v. Home L. Ins. Co., 9 R. I. 355; Zelgler ▼. Com. (Pa.) 14 Atl. 238; Tatum v. State, 63 Ala. 149; Elklns v. Buschner (Pa.) 16 Atl. 104
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To design, resolve, purpose. To apply a rule of law in the nature of presumption; to discern and follow the proba-billties of llke cases
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As occaslonally used in statutes prescribing the qualifications of pub-lic officers, trustees, etc., this term means soundness of moral prlnclple and character, as shown, by one person dealing wlth others in the making and performance of contracts, and fidelity and honesty in the discharge of trusts; it is synonymous with “probity,” “honesty,” and “uprightness.” In re Bau-quler’s Estate, 88 Cal. 302, 26 Pac. 178; In re Gordon’s Estate, 142 Cal. 125, 75 Pac. 672
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In pleading. The statement of matters of fact dlrectly (excluding the necessity of inference or argu-ment to arrive at the meaning) and in such appropriate terms, so arranged, as to be comprehensible by a person of common or ordi-nary understanding. See Merrill v. Everett, 38 Conn. 48; Davis v. Trump, 43 W. Va. 191, 27 S. E. 397, 64 Am. St Rep. 849; Jen-nlngs v. State, 7 Tex. App. 358; Ash v. Pur-nell (Com. Pl.) 11 N. Y. Supp. 54
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Used chief-ly in the law of taxation, this term means such property as has no intrinsic and marketable value, but is merely the representa-tive or evldence of value, such as certificates of stock, bonds, promissory notes, and franchises. See western Union Tel. Co. v. Nor-man (C. C.) 77 Fed. 26
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