Pledged; given in pledge, (pignori data;) mortgaged. A term applied in Bracton to land. Bract, fol. 20
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In old English law. The obtaining anything by petition or en-treaty. Particularly, the obtaining of a benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king er other lay patron, webster; CowelL
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In old records. To im* peach or accuse. Impescatus, Impeached. Blount
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In old English practice. To obtain by request, as a writ or privilege. Bract fols. 57, 172b. This appllcatlon of the word seems to be derlved from the clvll law. Calvin
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Irrelevancy; the fault of not properly pertaining to the issue or proceeding. The introduction of any mat-ters into a bill, answer, or other pleading or proceeding in a suit, which are not properly before the court for decision, at any particular stage of the suit Story, Eq. PL
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The right to command, which includes the right to employ the force of the state to enforce the laws. Thls is one of the principal attributes of the power ot the executive. 1 Toullier, no. 58
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As used in various legal compound terms, this word means defective or incomplete; wanting in some legal or formal requisite; wanting in legal sanction or effectiveness; as in speaking of imperfect “obligations,” “ownership,” “rights,” “title,” “usufruct,” or “war.” See those nouns
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In old English law. A disturber in the action of quare impedit. St Marlb. c. 12
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Lat. In the civil law. Ex-penses; outlays. Mackeld. Rom. Law, S 168; Calvin. Divided into necessary, (necessaries,) useful, (utiles,) and tasteful or orna-mental, (voluptuaries.) Dig. 50, 16, 79. See Id. 25, 1
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In Spanish law. A prohibition to contract marriage, established by law between certain persons
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Disabilities, or hin-drances to the making of contracts, snch as coverture, infancy, want of reason, etc
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To Impeach, to accuse, or prosecute for felony or treason
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In old practice, one who hinders; an lmpedlent. The defendant or deforciant in a flne was sometimes so called. Cowell; Blount
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A criminal proceed-lng against a public officer, before a quasi political court, instituted by a written accu-sation called “articles of impeachment;” for example, a written accusation by the house of representatives of the United States to
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L. Fr. In ecdeslas-tical law. one who is Inducted and in possession of a benefice. Parson lmparsonee, (persona impersonata.) Cowell; Dyer, 40
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In ecclesiastical law. The act of putting Into full possession of a benefice
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To have license to settle a litigation amicably; to obtain delay for ad-Justment
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In early practice, imparlance meant time given to either of the parties to an action to answer the pleading of the other. It thus amounted to a continuance of the action to a further day. Literally the term signified leave given to the parties to talk together; i. e., with a view to settling their differences amicably. But in modern practice it denotes a time given to the defendant to plead
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In old English law. To impound. Reg. orig. 92b
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