In old English law. The curfew, or evenlng bell. Cowell. See Curfbw
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In old Engllsh law. The fin-est whlte bread, formerly called “cocked bread.” Blount
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L. Fr. A church. Kelham. Another form of “eglise.”
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Lat. In the civil and com-mon law. Sufficient; competent; fit or proper; responsible; unimpeachable. Ido-neus homo, a responsible or solvent person; a good and lawful man. Sufficient; ade-quate; satisfactory. Idonea cautio, suffl-cient security
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In old Engllsh law. AbU-ity or fitness, (of a parson.) Artie. Cleri, c. 13
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In’ tbo civil law. An unlearned, illiterate, or simple person. Calvin. A private man; one not in office
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This is the name of an old writ which directs the sheriff to inquire whether a man be an idiot or not. The Inquisition is to be made by a Jury of twelve men. Fitzh. Nat Brev. 2321 ..And, if the man were found an idiot, the profits of hls lands and the cos-tody of his person might be granted by Che
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A person who hns been withont understanding from hls nativity, nud w’hom the law, therefore, presumes never likely to attain any. Shelf. Lun. 2. See Insanity
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A division of time among the Romans. In March, May, July, and october, the Ides were on the 15th of the month; in the remaining months, on the 13th. This method of reckoning is still retained in the chancery of Rome, and in the calendar of the breviary, wharton
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Grseco-Lat. In the civil law. Ah instrument privately executed, as distinguished from such as were executed before a public officer. Cod. 8, 18, 11; Calvin
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Lat. Therefore it is considered. These were the words used at the beginning ef the eutry of judgment in an action, when the forms were in Iatln. They are also used as a name for that portion of the record
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In English law. An ancient writ (now obsolete) which lay for one taken and arrested in any per-sonal action, and committed to prison, by mistake for another man of the same name, Fitzh. Nat Brev. 267
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Sounding the same or alike; having the same sound. A term ap-plied to names which are substantially the same, though slightly varied In the spelling, as “Lawrence” and “Lawrance,” and the llke. 1 Cromp. & M. 806 ; 3 Chit. Gen. Pr. 171
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Proof of identity; the prdvlng that a person, subject, or ar-tide before the court is the very same that he or It is alleged, charged, or reputed to be; as where a witness recognizes the prisoner at the bar as the same person whom lie saw committing the crime; or where handwrlt-ing, stolen goods, counterfeit coin, etc., are recognized as the same which once passed under the observation of the person identi-fylng them
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Lat The same. According to Lord Coke, “idem” has two significations, se., idem syllable seu verbis, (the same in syllables or words,) and idem re et sensu, (the same in substance and in sense.) 10 Coke, 124a
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The same for tiie same. An illustration of a kind that really adds no additlonal element to the considera-Uon of the question
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In old English law. A stroke or blow from a club or stone; a bruise, contusion, or swelling produced by a blow from’ a club or stone, as distinguished from “ploga,” (a wound.) Fleta, lib. 1, c. 41, | 3
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Lat in the same place; in the same book; on the same page, etc. Abbreviated to “ibid.” or “ib
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An Image, figure, or representa-tlon of a thing. Du Cange
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A memorandum of debt, consisting of these letters, (“I owe you,”) a sum of money, and the debtor’s signature, is termed an “I O U.” Kinney v. Flynn, 2 R. I. 329
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In old English law. The season for sowing winter corn. Also spelled “hibernagium” and “hybernagium
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