In English ecclesiastical law. A jurisdiction or tribunal belonging to the archblshop. It does not hold pleas in any suits, but creates rights to pews, monuments, and particular places, and modes of burial. It has also various powers under 25 Hen. VIII. c. 21, in granting licenses of different descriptions, ns a license to marry, a faculty to erect an organ in a parish church, to level a church-yard, to re-move bodies previously burled. 4 Inst. 337
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In English law. The term Includes all buildings and premises wherein, or within the close or curtilage of which, steam, water, or any mechanical power is used to move or work any machinery employed in preparing, manufacturing, or flnish-lng cotton, wool, hair, silk, flax, hemp, jute, or tow. So defined by the statute 7 Vlct. c. 15, § 73. By later acts this definition has been extended to various other manufactur-ing places. Mozley & whitley
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1. A commercial agent, em-ployed by a principal to sell merchandise consigned to him for that purpose, for and in behalf of the principal, but usually in his own name, being intrusted with the posses* sion and control of the goods, and being remunerated by a commission, commonly called “factorage.” Howland v. woodruff, 60 N. Y. 80; In re Rabenau (D. C.) 118 Fed. 474; Lawrence v. Stonington Bank, 6 Conn. 527; Graham v. Duckwall, 8 Bush (Ky.) 17
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Itt American law. A process by which the effects of a debtor are attached in the hands of a third person. A term peculiar to the practice in Vermont and Connecticut otherwise termed “trustee process” and “garnishment” Cross ▼. Brown, 19 R. I. 220, 33 Atl. 147
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In the civil law. The rlght, power, or capacity of mak-lng a wlll; called “factio acth-a” lnst. 2, 10, 6
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In fact; by an act; hy the act or fact Ipso facto, by the act itself; hy the mere effect of a fact, without anything su-peradded, or any proceeding upon it to give it effect. 3 Kent, Comm. 55, 58
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A thlng done; an actlon per-formed or an Incident transplring; an event or drcumstance; an actual occurrence
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In old English law. Deeds. Facta armorum, deeds or feats of arms; that is, jousts or tournaments. Cowell
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(Lat. I do that you may give.) A species of contract in the civil law (belng one of the innominate contracts) whlch occurs when a man agrees to perform anythlng for a prlce elther specifically mentioned or left to the determination of the law to set a value on It; as when a servant hires hlmself to hls master for certaln wages or an agreed sum of money. 2 BL Comm. 445
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(Lat I do that you may do.) A specles of contract in the civil law (being one of the innominate con-tracts) whlch. occurs when I agree wlth a man to do hls work for him lf he wlll do mlne for me; or lf two persons agree to marry together, or to do any other positive acts on both sldes; or it may be to forbear on one side in conslderatlon of something done on the other. 2 Bl. Comm. 444
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This name was formerly glven to certain notes of some of the banks in the state of Connecticut, which were made payable in two years after the close of the war of 1812. Sprlngfleld Bank v. Merrick, 14 Mass. 322
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Lat The face or countenance; the exterlor appearance or view; hence, con-templatlon or study of a thlng on lts external or apparent slde. Thus, prima facie menus at the first lnspection, on a preUmlnary or exterlor scrutiny, when we speak of a “prima facie case,” we mean one whlch, on lts own showlng, on a first examlnatlon, or wlthout investlgatlng any alleged defenses, is apparently good and maintalnable
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In Scotch law. Easlly persuaded; easlly lmposed upon. Bell
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That you cause, occurring in the phrases “scire facias,” (that you cause to know,) “fieri facias,” (that you cause to be made,) etc
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The face of an instrument is that whlch is shown by the mere language employed, wlthout any explanation, modiflca-tlon, or addltlon from extrinsic facts or evi-dence. Thus, lf the express terms of the paper disclose a fatal legal defect, it is said to be “void on its face
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Lab To do; to make. Thus, facere defaltam, to make default; facere duellum, to make the duel, or make or do battle; facere flnem, to make or pay a fine; facere legem, to make one’s law; facere so-cramentum, to make oath
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An exact copy, preserv-tng all the marks of the original
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In England, where the construction of a wlll jnay be affected by the appearance of the original paper, the court wlll order the probate to pass in foe simile, as it may posslbly help to show the meanlng of the testator. 1 williams, Ex’rs, (7th Ed.) 331, 38G, 566
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To fabricate evidence is to arrange or manufacture drcumstances or indicia, after the fact commuted, wlth the purpose of using them as evldence, and of dcceitfully maklng them appear as lf accl-dental or undeslgned; to devlse falsely or contrlve by artlfice wlth the intention to de-celve. Such evldence may be wholly forged and artificial, or it may consist in so warplng and dlstortlng real facte as to create an erroneous lmpresslon in the minds of those who observe them and then presenting such lrn-pression as true and genulne
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In old European law. A con-tract or formal agreement; bnt particularly used in the Lombardic and Vlsigothlc laws to ienote a marriage contract or a will
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In old Engllsh law. The maklng or coining of money
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Lat To make. Used in old English law of a lawful coining, and also of an uniawful making or counterfeiting of coin. See 1 Salk. 342
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