A maple tree. Not to be confounded with ara bills, (arable land
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Having a double or sev-eral meanings or senses. See Ambiguity
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1. In its broadest and most general signification, this term denotes the spirit and the habit of fairness, justness, and right dealing w’hich would regulate the inter
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In patent law. Any act or substance which is known in the arts as a proper substitute for some other act or substance employed as an element in the invention, whose substitution for that other act or substance does not in any manner vary the idea of means. It possesses three char-acteristics: It must be capable of performing the same office in the Invention as the act or substance whose place it supplies; it must relate to the form or embodiment alone and not affect in any degree the idea of means; and it must have been known to the arts at the date of the patent as endowed with this capability. Duff Mfg. Co. v. Forgie, 59 Fed. 772, 8 C. C. A. 261; Norton v. Jensen, 49 Fed. S»>8, 1 C. C. A. 452; Imhaeuser v. Buerk, 101 U. S. G55, 25 L. Ed. 945; Carter Mach. Co. v. Hanes (C. C.) 70 Fed. 859; Schillinger v. Cranford, 4 Mackey (D. C.) 466
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Just; conformable to the principles of natural justice and right
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In old English law. Travellng furniture, or riding equipments, including horses, horse harness, etc. Reg. orlg. 100b; St westm. 2, c. 39
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An equal. It is mention-ed in Simeon Dunelm, A. D. 882. Jacob
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The two periods of the year (vernal equinox about March 21st, and autumnal equinox about September 22d) when the time from the rising of the snn to its setting is equal to the time from its set-ting to its rising. See Dig. 43, 13,1, 8
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An officer of state under the master of the horse
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The condition of possessing the same rights, prlvlleges, and immunlties, and belng liable to the same duties
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The act or process of making equal or bringing about conformity to a common standard. The process of equal* izing assessments or taxes, as performed by “boards of equalization” in various states, consists in comparing the assessments made by the local officers of the various counties or other taxing districts withln the jnrisdic-tion of the board and reducing them to a common and uniform basis,, increasing or diminishing by such percentage as may be necessary, so as to bring about, within the entire territory affected, a uniform and equal ratio between the assessed vaiue and the
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The time at which a new’ computation is begun; the time whence dates are numbered. Enc. Loud
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Alike; uniform; on the same plane or level with respect to efficiency
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A letter; a charter; an ln-stroment in writing for conveyance of lands or assurance of contracts. Calvin; Spel-man
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In the civil law. Rescripts; opinions given by the emperors in cases sub* mitted to them for decision
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A bishopric. The dignity or office of a bishop
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In ecclesiastical law. 8ynodals, pentecostals, and other customary payments from the clergy to their diocesan bishop, formerly collected by the rural deans. Cowell
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of or pertalning to episcopacy, or to the Episcopal Church
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In Spanish law. A term synonymous with “equity” in one of Its senses, and defined as “the beuignant and prudent interpretation of the law according to the circumstances of the time, place, and person.”
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The office of overlook-ing or overseeing; the office of a bishop, who is to overlook and oversee the concerns of the church. A form of church government by diocesan bishops. Trustees of Diocese of Central New York v. Colgrove, 4 Hun (N. Y.) 368
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A Christian festival, oth-erwise called the “Manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles,” observed on the 6th of Janu-ary, in honor of the appearance of the star to the three magi, or wise men, who came to adore the Messiah, and bring him presents. It is commonly called “Twelfth Day.” Enc. Lond
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