An agreement, upon suf-flcient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing. 2 Bl. Comm. 442 ; 2 Kent, Oomm. 449. Justice v. Lang, 42 N. Y. 496, 1 Am. Rep. 576; Edwards v. Kearzey, 96 U. S. 599, 24 L. Ed. 793; Canterberry v. Miller, 76 111. 355
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Agalnst law or treaty; prohibited. Goods exported from or lrn-ported into a country agalnst lts laws. Brande. Artlcles, the lmportatlon or expor-tatlon of whlch is prohlblted by law. P. Enc
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Certaln classes of merchandise, such as arms and ammunition, whlch, by the rules of lntema-tlonal law, cannot lawfully be furnlshed or carried hy a neutral natlon to either of two belligerents; lf found in transit in neutral vessels, such goods may be selzed and con-demned for vlolatlon of neutrality. The Peterhoff, 5 wall. 58. 18 L. Ed. 564; Richardson v. Insurance Co., 6 Mass. 114, 4 Am. Dec. 92
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Uninterrupted; unbroken ; not intermittent or occasional; so persistently repeated at short intervals as to constitute virtually an unbroken series. Black v. Canal Co., 22 N. J. Eq. 402; Hofer’s Appeal, 116 Pa. 360, 9 Atl. 441; Ingraham v. Hough, 46 N. C. 43
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Against, confronting, opposite to; on the other hand; on the contrary. The word is used in many Latin phrases, as appears by the following titles. In the books qf reports, contra, appended to the name of a judge or counsel, indicates that he held a view of the matter in argument contrary to that next before advanced. Also, after citation of cases in support of a position, contra is often prefixed to citations of cases opposed to it
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In pleading. A form of allegation in which the trespass, criminal offense, or other wrongful act complained of is charged to have been committed on a specified day and to have “continued” to the present time, or is averred to hare been
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Enduring; not termlnat-ed by a single act or fact; subsisting for a definite period or intended to cover or apply to successive similar obligations or occur-rences
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Possible, but not assur-ed; doubtful or uncertain, conditioned upon the occurrence of some future event which is Itself uncertain, or questionable. Verdler v. Roach, 96 Cal. 467, 31 Pac. 554
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The adjournment or postponement of an actlon pending in a court, to a subsequent day of the same or another term. Com. v. Maloney, 145 Mass. 205, 13 N. E. 482; State v? Underwood, 76 Mo. 630
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In old English practice. Continuance or connection. Applled to the proceedings in a cause. Bract fol. 362b
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An event that may or may not happen, a doubtful or uncertain future event The quality of being contingent
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In the Roman law. Continuing; holding together. Adjoining buildings were said to be continentia.
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Pertaining or relating to a continent; characteristic of a continent; as broad in scope or purpose as a continent. Continental Ins. Co. v. Continental Fire Ass’n (C. C.) 96 Fed. 848
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In close proximity; in actual dose contact. Touching; bounded or traversed by. The term is not synonymous with “vicinal.” Plaster Co. v. Campbell, 89 Va. 390, 16 S. E. 274; Bank v. Hopkins, 47 Kan. 580, 28 Pac. 606, 27 Am. St. Rep. 309; ltaxedale v. Seip, 32 La. Ann. 435; Arkell v. Insurance Co., 69 N. Y. 191, 25 Am. Rep. 168
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In Spanish law. Con-tinency or unity of the proceedings in a cause, white, New Recop. b. 3, tlt. 6, c. L
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In Roman law. Contestation of sult; the framing an Issue; joinder in issue. The formal act of both the parties with which the proceedings in jure were closed when they led to a judicial investigation, and by which the neigh-bors whom the parties brought with them were called to testify. Mackeld. Rom. Law, I 219
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The context of a particular sentence or clanse in a statute, contract, will, etc., comprises those parts of the text which immediately precede and follow it The con-text may sometimes be scrutinized, to aid in the interpretation of an obscure passage
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Adjacent; adjoln-ing; having a common boundary; coterminous
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To make defense to an ad-verse claim in a court ,of law; to oppose, resist, or dispute the case mnde by a plaintiff. Pratt v. Breckinridge, 112 Ky. 1, 65 S. W. 136; Parks v. State, 100 Ala. 634, 13 South. 756
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Contested; adversary; litigated between adverse or contending parties; a judicial proceeding not merely ex parte in its character, hut comprising attack and defense as between opposing parties, is so called. The litigious proceedings in ecclesi-astical courts are sometimes said to belong to its “contentious” jurisdiction, in contradis-tinctlon to what is called its “voluntary” Ju-risdiction, which is exercised in the grant-lng of licenses, probates of wills, dlspensa-tions, faculties, etc
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Contumacy; a willful dis-regard of the authority of a court of’justice or legislative body or disobedience to its law-ful orders
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The act of the mind in considering with attention. Continued attention of the mind to a particular sub-ject. Consideration of an act or series of acts with the intention of doing or adopting them. The consideration of an event or state of facts with the expectation that it will transpire
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Lat. Contemporaneous exposition, or construc
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