Laws promulgated, i. e., enacted, by the Roman Emperor. They were of various kinds, namely, the fol-lowing: (l) Edicta; (2) decreta; (3) rescripts, called also, “epistol#.” Sometimes they were general, and intended to form a precedent for other like cases; at other times they were special, particular, or individual, (personates.) and not lntended to form a prec-edent. The emperor had this power of irresponsible enactment by virtue of a certain lex regia, whereby he was made the fountain of Justice and of mercy. Brown.
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A Latin term, signifying we constitute or appoint
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Officers properly appointed under the constitution for the government of the people
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An officer of horse; an oflicer havlng charge of foot or horse; a naval commander; an officer having charge of military affairs generally. Spelman
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It is clear or evident; it appears ; it is certain; there is no doubt Non constat, it does not appear
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In English law. The territorial jurisdiction of a constable; as bailiwick is of a balllff or sherlfT. 5 Nev. & M. 261
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An ancient writ that lay against conspirators. Reg. orig. 134; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 114
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In maritime law. An agreement or stipulation between the owners of different vessels that they shall keep in company, mutually aid, Instead of interfering with each other, In wrecking and salvage, and share any money awarded as salvage, whether earned by one vessel or both. An-drews v. wall, 3 How. 571,11 L. Ed. 729
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In criminal law. A combination or confederacy between two or more persons formed for the purpose of com-mitting, by their joint efforts, some unlaw-ful or criminal act, or some act which is ln-noceut in Itself, but becomes unlawful when done by the concerted action of the conspira-tors, or for the purpose of using criminal or unlawful means to the commission of an act not in itself unlawful. Pettibone v. U. S., 148 U. S. 197, 13 Sup. Ct 542, 37 L. Ed. 419; State v. Slutz, 106 La. 182, 30 South. 29S; wright v. U. S., 108 Fed. 805, 48 C. C. A. 37; U. S. v. Benson, 70 Fed. 591, 17 C. C. A. 293; Girdner v. walker, 1 Heisk. (Tenn.) 186; Boutwell v. Marr, 71 Vt 1, 42 Atl. 607, 43 L. R. A. 803, 76 Am. St. Rep. 746; U. S. v. weber (C. C.) 114 Fed. 950; Comm. v. Hunt, 4 Metc. (Mass.) Ill, 38 Am. Dec. 346; Erdman v. Mitchell, 207 Pa. 79, 56 Atl. 327, 63 L. R. A. 534, 99 Am. St Rep. 783; Standard O11 Co. v. Doyle, 118 Ky. 662, 82 S. W. 271, 111 Am. Sh Rep. 331
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An abbreviation of the ex-pression “consolidated annuities,” and used in modern times as a name of various funds united in one for the payment of the British national debt. Also, a name given to certain issues of bonds of the state of South Caro-lina. whaley v. Gaillard, 21 S. C. 568
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In the civil law. A nnlon of fortunes; a lawful Roman marriage. Also, the joining of several persons as par-ties to one action. In old English law, the term signified company or society. In the language of pleading, (as in the phrase per quod consortium amisit) It means the com-panionship or society of a wife. Bigaouette v. Paulet, 134 Mass. 123, 45 Am. Rep. 307; Lockwood v. Lockwood, 67 Minn. 47G, 70 N. W. 784; Kelley v. Railroad Co., 168 Mass. 308, 46 N. E. 1063, 38 L. R. A. 631, 60 Am. St Rep. 397
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To consolidate means something more than rearrange or redivide. In a general sense, it means to unite Into one mass or body, as to consolidate the forces of an army, or various funds. In parliamentary usage, to consolidate two bills is to unite them lnto one. In law, to consolidate benefices is to combine them into one. Fairview v. Durland, 45 Iowa, 56
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Lat An association, fellowship, or partnership. Applied by some of the older writers to a corporation, and even to a natlon consldered as a body politic. Thomas v. Dakin, 22 wend. (N. Y.) 104
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The name of a code of sea-laws, said to have been corn-piled by order of the kings of Arragon (or, according to other authorities, at Pisa or Bar
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In ecclesiastical law. An assembly of cardinals convoked by the pope
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Courts held by diocesan bishops within their several cathedrals, for tbe trlal of eccleslastlcal causes arising within thelr respective dioceses. The bishop’s chancellor, or hls commissary, is the judge; and from hls sentence an ap-peal lies to the archbishop. Mozley & whit-ley
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Being composed or made up of. This word is not synonymous with “Including;” for the latter, when nsed in connection with a number of specified objects, always Implies that there may be oth-ers which are not mentioned. Parish ▼. Cook, 6 Mo. App. 831
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The state council of the Roman emperors. Mackeld. Rom. Law, 158
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A day appointed to hear the counsel of both partles. A case set down for argument
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In practice. A writ of entry, framed under the provisions of the statute westmlnster 2, (18 Edw. I.,) c. 24, which lay for the benefit of the reversioner, where a tenant by the curtesy aliened in fee or for life
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