In the civU law. A hir-ing. Used generally in connection with the term locatio, a letting. Locatio ct conductio, (sometimes united as a .compound word, “lo-cat io-conductio”) a letting and hiring. Inst. 3, 25; Bract, fol. 62, c. 28; Story, Bailm. SS 8, 368
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In English prac-tlce. Money paid to a witness who has been subpoenaed on a trial, sufficient to defray the reasonable expenses of going to, staying at, and returning from the place of trlal. Lush, Pr. 460; Archb. New Pr. 639
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In the civil law. An action which the hirer (conductor) ot a thing might have against the letter, (locator.) Inst 3, 25, pr. 2
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The conditional re-mission or forgiveness, by one of the married parties, of a matrimonial offense committed by the other, and which would constitute a cause of divorce; the condition being that the offense shall not be repeated. See Pain v. Pain, 37 Mo. App. 115; Betz v. Betz, 25 N. Y. Super. CL 096; Thomson v. Thomson, 121 Gal. 11, 53 Pac. 403; Harnett v. Harnett, 55 Iowa, 45, 7 N. W. 394; Eggerth v. Eg-gerth, 15 or. 626, 16 Pac. 650; Turnbull v. Turnbull, 23 Ark. 615; Odom v. Odom, 36 Ga. 318; Polson v. Polson, 140 Ind. 310, 39 N. E. 498
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In the clvil law. Co-ownerships or limited ownerships, such as emphyteusis, superficies, pignus, hypotheca, ususfructus, usus, and habitatio. These were more than mere jura in re aliend, being portion of the dominium itself, although they are commonly distinguished from the dominium strictly so called. Brown
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In Spanlsh law. The remission of a debt, either expressly or tacit-ly
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That which is depend-ent upon or granted subject to a condition. —Conditional creditor. In the civil law. A creditor having a future right of action, or hav-ing a right of action in expectancy. Dig. 50, 16, 54.—Conditional stipulation. In the civil law. A stipulation to do a thing upon con-dition, as tbe happening of any event
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The terms upon whlch sales are made at auction; usually written or prlnted and exposed in the auction room at the time of sale
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In Roman law. A general term for actions of a personal nature, found* ed npon an obligation to give or do a certain and defined thing or service. It is dis* tinguished from vindicatio rei, which is an action to vindicate one’s right of property in a thing by regaining (or retaining) pos
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In ecclesiastical law. The name of a plea entered by a party to a libel filed in the ecclesiastical court, in which it is pleaded that the deceased made the will which is the subject of the sult, and that he was of sound mind. 2 Eng. Ecc. R. 438 ; 6 Eng. Ecc. R. 431
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To find or adjudge guilty. 3 Leon. 68. To adjudge or sentence. 8 Bl. Comm. 291. To adjudge (as an admiralty court) that a vessel is a prize, or that she is unfit for service. 1 Kent, Comm. 102; 5 Esp. 65. To set apart or expropriate prop-erty for public use, in the exercise of the power of eminent domain, wulzen v. San Francisco, 101 Cal. 15, 35 Pac. 353, 40 Am. St. Rep. 17
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In the civil law. The of-fense of extortion by threats of violence. Dig. 47, 13
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In the law of Louisiana, the name of a suit or remedy to enable creditors to enforce thelr claims against an in-solvent or faillng debtor. Schroeder v. Nicholson, 2 La. 355
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In the civU law. (1) A running together; a collision, as concursus creditorum, a conflict among creditors. (2) A concurrence, or meeting, as concuraua oc-tionum, concurrence of actions
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In French law. The possession, by two or more persons, of equal rights or privileges over the same subject-matter
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Having the same au-thority; acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event; contemporaneous
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To agree; accord; consent In the practice of appellate courts, a “con-curring opinion” is one filed by one of the judges or justices, in which he agrees with the conclusions or the result of auother opinion filed in the case (which may be either the opinion of the court or a dissenting opinion) though he states separately hls views of the case or his reasons for so concurring
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In the civil law. A Joint or co-curator, or guardian
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In Roman law. An informal, unsanctioned, or “natural” marriage, as contradistinguished from the justae nuptia:, or juatum matrimonium, the civil marriage
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(1) A woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married. (2) A sort of inferior wife, among tbe Romans, upon whom the husband did not confer hls rank or quality
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