A species of loose or informal marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yet in nse in some countries. See Concubinatus
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The harmony of the discord-ant canons. A collection of ecclesiastical constitutions made, by Grattan, an Italian monk, A. D. 1151; more commonly known by the name of “Deere turn Qratiani”
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A fold, pen, or place where cattle lle. Cowell
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In public law. A corn-pact or convention between two or more independent governments
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Lat in old English law. An agreement, or concord. Fleta, lib. 5, c
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Shutting np a matter; shutting out all further evidence; not admitting of explanation or contradiction; putting an end to inquiry; final; decisive. Hoadley v. Hammond, 63 Iowa, 599, 19 N. W. 794; Joslyn v. Rockwell, 59 Hon, 129, 13 N. Y. Supp. 311; Appeal of Bixler, 59 Cal. 550
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In the old process of levying a fine of lands, the concord was an agreement between the parties (real or feign-ed) in which the deforciant (or he who keeps the other out of possession} acknowledges that the lands in question are the right of complainant; and, from the acknowledgment or admission of right thus made, the party who levies the fine is called the “cognizor,” and the person to whom it is levied the “cognizee.” 2 Bl. Comm. 350
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The end; the termina-tion; the act of finishing or bringing to a close. The conclusion of a declaration or complaint is all that part which follows the statement of the plaintiff’s cause of action. Tlie conclusion of a plea is its final clause, in which the defendant either “puts hlmself upon the country” (where a material averment of the declaration is traversed and issue tendered) or offers a verification, which is proper where new matter is introduced. State v. waters, 1 Mo. App. 7
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In old records. A common council man; a freeman called to a legislative hall or assembly. Cowell
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In French law. The formality to which intending litigants are subjected in cases brought before the juge de pair. The judge convenes the parties and endeavors to reconcile them. Should he not succeed, the case proceeds. In criminal and commercial cases, the preliminary of condli-ation does not take place Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 552
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Lat. A council. Also ar-gument in a cause, or the sitting of the court to hear argument; a day allowed to a defendant to present his argument; an impar-lance
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Accorded;conceded. Thls term, frequently used in the old reports, slg-nifles that the court admitted or assented to a point or proposition made on the argu-ment
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A grant; ordinarily ap-plied to the grant of specific privileges by a government; French and Spanish grants in Louisiana. See western M. & M. Co. v. Pey-tona Coal Co., 8 W. Va. 446
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Lat we have grant-ed. A term used in conveyances, the effect of which was to create a joint covenant on the part of the grantors
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In old English law. A grant one of the old common assurances, or forms of conveyance
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Relating to; pertaining to; affecting; Involving; being engaged in or taking part in. U. S. v. Fulkerson (D. C.) 74 Fed. 631; May v. Brown, 3 Barn. & C. *137; Ensworth v. Hol-ly, -33 Mo. 370; Miller v. Navlgatlon Co., 32 W. Va. 46, 9 S. E. 57; U. S. v. Scott (C. C.) 74 Fed. 217; McDonald v. white, 130 111. 493, 22 N. E. 599
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Lat I have granted. At common law, in a feoffment or estate of ln-heritance, this word does not imply a war-ranty; it only creates a covenant in a lease for years. Co. Litt. 384a. See Kinney v. watts, 14 wend. (N. Y.) 40; Koch v. Hustis, 113 wis. 599, 87 N. W. 834; Burwell v. Jackson, 9 N. Y. 535
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In medical Jurispru-dence, the beginning of preguancy, (q. v
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