one who is united with others in an ill design; an associate; a con-federate; an accomplice
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Sound of mind. Havlng use and control of one’s mental fao-ultiee
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To compile is to copy from various authors into one work. Between a compilation and an abridgment there is a dear distinction. A compilation consists of selected extracts from different authors; an abridgment is a condensation of the views of one author. Story v. Holcombe, 4 McLean, 306, 314, Fed. Cas. No. 13,497
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Duly qualified; answer-ing all requirements; adequate; suitable; sufficient; capable; legally fit. Levee Dist. v. Jamison, 176 Mo. 557, 75 S. W. 679
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In Scotch practice. The contest among creditors claiming on thelr respective diligences, or creditors claim-lng on their securities. Bell
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In practlce. A plea in an action of debt on a bail bond that the defendant appeared at the day required
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In tbe law of evi-denco. The presence of those characteristics, or the absence of those disabilities, which render a witness legally fit and qualified to give testimony in a court of justice. The term is also applied, in the same sense, to documents or other written evidence
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In the Roman law. The adjournment of a cause, in order to hear the parties or their advocates a sec-ond time; a second hearing of the parties to a cause. Calvin
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In the civil law. A judlcial Inquest made by delegates or com-mlssioners to find out and relate the truth of a cause
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Lat. In the civU law. Compensation, or set-off. A proceeding re-8embling a set-off in the common law, being a claim on the part of the defendant to have an amount due to him from the plaintiff de-ducted from hls demand. Dig. 16, 2; Inst. 4, 6, 30, 39 ; 3 Bl. Comm. 305
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Indemnification; payment of damages; making amends; that which is necessary to restore an injured par-ty to his former position. An act which a court orders to be done, or money which a court orders to be paid, by a person whose acts or omissions have caused loss or injury to another, in order that thereby the person damnified may receive equal value for his loss, or be made whole in respect of his injury. Railroad Co. v. Denman, 10 Minn. 280 (Gil. 208
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In Spanish law. Compensation; set-off. The extinction of a debt by another debt of equal dignity
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In Scotch practlce. Appearance; an appearance made for a defendant; an appearance by counsel. Belt
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Such relatlon and conslstency between the duties of two offices that they may be held and filled by one person
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In the canon law. A kind of spiritual relationship contracted by baptism
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Spiritual affinity, contracted by sponsorship in baptism
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Imagining or contriv-ing, or plotting. In English law, “compas-sing the king’s death" is treason. 4 Rl. Comm. 76
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Belonging to common-age. Jus compascwtm, the right of common of pasture
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In French law. A gen-eral term, comprehending all persons who compose the crew of a ship or vessel. Poth. Mar. Cont no. 163
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