In Roman law. An assembly, either (1) of the Roman curlse, in which case it was called the "eomitia curiata vel calata;” or (2) of the Roman centuries, In which case it was called the "eomitia centuriata;” or (3) of the Roman tribes, in which case it was called the "eomitia tribute." only patricians were members of the first eomitia, and only pleblans of the last; hut the eomitia centuriata comprised the entire populace, patricians and plebians both, and was the great legislative assembly passing the leges, properly so called, as the senate passed the senates consulta, and tbe eomitia tribute passed the plcbiscita. Under the Lex Hortensia, 287 B. C., the plebiscitum acquir-ed the force of a lex. Brown
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In old English law. A countess; an earl's wife
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Counts or earls. Attendants or followers. Persons composing the retinue of a high functionary. Persons who are attached to the suite of a public minister
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Counts or earls palatine; those who had the government of a county palatine
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A writ by which tbe charge of a county, to-gether with tbe keeping of a castle, is com-mitted to the sheriff.
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In oid English law. A county or shire; the body of a county. The territorial jurisdiction of a comes, i. e., count or earl. The county court, a court of great antiquity and of great dignity in early times. Also, the retinue or train of a prince or high governmental official
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Lat Comity, courtesy, civil-ity. Comitas inter communitates; or comi-tas inter gentes; comity between commuui-ties or nations; comity of nations. 2 Kent, Comm. 457
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A writ or commission, whereby a sheriff is authorized to enter upon the charges of a county. Reg. Orig. 295
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To present oneself; to appear in court In modern practice, though such presence may be constructive only, the word is still used to indlcate participation in the proceedlngs. Thus, a pleadiug may begin, “Now comes tlie defendant,” etc. In case of a default, the technical language of the record is that the party “comes not, but makes default*' Horner v. O’Laughlin, 29 Md. 472
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This phrase, anciently nsed in the language of pleading, and still surviving in some Jurisdictions, occurs at the commencement of a defendant’s plea or demurrer; and of Its two verbs the former signifies that he appears in court, the latter that he defends the action
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Burning, in old English law. The punishment inflicted upon apostates
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A conspiracy, or con-federation of men for unlawful or violent deeds
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A forcible encounter between two or more persons; a battle; a duel. Trial by battle
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A valley or piece of low ground between two hills. Kennett, Gloss
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An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than four years old. Mallory v. Berry, 16 Kan. 295; Pullen v. State, 11 Tex. App. 91
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In old English law. Fellow-barons; fellow-citizens. The citizens
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Young poles, which, being cut down, are made levers or lifters. Blount
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In old Scotch law. A young beast or cow, of the age of one or two years; in later times called a “cowdash.”
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That which has or gives color. That which is in appearance only, and not in reality, what it putports to be
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By common usage in Amer* ica, thls term, in such phrases as “colored persons," “the colored race,” “colored men,” and tbe llke, is used to designate negroes or persons of the African race, including all persons of mixed blood descended from negro ancestry. Van Camp v. Board of Education, 9 ohio St 411; U. S. v. La Coste, 26 Fed. Cas. 829; Jones v. Com., 80 Va. 542; Heirn v. Bridault, 37 Miss. 222; State v. Cha vers, 50 N. C. 15; Johnson v. Norwich, 29 Conn. 407
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An act unjustly done by the countenance of an ofiice, being grounded upon corruption, to which the office is as a shadow and color. Plow. 64
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The appearance, semblance, or simulacrum of title. Any fact, extraneous to the act or mere will of tlie claimant, which has the appearance, on its face, of supporting his claim of a present title to land, but which, for some defect, in reality falls short of establishing lt. wright v. Mattison, 18 How. 56, 15 L. Ed. 280; Cameron v. U. S., 148 U. S. 301, 13 Sup. Ct
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That semblance or presumption of authority sustaining the acts of a publlc officer which is derived from hls apparent title to the office or from a writ or other process In his hands apparently valid and regular. State v. oates, 86 wis. 634, 57 N. W. 296, 39 Am. St Rep. 912; wyatt v. Monroe, 27 Tex. 268
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The appearance or semblance, without the substance, of legal right. McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 19 Sup. Ct. 644, 43 L. Ed. 936
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