A voluntary, unincorporated association of persons for purposes of a social, literary, or political nature, or the like. A club is not a partnershlp. 2 Mees. & W. 172
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Rule of violence; regulation by force; the law of arms
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The procedure in deliberative assemblies whereby debate is closed. In-troduced in the English parliament in the session of 1882
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A valley. Also an allowance for the turn of the scale, on buying goods wholesale by welght
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In admiralty law, this nautical term means the arrangement or trim of a vessel’s sails when she endeavors to make a progress in the nearest direction possible towards that point of the compass from which the wind blows. But a vessel may be considered as close-hauled, although she is not quite so near to the wind as she could posslbly lie. Chadwick v. Packet CoM 6 El. A BL 771
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In old English lnw. Cli-entship, the stnte of n client; nnd, correln-ttvely, protection, patronnge, gunrdinnship
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In Saxon law. The son of a king or emperor. The next heir to the throne; the Saxon adellng. Spelman
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Lat in the Romnn lnw. A client or dependent, one who depended up-on another as his patron or protector, adviser
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A person who employs or re-tains an nttorney, or counsellor, to nppear for him in courts, ndvise, assist, nnd defend him in legal proceedings, and to nct for him in any legal business. McCrenry v. Hoopes, 25 Miss. 428; McFarland v. Crary, 6 wend. (N. Y.) 297; Cross v. Riggins, 50 Mo. 335
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In eoolesiastioal law. A per-son in holy orders; a clergyman; an individual attached to the eccleslastlcal state, and who has the clerical tonsure. See 4 BL Comm. 366, 367
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The period which must be spent by a law-student in the office of a practising nttorney before ndmlssion to the bnr. 1 Tidd. Pr. 61, et seq. In re Dnnn, 43 N. J. Law, 359, 39 Am. Rep. 600
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In Roman law. A minister of religion in the Christian chnrch; an ecclesiastic or priest Cod. 1, 3; Nov. 3, 123, 137. A general term, including bishops, priests, deacons, and others of inferior or* der. Brissonius
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In Spanish law. Clergy; men chosen for the service of God. whiter New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, ch. 4
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An ancient writ, that lay for the dellvery to his ordinary of a clerk convicted of felony, where the ordinary did not challenge him according to the privilege of clerks. Reg. orig. 69
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A writ directed to those who had thrust a bailiwick or other office upon one in holy orders, charging them to release 'him. Reg. orig. 143
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Pertaining to clergymen; or pertaining to the ofiice or labor of a clerk
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The whole body of clergymen or ministers of religion. Also an abbrevia-tlon for “benefit of clergy." See Benefit
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In old English law. ■Admitting of clergy, or benefit of clergy. A
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In old Scotch law. To dear or acquit of a criminal charge. Literally, to cleanse or clean
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In old Scotch prac-tice. A solemn form of words prescribed by law, and used in criminal cases, as in pleas of wrong and unlaw
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An institution or-ganized by the banks of a dty, where their messengers may meet daily, adjust balances of accounts, and receive and pay differences. Crane v. Bank, 173 Pa. 566, 34 Atl. 296; Na-tional Exch. Bank v. National Bank of North America, 132 Mass. 147; Philler v. Patter-son, 168 Pa. 468, 32 Atl. 26, 47 Am. St Rep. 896
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