In canon law. The collection of decretals or constitutions of Pope Clement V., made by order of John XXII., hls successor, who published it in 1317
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In maritime law. A document in the nature of a certificate given by the collector of customs to an outward-bound vessel, to the effect that she has corn-plied with the law, and is duly authorized to depart
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The departure of a vessel from port, after complying with the customs and health laws and like local regulations
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Plain; evident; free from doubt or conjecture; also, unincumbered; free from deductions or draw-backs
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Irreproachable; innocent of fraud or wrongdoing; free from defect in form or substance; free from exceptions or reservations. See examples below
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In Manx law. The keys of the Island of Man, or twelve persons to whom ail ambiguous and weighty causes are referred
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In old English iaw. A dub or mace; tenure per serjeantiam cla-vi#, by the serjeanty of the dub or mace. CowelL
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In old English law. An inclosure. CIausura hey#, the inclosure of a hedge. CowelL
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The keys of the court. They were the officers of the Scotch courts, such as clerk, doomster, and serjeant Burrill
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L. Lat (He broke the close.) In pleadiug and practice. Tech-nical words formerly used In certaln actions
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A danse; a sentence or part of a sentence in a written instrument or law
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Lat. Close, closed up, seal-ed. Inclosed, as a parcel of land
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In the practice of the English chancery division, where there are several parties to an admlnistration actlon, including those who have been served with notice of the decree or judgment, and it appears to the judge (or chief clerk) that any of them form a class having the same Interest, (e. g., residuary legatees,) he may require them to be represented by one so-llcitor, in order to prevent the expense of each of them attending by separate solicitors. This is termed “classifying the Interests of
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A single paragraph or subdivision of a legal document, such as a con-tract, deed, will, constitution, or statute. Sometimes a sentence or part of a sentence. Appeal of Miles, 68 Conn. 237, 36 Atl. 39, 36 L. R. A. 176; Eschbach v. Collins, 61 Md. 499, 48 Am. Rep. 123
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In the Roman law. Per* sons employed in servile duties on hoard of vessels. Cod. 11, 12
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Lat in old Scotch law. A making dear; the purging or clear-ing (clenglng) of an assise. Skene
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The order or rank according to which persons or things are arranged or as-sorted. Also a group of persons or things, taken collectively, having certain qualities in common, and constituting a unit for certain purposes; e. g., a class of legatees. In re Harpke, 116 Fed. 297, 54 C. C. A. 97; Swarts v. Bank, 117 Fed. 1, 54 C. C. A. 387; Farnam v. Farnam, 53 Conn. 261, 2 Atl. 325, 5 Atl. 682; Dulany v. Middleton, 72 Md. 67, 19 Atl. 146; In re Russell, 168 N. Y. 169, 61 N. E. 166
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(It dearly appears.) In Scotch law. The name of a precept for giving seisin of lands to an heir; so called from its initial wordsL Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 71
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The constitutions of Clarendon were certain statutes made in the reign of Henry II. of England, at a parliament held at Clarendon, (A. D. 1164,) by which the king checked the power of the pope and hls clergy, and great-ly narrowed the exemption they claimed from secular jurisdiction. 4 Bl. Comm. 422.
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Secret; hidden; concealed. The “clandestine importation” of goods is a term used in English statutes as equivalent to “smuggling.” Keck v. U. S., 172 U. S. 434, 19 Sup. Ct 254, 43 L. Ed
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