A carnal copulation against nature; and this is either by the confusion of species,—that is to say, a man or a woman with a brute beast,—or of sexes, as a man with a man, or man unnaturally with a wo-man. 3 Inst 58; 12 Coke, 36. Ausman v. Veal, 10 Ind. 356, 71 Am. Dec. 331; Com. v. J., 21 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 626
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An office or place (oth-er than a regularly incorporated or licensed
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A toil, net, or snare, to take deer. 4 Inst 306
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An extravagant or unsubstan-tial project for extensive operations lu busl-ness or commerce, generally founded on a fictitious or exaggerated prospectus, to ensnare unwary investors. Companies formed on such a basis or for such purposes are called “bubble companies.” The term is chiefly used in England
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The statute 6 Geo. I. c. 18, “for restraining several extravagant and unwarrantable practices herein mentioned," was so called. It prescribed penalties for the formation of companies with little or no cap-ital, with the intention, by means of allur-ing advertisements, of obtaining money from the public by the sale of shares. Such un-dertakings were then commonly called “buh-bles." This legislation was prompted by the collapse of the “South Sea Project,” which, as Blackstone says, “had beggared half the nation.” It was mostly repealed by the stat-ute 6 Geo. IV. c. 91
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In old Swedish law. The child of a woman conceiving after a rape, which was made legitimate. Literally, the chlld of a struggle. Burrill
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In old English law. A wood or grove; a thicket or clump of trees in a park or forest Cowell
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In medical jurisprudence. A contusion; an injury upou the flesh of a per-son with a bluut or heavy instrument, with-out solution of coutinulty, or without break-ing the skin. Shadock v. Road Co., 79 Mich. 7, 44 N. W. 158; State v. owen, 5 N. C. 452, 4 Am. Dec. 571
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In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman
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one person is a brother "of the whole blood” to another, the former he-ing a male, when both are born from the same father and mother. He is a brother “of the half blood'’ to that other (or half-brother) when the two are born to the same
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A wife’s brother or a sister’s husband. There is not any re-lationskip, but only affinity, between broth-ers-ln-law. Farmers’ L. & T. Co. v. Iowa water Co. (C. C.) 80 Fed. 469. See State v. Foster, 112 La. 533, 36 South. 554
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Bruised, or Injured with blow’8, wounds, or other casualty. Cowell
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A bawdy-house; a house of ill fame; a common habitation of prostitutes
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An agent employed to make bargains and contracts between other per-sons, in matters of trade, commerce, or nav-lgntion, for a compensation commonly called “brokerage.” Story, Ag. 8 28
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The wages or commissions of a broker; also, his business or occu-patlon
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In old English law. A wood, a thicket or covert of bushes and brushwood. Cowell; Blount
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In maritime law. That space in a ship which is not filled by her cargo
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In old English lnw. A legal maxim. “Brocardica Juris,” the title of a small book of legal maxims, published at Paris, 1508
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In old Eng-lish nnd Scotch law. A broker; a middleman between buyer nnd seller; the agent of both transacting parties. Bell; Cowell
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The territory on the north-west coast of North America, oqce known by the designation of “New Cnl-edonia.” Its government is provided for by 21 & 22 Vict. c. 99. Vancouver Island is united to it by the 29 & 30 Vict. c. 67. See 33 & 34 Vict. c. 66
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The wages, commission, or pay of a broker, (also called “brokerage.’’) Also the avocation or business of a broker
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In French maritime law. Liter-ally, breaking; wreck. Distinguished from naufraye, (q. v
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In English law. A contract by which A. lends B. £1,000 on good security, and It is agreed that £500, to-gether with interest, shall be paid at a time
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