In Roman law. To restore a former law or practice; to reject or vote against a new lnw; to prefer the old law. Those who voted agaiust a proposed law wrote on their ballots the letter “A,” the initial of antiquo, I am for the old iaw. Calvin
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In English law. Ancient custom. An export duty on wool, wool-felts, and leather, imposed during the reign of Edw. I. It was so called by way of distinction from an increased duty on the same articles, payable by foreign merchants, which was imposed at a later period of the same reign and was called “custuma nova.” 1 Bl. Comm. 314
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Also called “Vet-era Statuta.” English statutes from the time of Richard I. to Edward III. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 227
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In Roman law. A real or apparent contradiction or inconsistency in the laws. Merl. Repert. Conflicting laws or provisions of law; inconsistent or conflicting decisions or cases
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A term used in logic and law to denote a real or apparent inconsisten-cy or conflict between two authorities or propositions; same as antinomia, (q. v
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In Roman law. An officer whose duty it was to take care of tax money. A comptroller
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In the civil law. A species of mortgage, or pledge of immovables. An agreement by which the debtor gives to the creditor the Income from the property which he has pledged, In lieu of the interest on hls debt. Guyot, Repert.; Marquise De Portes v. Hurlbut, 44 N. J. Eq. 517, 14 Atl. 891
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The act of doing or taking a thing before its proper time
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ln criminal law and medical jurisprudence. The measure-inent of the human body; a system of meas-uring the dimensions of the human body, both absolutely and in their proportion to each other, the facial, cranial, and other angles, the shape and size of the skull, etc., for purposes of comparison with correspond-lng measurements of other individuals, aud serving for the identification of the subject in cases of doubtful or disputed Identity. See Bertillon System
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A term used in international law to denote a proclamation or manifesto published by one of two belliger-ent powers, alleging reasons why the war is defensive on its part
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In Saxon law. A preliminary or preparatory oath, (called also “pr#juramentum,” and “juramcntum calumni#,”) which both the accuser and ac-cused were required to make before any trial or purgation; the accuser swearing that he would prosecute the criminal, and the accused making oath on the very day that he was to undergo the ordeal that he was inno-ceut of the crime with which he was charged, whishaw
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Made or done before a marriage. Antenuptial settlements are settlements of property upon the wife, or up-on her and her children, made before and in contemplation of the marriage
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To date an instrument as of a time before the time it was written
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Lat. Before. Usually employed in old pleadings as expressive of time, as pr# (before) was of place, aud coram (before) of person. Townsh. Pl. 22
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In pleading. Any pleading setting up matters of fact by way of defense. In chancery pleading, the term denotes a defense in writing, made by a defendant to the allegations contained in a bill or informa-tion filed by the plaintiff against him
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In the Roman law. A transcript or counterpart of the Instrument called “apocha.” signed by the debtor and delivered to the creditor. Calvin
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Nameless; wanting a name or names. A publication, withholding the name of tlie author, is said to be anony-mous. Cases are sometimes reported anony-mously, i. c., without giving the names of the parties. Abbreviated to “Anon.”
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A yearly rent; an-nuity. 2 Bl. Comm. 41; Reg. orig. 15Sb
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