That which may be sued

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Lat in its own

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As a verb, to call, name, or en-title one; as a noun, the title or appellation of a person

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Lat of his or its own will or motion; voluntarily; without prompting or suggestion

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Lat in the civil law. Un-lawful intercourse with a woman. Dlstin-gulshed from adultery as being, committed with a virgin or widow. Dig. 48, 5, 6

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A royal fish which, when either thrown ashore or caught near the coast, is the property of the sovereign. 2 Steph. Comm. 19n, 540

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Lat in old Englisb law. Vicious pleading, for which a flne was lmposed by King John, supposed to be the origin of the fines for beau-pleader, Crabb, Eng. Law, 135

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The sum agreed to be paid to an owner of land for trees stauding (or lying) upon his land, the purchaser being permitted to enter upon tiie land and to cut down and remove the trees; in other words, It is the price paid for a license to cut Blood v. Drummond, 67 Me. 478

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The professional robe worn by barristers of the outer bar; via, those who have not been admitted to the rank of king’s counsel. Brown

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To make one out mentally incapacitated for the performance of an act

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See Striking ▲ Just

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A whore, harlot, or oour-tesan. This word was anciently used for an addition. It occurs as au addition to the name of a woman in a return made by a jury in the sixth year of Henry V. w’harton

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The words “with strong hand” imply a degree of criminal force, whereas the words vi et armis ("with force and arms”) are mere formal words in the action of trespass, and the plaintiff is not bound to prove any force. The statutes relating to forcible entries use the words “with a strong hand” as describing that degree or force whIch makes an entry or detaIuer ot lands criminal. Brown

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In pleadIng. A word essen-tial in an Indictment for murder, when the death arises from any wounding, beating, or bruising. 1 Bulst. 184; 5 Coke, 122; 3 Mod. 202

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The dis-barring of an attorney or solicitor

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The act of spoiling or unlawful-ly taking away anything from the land, by the tenant for life or years, or by one holding an estate in the land less than the entire fee. Pub. St. Mass. 1882, p. 1295

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In English practice. The first step in the proceedings in

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The selecting or nominating a jury of twelve men out of the whole number returned as jurors on the panel. It is especially used of the selection of a special jury, where a panel of forty-eight is prepared by the proper ofiicer, and the parties, in turn, strike off a certain number of names, until the list is reduced to twelve. A Jury thus chosen is called a “struck jury.”

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The act of a body of workmen employed by the same master, in stopping work all together at a prearranged time, and refusing to continue untii higher wages, or shorter time, or some other concession is grauted to them by the employer. See Farm-ers’ L. & T. Co. v. Northern Pac. R. Co. (C. C.) 60 Fed. 819; Arthur v. oakes, 63 Fed. 327, 11 C. G. A. 209, 25 L. R. A. 414; Rail-road Co. v. Bowns, 58 N. Y. 582; Longshore Printing Co. v. Howell, 26 or. 527, 38 Pac. 547, 28 L. R. A. 464, 46 Am. SL Rep. 640

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In common parlance, and in the language of the auction-room, prop-erty is understood to be “struck off” or “knocked down,” when the auctioneer, by the fall of hls hammer, or by any other audible or visible announcement, signifies to the bidder tiiat he is entitled to the property on paying the amount of his hid, according to the terms of the sale. Sherwood v. Reade, 7 Hill (N. Y.) 439

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Lat in strict law. 1 Kent, Cornm. 65

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Lat. Strict right or law; the rigor of the law as distinguished from equity

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LaL of strict right or law; according to strict law. "A license is a thing stricti juris; a privilege which a man does not possess by his own right, but it is conceded to him as an indulgence, and therefore it is to be strictly observed.” 2 Rob. Adm. 117

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Lat. of the strictest right or law. “Licenses being matter of special indulgence, the application of them was formerly strictissimi juris." 1 Edw. Adm. 328

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Turbulent conduct in a court of justice. Jacob

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