In old English law. A franchise, liberty, or hundred
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Unitary; detached; individ-ual; affecting only one person; containing only one part, article, condition, or covenant
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Each; as in the expression “all and singular.” Also, individual
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In ecclesiastical law. when a rector of a parish neither resides nor performs duty at his benefice, but has a vicar under him. endowed and charged with the cure thereof, this is termed a “sinecure." Brown
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“A natural power of the soul, set in the highest part thereof, moving and stirring It to good, and adhorring evlL And therefore sinderesis never sinneth nor erreth. And this sinderesis our Lord put in man, to the intent that the order of thlngs shonld be observed. And therefore sinderesis is called hy some men the ‘law of reason,’ for it mintstereth the principles of the law of reason, the whlch be In every man by na-ture, in that he is a reasonable creature." Doct & Stud. 89
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To feign, pretend, or coun-terfelt. To engage, usually with the co-op-peration or connivance of another person, in an act or series of acts, which are apparently transacted in good faith, and Intended to be followed hy thelr ordinary legal conseqnen-ces, but which in reality conceal a fraudu-lent purpose of the party to gain thereby some advantage to which he is not entitled, or to Injure, delay, or defraud others. See Cartwright v. Bamberger, 90 Ala. 405, 8 South. 264
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Lat A species of feigned disease, in whlch disease is actually present, but where the symptoms are falsely aggravated, and greater sickness is pretended than really exists. Beck, Med. Jur. 8
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Lat Together with. In actions of tort and in prosecutions, where several persons united in committing the act complained of, some of whom are known and others not, it is usual to allege in the dec-laration or indictment that the persons therein named did the injury in question, “together with (simnl cum) other persons unknown.”
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Lat. Simply; without ceremony; in a summary manner
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Lat. In the civil law. The single value of a thlng. Dig. 21, 2, 37, 2
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Pure; unmixed; not com-pounded; not aggravated; not evidenced by sealed writing or record
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Lat in pleading. Like-wise; the like. The name of the short for-mula used either at the end of pleadings or by itself, expressive of the acceptance of an issue of fact tendered hy the opposite party; otherwise termed a “Joinder in issue.” Steph. Pl. 57, 237. See Solomons v. Chesley, 57 N. H. 163
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In English ecclesiastical law. The corrupt presentation of any oue to an ecclesiastical benefice for money, gift, or re-ward. 2 Bl. Comm. 278. An unlawful con-tract for presenting a clergyman to a hene-flce. The buying or selling of ecclesiastical preferments or of things pertaining to the ecclesiastical order. Hob. 167. See State v. Buswell, 40 Neb. 158, 58 N. W. 728, 24 L. R. A. 68
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This word is often used to denote a partial resemblance only; but it is also often used to denote sameness in ail essential particulars. Thus, a statutory pro-vision in relation to “previous conviction of a similar offense” may mean conviction of an offense identical in kind. Com. v. Fon-tain, 127 Mass. 454
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WN. Used especially of the gowns worn in England by king’s counsel; hence, “to take silk” means to attain the rank of king’s counsel. Mozley & whitley
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CE. The state of a person who does not speak, or of one who refrains from speaking. In the law of estoppel, “silence” impiles knowledge and an opportunity to act upon it. Pence v. Langdon, 99 U. S. 581, 25 L. Ed. 420; Stewart v. wyoming Cattle Ranch Co., 128 U. S. 383, 9 Sup. Ct. 101, 32 L. Ed. 439; Chicora Fertilizer Co. v. Dunan, 91 Md. 144, 46 Atl. 347, 50 L. R. A. 401
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In English law. one of tlie prlvy council; also an usher, who sees good rule and silence kept in court, whar-ton
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In Englisb praotioe. The signature or allowance of the proper officer of a court, obtained by the party entitled to judgment in an action, expressing generally that judgment is given in hls favor, and whlch stands in the place of its actual delivery by the judges themselves. Steph. PL 110, 111; French v. Pease, 10 Kan. 54
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