Lat. In Roman law. A division of the as, containing seven uneiae, or duodecimal parts; the proportion of seven-twelfths. Tayl. Civil Law, 492
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In English law. The statute 1 Geo. I. St. 2, c. 38. The act by whlch a parliament has continuauce for seven years, and no longer, unless sooner dissolved; as it always has, in fact, been since the passing of the act. wharton
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In ecclesiastical law. The third Sunday before Quadragesima Sun-day, being about the seventieth day before Easter
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Seceders from the Church of Eugland. They, like Quakers, solemnly affirm, instead of taking the usual oath, before they give evidence
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Lat. In old English law. A hedge or lnclosure. The lnclosure of a trench or canal. Dig. 43. 21, 4
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In matrimonial law; A cessation of cohabitation of husband and wife by mutual agreement, or, in the case of “judicial separation,” under the decree of a court See Butler v. washington, 45 La. Ann. 279, 12 South. 356, 19 L. R. A. 814; weld v. weld, 27 Minn. 330, 7 N. W. 207; Hereford v. People, 197 IU. 222, 64 N. E. 310
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Lat Separately. Used in indictments to indicate that two or more defendants were charged separately, and not jointly, with the commission of tbe offense in question. State v. Edwards, 60 Mo. 490
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Lat. In old conveyan-ting. Severally. A word which made a sev-eral covenant 5 Coke, 23a
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Lat. In the clvll law. (1) Sense; Import; as distinguished from mere words. (2) The deliberate expression of one’s will or Intention-, (3) The sentence of a judge or court
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Lat. Sense, meaning, slgniflca-tion. Malo sensu, in an evil or derogatory sense. Mitiori sensu, in a milder, less se-vere, or less stringent sense. Sensu honesto, in an honest sense; to interpret words sensu honesto is to take them so as not to impute lmproprlety to the persons concerned
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The judgment formally pro-nounced by the court or judge upon the de-fendant after his conviction in a criminal prosecution, awarding tbe punishment to be inflicted. The word is properly confined to this meaning. In civil cases, the terms “Judg-ment,” “decision,” “award," “finding," etc., are used. See Featheretone v. People, 194 111. 325, 62 N. E. 684; State v. Barnes, 24 Fla. 153, 4 South. 560; Pennington v. State, 11 Tex. App. 281; Com. v. Bisboff, 18 Pa. Co. Ct. R. 503: People v. Adams, 95 Mich. 541, 55 N. W. 461; Bugbee v. Boyce, 68 Vt. 311, 35 Atl. 330
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In old English law. Seniors; ancients; elders. A term applied to the great men of the realm. Spelman
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Incapacity to contract aris-ing from the impairment of the Intellectual faculties by old age
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Lord; a lord. Also the elder. An addition to the name of the elder of two persons having the same name
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That peculiar de-cay of the mental faculties which occurs in extreme old age, and in many cases much earlier, whereby the person is reduced to second childhood, and becomes sometimes wholly incompetent to enter Into any binding con-tract, or even to execute a will. It is the recurrence of second childhood by mere de-cay. 1 Redf. wills, 63. See Insanity
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In old European law. A title of office and dignity, derived from the middle ages, answering to that of steward or high steward in England. Seneschals were originally the lieutenants of the dukes and other great feudatories of the kingdom, and sometimes had the dispensing of justice and high military commands
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A writ addressed to the steward and marshal of England, inhlblt-Ing them to take cognizance of an action in thelr court that concerns freehold. Reg. orlg. 185. Abolished
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Lat old age. In the Ro-man law, the period of senectus, which re-lieved one from the charge of public office, was officially reckoned as beginning with the completion of the seventieth year. Mackeid. Rom. Law, | 138
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In old English law. A seneschal; a steward; the steward of a manor. Fleta, L 2, c. 72
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Lat in the civil law. Decisions of the senate. Private acts concerning particular persons merely
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