The judges of the court of session in Scotland are called “Senators of the College of Justice
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Lat in Roman law. The senate; the great national councll of the Roman people
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Lat Always ready. The name of a plea by whlch the de-fendont alleges that he has always been ready to perform what is demanded of hlm. 3 Bl. Comm. 303
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In old English law. A path. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 52, $ 20
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Lat. Always. A word which Introduces several Latln maxims, of whlch some are also used wlthout thls prefix
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A place of education. Any school, academy, college, or university in which young persons are instructed in the several branches of learning which may qual-ify them for thelr future employments, webster
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Lat in maritime law. Half-shipwreck, as where goods are cast overboard in a storm; also where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more than her worth, whar-ton
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Lat. to the clvil law. Half-full proof; half-proof. 3 Bl. Comm. .370. See Half-Pboof
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Lat. In the civil law. •A nursery of trees. Dlg. 7, 1, 9, 6
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Lat. In the civil law. •The collected declslons of the emperors in Their councils
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Lat. In Human law. Half-marriage. Concubinage was 'so called. Tayl. CivH Law
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L. Fr. It seems; it would appear. Thls expresslon is often used in the reports to preface a statement by the court upon a polnt of law whlch is not directly decided, when such statement is intended as an Intimation of what the decision would be if the point were necessary to be passed up-on. It is also used to introduce a suggestion by the reporter, or his understanding of the point decided when It is not free from obscurity
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In old English law. A ’ ridge of ground rising between two furrows, contalnlng no certain quantity, hut 'sometimes more and sometimes less. Termes de la Ley
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NSE. In criminal law^ The protection of one’s person or property aga hist some injury attempted by another. The right of such protection. An excuse for the •use of force in resisting an attack on tft'e person, and* especially for hilling an assail-ant. See whart Crim. Law, §§ 1019, 1026
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Evl-derice which either serves or disserves the partyis so called. Thls specles of evidence is either self-serving (which is not in general receivable) or self-dlsservlng, which is invariably receivable, as being an admission against the party offering it, and that either dn court or out of court. Brown
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ES. Lat. In Roman law. Judges who were selected very much Jilte our juries. They were returned by the prtetor, drawn by lot, subject to be challeng-ed, and sworn. 8 Bl. Comm. 366
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The name of certain municipal officers, in the Nqw England states, elected by the towns to transact thelr gen-eral pnbllc business, and possessing certain executive powers. See Felch v. weare, 69 N. H. 617, 45 Atl. B9L . t
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A shop, shed, or stall in a market; a wood of sallows or willows; also a sawpit. Co. Litt. 4
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The name given, in some states, to the upper house or branch of the council of a dty
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Taking the best beast, etc., where an herlot is due. on the death of the tenant. 2 BL Comm. 422
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In praotioe. The act performed by an officer of the law, under the authority and exigence of a writ, in taking into the custody of the law the property, real or personal, of a person against whom the judgment of a competent court has pass-ed, condemning him to pay a certain sum of money, in order that such property may be sold, by authority and due course of law, to satisfy the Judgment, or the act of taking possession of goods in consequence of a vio-la tion of public law. See Carey v. Insur-ance Co., 84 wis. 80, 54 N. W. 18, 20 L. R. A. 267, 36 Am. St. Rep.. 907; Goubeau r. Railroad Co., 6 Rob. (La.) 348; Fluker v. Bullard, 2 La. Ann. 338; Pelham v. Rose, 9 Wall. 106, 19 L. Ed. 602; The Josefa Se-gunda, 10 Wheat. 326, 6 L. Ed. 329
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