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To cleanse; to clear; to dear or exonerate from some charge or imputation of guilt, or from a contempt Source: Black's Law […]

Fr Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Absolute; complete; slmple; unmixed ; unqualified; free from conditions or restrictions; as in the phrases pure charlty, pure debt, pure obllgation, pure […]

The act of cleanslng or exonerating one’s self of a crime, accusation, or suspicion of guilt, by denylng the charge-on oath or […]

Lat. In the civil law. A ward or lnfant under the age of puberty; a person under the authority of a tutor, […]

The word, “purchase" is used In law in contradistinction to “descent,” and means any other mode of acquiring real property than by […]

LaL Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. That perlod of minority from the birth to the age of fourteen in males, and twelve in females. BeU […]

Relating to punishment; havlng the character of punishment or pen-alty; inflicting punishment or a penalty Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civll law. One wbo is in his or her minority. Particularly, one who is in ward or guardianship Source: Black's […]

Liable to punishment, whether absolutely or in the exerclse of a judlcial discretion Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In crlmlnal law. Any pain, penalty, suffering, or confinement lnfllcted upon a person by the authority of the law and the judgment […]

In old Engllsh law. Pound-breach; the offense of breaking a pound. The Ulegal taking of cattle out of a pound by any […]

An lnterpreter of the Hindu law; a learned Brahmin Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. A point of time; an indivisible period of time; the shortest space of time; an instant. Calvin Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

In medical Ju-risprudence. A wound made by the lnser-tion into tbe body of any instrument having a sharp point The term is […]

The plalntlff, or actor Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The dlvlslon of a writ-ten or printed document lnto sentences by means of perlods; and of sentences lnto smaller divisions by means […]

Fr. Pa Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the clvll law. To beat; to accuse or charge; to proceed agalnst at law. Calvin Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In law French. Afterwards; since Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Fr. Younger; subordinate; associate Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. Childhood; the age from seven to fourteen. 4 Bl. Comm. 22 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

A person employed by the owner of property which is sold at auction to attend the sale and run up the price […]

Lat in the civil law. A child; one of the age from seven to fourteen, in-cluding, iu this sense, a girl. But […]