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Proof, in civil process, is a sufficient reason for the truth of a Juridical proposition by which a party seeks either to […]

To utter formally, offl-cially, and solemnly; to declare aloud and in a fornlal manner. In this sense a court is said to […]

L. Fr. A sentence or decree. Kelham Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil law. A great-granddaughter. Inst 3, 6, 1; Bract fol. 67 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

First notary. See Pao-THONOTABT Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the civil Uw. A quasi contract, by which he who receives a certain sum of money, or a certain quan-tity […]

Lnt. In the civil law. A great-grandson. Inst. 3, 6, 1; Bract fol. 67 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To publish; to an* nounce officially; to make public as Important or obligatory. 8ee wooden v. western New York & P. R. […]

The order given to cause a law to be executed, and to make it public; it differs from publication. 1 Bi. Comm. […]

A plaintiff in a suit of duplex querela, (q. v.) 2 Prob. Dlv. 192 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in Roman law. To make public; to mnke publicly known; to promulgate. To publish or make known a law, after lts […]

Containing or consist-ing of a promise; in the nature of a promise; stipulating or engaging for a future act or course of […]

In the law relating to corporations, those persons are called the “promoters” of a company who first asso-ciate themselves together for the […]

one who makes a prom-ise Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civil law. A promiser; properly the party who under-took to do a thing in answer to the lnterro-gatlon of […]

A declaration, verbal or written, made hy one person to another for a good or valuable consideration iu the na-ture of a […]

one to whom a promise has been made Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Roman law. A name given to students of iaw in the fifth year of their course; as being in advance of […]

Lat. In the clvll law. A great maternal aunt; the sister of one’s grandmother Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In ecclesiastical law. The president or chairman of a convocation Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Time added to the duration of something; an extension of the time limited for the performance of an agree-ment. A prolongation of […]

In medical jurisprudence. A word used to designate the destruction of the human offspring. Jurists divide the sub-ject into foeticide, or the […]

TY. The unnecessary and su-perfluous statement of facts in pleading or in evidence. This will be rejected as lmperti-nent. 7 Price, 278, […]

The class of prole-tarii; the lowest stratum of the people of a country, consistiug mainly of the waste of otber classes, or […]

Lat. In Roman law. A person of poor or mean condition; those among the common people whose fortunes were below a certain […]