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A proceeding to determine boundaries, in use in some of the United States, similar in all respects to the English perambulation, (q. […]

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

In French law. A written report, whlch is signed, setting forth a statement of facts. This term is applled to the report […]

In practice. This word is generally defined to be the means of compel* ling the defendant in an action to appear in […]

Issues; produce; money obtained by the sale of property; the sum, amount, or value of property sold or converted into money or […]

Nobles; lords. The house of lords in England is called, in Latin, “Domus Procerum Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

lateral proceeding. one in which the particular question, may arise or be involved incidentally, but wbicb is not instituted for the very […]

In practice. The steps or measures taken in the course of an action, including all that are taken. The proceedings of a […]

A stipulation not to proceed against a party is an agreement not to sue. To sue a man is to proceed against […]

In a general sense, the form and manner of conducting juridical business before a court or judlclal ofiicer; regular and orderly progress […]

In practice. A writ by which a cause which has been removed from an inferior to a superior court by certiorari or […]

This word is commonly opposed to the sum of legal prlnclples coustl-tuting the substance of the law, and denotes Source: Black's Law […]

Lat It is tried or proved Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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

In old English law. Strictly, an accomplice in felony who to save himself confessed the fact, and charged or accused any other […]

RM. This name is giv-en, in the practice of the English admiralty courts, to the space of time allowed for the taklng […]

one who is upon trial. A convlcted offender who is allowed to go at large, under suspension of sentence, during good behavlor […]

In the law of evidence. Having the effect of proof; tending to prove, or actually proving Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat Proof; more particularly dlrect, as distlngulshed from indirect or circumstantial* evidence Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of proving; evi-dence; proof. Also trial; test; the time of novitiate. Used in the latter sense In the monastic orders […]

In Saxon law. To claim a thing as one’s own. Jacob Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act or process of prov-lng a will. The proof before an ordinary, surrogate, register, or other duly authorized person that a […]

Likelihood; appearance of truth; verisimilitude. The likelf-hood of a proposition or hypothesis being true, from its conformity to reason or experience, or […]

Having the appearance of truth; having the character of probability; appearing to he founded in reason or experl-ence. Bain v. State, 74 […]

Lat. In the civil law. A great-grandfather’s brother. Inst 3, 6, 3; Bract fol. 68b Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)