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In Roman law. A Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In the clvll law. A son of a husband or wife by a former mar-rlage; a step-son. Calvin Source: Black's Law […]

A particular and pecullar benefit or advantage enjoyed by a person, company, or class, beyond the common ad-vantages of other citizens. An […]

Persons connected together, or having a mutual interest in the same action or thing, by some relation other than that of actual […]

Lat in the civll law. A step-daughter Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat Private. Privatum jus, prlvate law. Inst 1, 1, 4 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fr. Pregnant privately. The term is applied to a woman who is pregnant, but not yet quick with child. ! Source: Black's […]

A vessel owned, equipped, and armed by one or more private individ Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A taking away or with-drawing. Co. Litt 239 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Affecting or belonging to pri-vate individuals, as distinct from the public generally. Not official Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

As used in contradls-tinction to public law, the term means all that part of tbe law which is administered between citizen and […]

A public building for the con-fiuement or safe custody of persons, whether as a punishment imposed by the law or other-wise in […]

Lu Fr. Ready. In the old forms of oral pleadlng, this term expressed a ten-der or joinder of Issue Source: Black's Law […]

Fr. In French law. Prize; captured projierty. ord. Mar. liv. 3, tit. 9. See Dole v. Insurance Co., 6 Allen (Mass.) 373 […]

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

A legal preference or precedence. when two persons have similar rights in respect of the same subject-matter, but one is entitled to […]

An ancient hereditary reve-. nue of the crown, consisting in the right to take a certain quantity from cargoes of wine imported […]

Lat The former; earlier; pre-ceding; preferable or preferred Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To the person first applying. In probate practice, where there are several persons equally entitled to a grant of administration, (e. g., […]

Fundamental truths or doctrines of iaw; comprehensive rules or doctrines which furnish a basis or origin for others; settled rules of action, […]

The art of Impressing let-ters; the art of makiug books or papers by impressing legible characters. Arthur v. Moller, 97 U. S. […]

Lat Principal; a prin-cipal debtor; a principal in a crime Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In patent law, the princi-ple of a machine is the particular means of producing a given result hy a mechanical con-trivance. Parker […]

In English law. The eldest daughter of the sovereigu. 3 Steph. Comm. 450 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Chief; leading; highest in rank or degree; most lmportant or considerable; primary; original; the source of au-thority or rlght Source: Black's Law […]