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By the use of force; forcibly; with violence. The term is used in in-dictments for certain offenses. State vt Blake, 39 Me. […]

An offense against the laws of nations. 4 Steph. Comm. 217. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The term “violence” is synonymous with “physical force,” and the two are used lnterchangeably, in relation to assaults, by elementary writers on […]

Fr. In French lnw. Rape. Bar-ring. ob. St. 139 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Injury; Infringement; breach of rlght, duty, or law. Ravishment; seduction. The statute 25 Edw. III. St. 5, c. 2, enacts that any […]

See Dam-ages Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Thfs term includes all alcoholic beverages made from the Juice of the grape by the process of fermentation, and perhaps similar liquors […]

The sanction of the laws, whereby it is sig-nified what evil or penalty shall be incurred by such as commit any public […]

In Roman law. A rod or wand; and, from the use of that instruhient in their course, various legal acts came to […]

Lat. In the civil law. To clalm. or challenge; to demand one’s own; to assert a right in or to a thing; […]

Lat. In. the civii law. The claiming a thing as one’s own; the as-sertlng of a right or title in or to […]

LaL In the Roman lnw, nu obligntion is defined ns n rineu-lum juris, i. e., “n bond of lnw’,” whereby one party […]

Lat. In the civil lnw. A defender Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Spanish law. The bond, chain, or tie of marriage, white, New Recop. b. 1, tit. 6, c. 1, 5 2 Source: […]

See A Vin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A payment of n certnin quantity of wine instead of rent for a vine-ynrd. 2 Mon. Ang. p. 980 Source: Black’s Law […]

In Spanish lnw. An entnil. Schm. Civil Lnw, 308 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A servile kind of tenure belongiug to lauds or tenements, whereby the tenant was bound to do all such services as the […]

A Judgment which deprived one of his libera lex, whereby he was discredited and disabled as a juror or witness; forfeited his […]

In old Eng-lish law. Villein service. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 13, § 1 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A person attached to a manor, who was substantially in the condition of a slave, who performed the base and ser-vile work […]

An opprobrious epithet, im-plying great moral delinquency, and equiv-alent to knave, rascal, or scoundrel. The word is libelous. 1 Bos. & P. […]

A writ that lay for the bringing hack of tbe king’s bondmen, that lintf been carried away by others out of his […]

Lat. In Saxon law. A royal residence. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

E. Any small assemblage of houses for dwellings or business, or both, in the country, whether they are situated upon regularly laid […]