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In English practice. An obsolete writ to the sheriff to summon the defendant to appear and answer the plaintifTs suit, on his […]

A body of stagnant water without an outlet, larger than a puddle and smaller than a lake; or a like body of […]

In old English law. Poundage; i. e., a duty paid to the crown according to the weight of merchandise Source: Black’s Law […]

A term sometimes used to denote a government of many or several; a government where the sovereignty is shared by several persons; […]

In old pleading. An ap* ple-tree; an orchard Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The civll conditlon of havlng more husbands than one to the snme woman; a social order permitting plurality of husbands Source: Black’s […]

In criminal law. The offense of having several wives or husbands at the same time, or more than one wife or hus-band […]

To poll a jury is to require that each juror shall himself declare what is his verdlct Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

The place where electors cast in their votes Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civll law. An offer not yet accepted by the person to whom it is made. Langd. Cont 8 1* See […]

In Hindu law. The head of a village or district; also a military chieftain in the peninsula, answering to a hill zemindar […]

A foreign coin of base met-al, prohibited by St. 27 Edw. I. c. 3, from being brought into the realm, on pain […]

Trees which have been lopped; distlngulshed from timber-trees. Plowd. 649 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A tax ordained hy act of parliament, (18 Car. II. c. 1.) by whlch every subject in the klngdom was assessed by […]

A capitation tax; a tax of a specific snm levied upon each person with Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The science of government; the art or practice of administering public affairs Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The form of government; clv-11 constltutlon Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A mercantile instrument in writing, by which one party, in consideration of a premium, engages to lndemnify another against a contingent loss, […]

Pertaining or relating to the policy or the adminlstratlon of govern-ment, state or national. See People v. Mor-gan, 90 IU. 558; In […]

Police is the function of that branch of the administrative machinery of government which is charged wlth the pres-ervatton of public order […]

The general prlnclples by •which a government is guided in Its management of publlc affairs, or the legislature in Its measures Source: […]

In medical Jurisprudence. A substance having an inherent deleterious property which renders it, when taken into the system, capable of destroying life. […]

A measure of length, equal to five yards aud a half Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The process of the law of Scotland which answers to the distress of the English law. Poinding is of three kinds Source: […]

A distinct proposition or quee-tion of law arising or propounded in a case Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)