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The state of a nation which takes no part between two or more other nations at war. U. S. v. The Three […]

A name given to the English house of com-mons in the time of Henry VIIL Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In medical Jurisprudence. A condltion of weakness or exhaustion of the general nervous system, giving rise to various forms of mental and […]

Lat A granddaughter Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. A grandson. Skene Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The son of a brother or sister. But the term, as used in wills and other documents, may include the children of […]

Lat. A grandson Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

LaL No one; no man. The lni-tial word of many Latin phrases and maxims, among which are the following Source: Black’s Law […]

L. Fr. Not Litt | 3 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Swedish and Gothic law. A jury. 3 Bl. Comm. 349, 359 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat No Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A piace near; an adjoining or surrounding district; a more immediate vicinity; vicinage. See Langley v. Barnstead, 63 N. H. 246; Madison […]

An abbreviated form of docket entry, meaning that, by agree-ment, neither of the parties will further appear in court in that suit. […]

The word, “negro” means a black man, one descended from the African race, and does not commonly include a mulatto. Felix v. […]

In old English law. A woman who was born a villein, or a bondwoman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

I^at. In the clvll law. Literally, a doing of business or businesses. A species of spontaneous ageu-cy, or an interference by oue […]

Lat. In the civil law. A transacter or manager of busi-ness; a person voluntarily constituting him-self ageut for another; one who, without […]

TE. To discuss or arrange a sale or bargain; to arrange the preliminaries of a business transaction. Also to sell or discount […]

. The deliberation, dis-cusslon, or conference upon the terms of a proposed agreement; the act of settling or arranging the terms and […]

In mercantile law. Transferable quallty. That quality of bills of exchange and promissory notes wbicb renders them transferable from one person to […]

An instrument embodying an obligatlon for the payment of money is called “negotiable” when the legal title to the instrument itself and […]

Lat. In the civil law. Carelessness; inattention; the omission of proper care or forethought. The term is not exactly equivalent to our […]

Fr. Business; trade; man-agement of affairs Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided by those considerations which ordinarily reg-. ulate the conduct of human affairs, […]

An escape from confinement effected by the prisoner without the knowledge or connivance of the keeper of the prison, but which waB […]