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Lat Inauspicious. Applied, in the Roman law, to a day on which it was unlawful to open the courts or admin-ister justice […]

A denial; a proposition by whlch something is denled; a statement in the form of denial. Two negatives do not make a […]

In a statute against “need-less” kllling or mutilation of any animaL this term denotes an act done without any useful motive, in […]

Lat That which is against, right or the divine law. A wicked or impious thing or act Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

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

An autopsy, or post-mortem examination of a human body Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Controlling force; irresistible compulsion; a power or impulse so great that it admits no choice of conduct, when it is said that […]

The Latin sentence, “Miserere mei, Deus,” was so called, because the reading of it was made a test for those who claimed […]

Lat. Necessity; a force, power, or influence which compels one to act agninst hls will. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat. In the civil law. An obligation; a close connection; relation-ship by blood. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat Necessary; nn-a void able; Indispensable; not admitting of choice or the action of the will; needful Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

As used in jurisprudence^ the word “necessary” does not always import an absolute physical necessity, so strong that one thing, to wbich […]

The act of killing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Things indispensable, or things proper and useful, for the sustenance of human life. This is a relative term, and its meaning will […]

Land let out to the yeomanry. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In pleading. The statement in apt and appropriate words of all the necessary facts, and no more. Lawes, Pl. 62 Source: Black’s […]

The clear weight or quan-tity of an article, without the bag, box, keg, or other thing in which it may be enveloped […]

oxen or heifers. “Beeves” may include neat stock, but all neat stock are not beeves. Castello v. State, 36 Tez. 324; Hubotter […]

Those tides whieh hap-pen between the full and change of the moon, twice in every twenty-four hours. Tesche-macher v. Thompson, 18 Cal. […]

This word, as applied to space, can have no positive or precise meaning. It is a relative term, depending for its signifi-catiou […]

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

Lat. It must not be altered. A phrase sometimes written by a notary upon a bill or note, for the purpose of […]

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

L Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

AS. L. Fr. Did not re-lease. where the defendant had pleaded a release, this was the proper replication by way of traverse […]