A government in which the supreme power is vested in a single per-son. where a monarch is Invested with absolute power, the monarchy is termed “des-potlcwhere the supreme power is virtually in the laws, though the majesty of government and the administration are vested in a single person, it is a “limited” or “constitutional’* monarchy. It is hereditary where the regal power descends lmmediately from the possessor to the next helr by blood, as in England; or elective, as was formerly the case in Poland. lVharton
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In the civil law. An ln-stant; an indivisible portion of time. Cal-vln
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The laws of Dunvallo Molmutuis, a legendary or mythical king of the Britons, who is supposed te have begun his reign about 400 B. C. These law’s were famous in the land till the Con-quest Tomlins; Mozley & whltley
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In Scotch law. A possessory action calculated for continuing pro-prietors of lauded estates in the lawful pos-session of them till the point of right be determined against all who shall attempt to disturb thelr possession. It is chiefly used in questions of commonty or of controverted marches. Ersk. Inst 4, 1, 48
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The toll or multure paid for grinding corn at a mill. Jacob
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A grist; a certain quantity of corn sent to a mill to be ground
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A gold coin of Portugal, valued at twenty-seven English shllliugs
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The half of anything. Joint tenants are said to hold by moieties. Litt. 125; 3 C. B. 274, 283
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A system of native law prevailing among the Moham* medans in India, and administered there by the British government
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In French law. A transac-tion covering a fraudulent device to evade the laws agalnst usury
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The secret killing of another; murder. 4 BL Comm. 194
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In Hindu law. Separated; particularized; the subordinate divisions of a district in contradistinction to Builder or Sudder, which implies the chief seat of government wharton
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L. Fr. Movable. Biena moeblea, movable goods. Britt, c. 11
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Lat. A measure. Speciflcal-ly, a Roman dry measure having a capncity of about 550 cubic Inches; but in medieval English law used as an approximate translation of the word “bushel.”
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Lat in manner and form, words used in the old Latln forms of pleadings by way of traverse, and literally translated in the modern precedents, importing that the party traversing denies the allegation of the other party, not only in its general effect, but in the exact manner and form in which it is made. Steph. PL 189, 190
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A change; an altera-tion which introduces new elements into the details, or cancels some of them, but leaves the general purpose and effect of the subject-matter intact, wiley v. Corporation of BlufT-ton. 111 Ind. 152, 12 N. E. 165; State v. Tuck-er, 36 or. 291, 61 Pac. 894. 51 L. R. A. 246; Astor v. L’Amoreux, 4 Sandf. (N. Y.) 538
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To alter; to change in incl-dental or subordinate features. See Modification
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A chairman or president of an assembly. A person appointed to preside at a popular meeting. The presiding oflicer of town-meetings in New England is so called. See wheeler v. Carter, 180 Mass. 382, 62 N. E. 471
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In old Engllsh law. A cer-taln duty pald for every tierce of wine
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