In Scotch law. writings passed between parties as evidence of a transaction. Bell
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In Roman law. Gifts or liberalities, which the praetors and consuls were in the habit of throwing among the people. Inst. 2, 1, 45
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In maritime law. A vessel is so called when, computed from her known day of sailing, the time that has elapsed exceeds the average duration of simi-lar voyages at the same season of the year. 2 Duer, Ins. 469
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The erroneous or incor-rect recital of a matter of fact, elther in an agreement, deed, or pleading
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An lnten-tional false statement respecting a matter of fact, made by one of the parties to a con-tract, which is material to the oontract and
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Reading a deed or other lnstrument to an llliterate or blind man (who is a party to lt) in a false or deceitful manner, so that he conceives a wrong idea of its tenor or contents. See 5 Coke, 19; 6 East, 309; IIallenbeck v. Dewitt, 2 Johns. (N. ¥.) 404
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Mistake in name; the giv-ing an incorrect name to a person in a plead-lng, deed, or other Instrument
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Pleading incorrectly, or omitting anything in pleading which is es
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To deposit in a place not aft-erwards recollected; to lose anything by for-getfulness of the piace where it was laid. Shehane v. State, 13 Tex. App. 535
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Delusive; calculated to lead astray or to lead into error. Instruc-tlous which are of such a nature as to be misunderstood by the Jury, or to give them a wrong impression, are said to be “mislead-ing.”
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In Saxon and old Eng-lish law. An unjust or irregular summoning to court; to speak unsteadlly iu court; to vary in one’s plea. Cow.ell; Blount; Spel-man
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An adverse event, ca-lam ity, or evil fortune, arising by accident, (or without the will or concurrence of him who suffers from it,) and not to be foreseen or guarded against by care or prudence. See 20 Q. B. Div. 816. In lts application to the law of homicide, this term always involves the further Idea that the person causing the death is not at the tlme engaged in any un-lawful act. 4 Bl. Comm. 182
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Lat. Mercy; a flne or amerciament; an arbltrary or discretion-ary amercement
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A misdeed or trespass. The doing what a party ought to do improperly. 1 Tidd, Pr. 4. The Improper perform-ance of some act which a man may lawfully do. 3 Steph. Comm. 460. And see Bell v. Josselyn, 3 Gray (Mass.) 309, 63 Am. Dec. 741; Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Foulks, 191 111. 57, 60 N. E. 890; Dudley v. Flemingsburg, 115 Ky. 5, 72 S. W. 327, 60 L. R. A. 575, 103 Am. St. Rep. 253
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Lat. In the civil law. The name of an Involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for Instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevitable calamity. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. 5. c. 1, S 1; Code La. 2935
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The name and first word of one of the penitential psalms, being that
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In practice. An er-ror made by a judge in Instructing the jury npon the trial of a cause
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The Issue in a writ of right when the tenant in a writ of right pleads that his title is better than the demandant’s, he is said to join the mise on the mere right
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In criminal law. A general name for criminal offenses of every sort, punishable by Indlctment or special proceedings, which do not in law amount to the grade of felony
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An error or falsity in the description of the subject-matter of a contract which deceives one of the parties to his injury, or is misleading in a material or substantial point
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