The dellvery of prop-erty by a carrier or warehouseman to a per
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A person guilty of a misdemeanor; one sentenced to punishment upon conviction of a misdemeanor. See First-Class Misdemeanant
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In old English law. An apostate; an unbeliever; one who totally re-nonnced Christianity. 4 Bl. Comm. 44
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A false or erroneous date affixed to a paper or document
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Any unlawful conduct on the part of a person concerned in the ad-ministration of Justice which is prejudicial to the rights of parties or to the right deter-mlnation of the cause; as “misconduct of Jurors,” “misconduct of an arbitrator.” The term is also used to express a derellctlon from duty, injurious to another, on the part, of one employed in a professional capacity, as an attorney at law, (Stage v. Stevens, 1 Denio [N. Y.] 267,) or a public oflicer, (State v. Leach, 60 Me. 58, 11 Am. Rep. 172
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In practice. An improper continuance; want of proper form in a continuance; the same with “discontln-uance.” Cowell
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In legislative parlance, the word is often used to signify the evil or danger which a statute is lntended to cure or avoid
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Ignorant; uninform-ed. The word is obsolete
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Mixture of races; marriage between persons of different races; as between a white person and a negro
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An erroneous charge; a charge, given by a court to a jury, which ln* volves errors for which the judgment may be reversed
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Ill conduct; improper or unlawful behavior. Verdicts are some-times set aside on the ground of misbehavior of jurors. Smith v. Cutler, 10 wend. (N. Y.> 590, 25 Am. Dec. 580; Turnbull v. Martin, 2 Daly (N. Y.) 430; State v. Arnold, 100 Tenn. 307, 47 S. W. 221
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In medical jaris-prndonoe. The expulsion of the ovum or embyro from the uterus within the first six
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Improper, illegal, wrongful, or corrupt use or application of funds, property, etc. Jewett v. U. S., 100 Fed. 840, 41 C. 0. A. 88; U. S. v. Youtsey (C. C.) 91 Fed. 867; U. 8. v. Taintor, 28 Fed. Cas. 9
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This is not a technical term of law, hut it is sometimes applied to the misdemeanor which is committed by a banker, factor, agent, trustee, etc, who fraudulently deals with money, goods, securities, etc., Intrusted to him, or hy a director or public officer of a corpora-tion or company who fraudulently misapplies any of its property. Steph. Crim. Dig. 257, et seq.; Sweet. And see winchester v. Howard, 136 Cal. 432, 64 Pac. 692, 89 Am. SL Rep. 153; Frey v. Torrey, 70 App, Div. 166> 75 N. ¥. Supp. 40
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A mischance or accident; a casualty caused by the act of one person and indicting injury upon another. Homicide “by misadventure” is where n man, doing a lawful act, without any Intention of hurt, unfortunately kills another. 4 Bl. Comm. 182; williamson v. State, 2 Ohio Cir. Ct. R. 292; Johnson v. State, 94 Ala. 35, 10 South. 667
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The Mirror of Justice, or of the Justices, commonly spoken of as the “Mirror,” is an ancient treatlse on the laws of England, written during the reign of Ed-ward II., and attributed to one Andrew Horne
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In old Englisb law. The mise or issue in a writ of right. Spelman
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Lat. In the civil law. A lessening; diminution or reduction. Dig. 4, 5, L
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Lat. In the civil law. Less; less than. The word had also, in some con-nections, the sense of “not at all.” For ex-ample. a debt remaining wholly unpaid was described as “minus solutum
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In measures of time or circumference, a minute is the sixtieth part of an hour or degree
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The place designated by law where bullion is coined Into money under authority of the government
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The charge or commission taken hy the mint as a consideration for coining Into money the bullion which is brought to it for that purpose; the same as “seigniorage.”
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