The race or species of hn-man beings. In law, females, as well as males, may be included nnder thls term. Fortesc. 91
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This is a word of large sig-niflcatlon, but cannot exceed the subject to which it belongs. The incident cannot be extended beyond Its principal, wells v.- Bain, 75 Pa. 39, 54,15 Am. Rep. 563
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In canon law. A hand-kerchief, whlch the priest always had in hle left hand. Blount
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In maritime law. A sea-letter; a written document required to be carried by merchant vessels, containing an account of the cargo, with other particulars, for the facility of the customs officers. See New York & Cuba S. S. Co. v. U. S. (D. C.) 125 Fed. 320
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A warlike Instrument for casting stones against the walls of a castle. Cowell
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In feudal law. A term denoting the ceremony of doing homage by the vassal to hls lord. The formula used was, “Devento vester homo,” I become your man. 2 Bl. Comm. 54
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In Spanish law. Manner or mode. Las Partidas, pt 4, tit 4, 1. 2
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Lat in the civil law. The contract of mandate, (q. v
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(I have com-manded or made my mandate to the bailiff.) in English practice. The return made by a sheriff, where the bailiff of a liberty has the execution of a writ, that he has commanded the bailiff to execute it 1 Tidd, Pr. 309 ; 2 Tidd, Pr. 1025
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The person employing another to perform a mandate
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Containing a command; preceptive; imperative; peremptory. A pro-vision in a statute is mandatory when dis-obedience to it will make the act done under
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In Spanish law. The con-tract of mandate. ‘Escriche
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Loaves of bread given to the poor upon Maundy Thurs day
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He to whom a mandate, charge, or commandment is given; also, he that obtains a benefice by mandamus. Briggs v. Spaulding, 141 U. S. 132, 11 Sup. CL 924, 36 L. Ed. 662
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In praotioe. A judlclal command or precept proceeding from a conrt or judicial officer, directing the proper officer to enforce a judgment, sentence, or decree. Seaman v. Clarke, 60 App. Div. 416, 69 N
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In French and Scotch law. The employing party in the contract of man-datum, or mandate. Story, Bailm. $ 138
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Fr. In French law. A person employed hy another to do some act for him; a mandatary
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In Spanish law. Commission; authority or power of attorney. A contract of good faith, hy which oue per-son commits to the gratuitous charge of another his affairs, a>d the latter accepts the charge, w’hite, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 12, c. 1
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Lat in the civil law. The employing party in a contract of mandate, one who gives a thing in charge to another; one who requires, requests, or employs another to do some act for him. Inst. 3, 27, 1, et seq
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A clerk of the kitchen, or caterer, especially in colleges. Cowell
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