Not subject to law; not con-trolled by law; not authorized by law; not observing the rules and forms of law. See Arkansas v. Kansas A T. Coal Co. (C. C.) 96 Fed. 362
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In old English law. A plain between woods. Co. Litt. 5b
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Legal; warranted or author-ized by the law; having the qualifications prescribed by law; not contrary to nor for-bidden by the law
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The cutting sev-eral claws of the forefeet of dogs in the for-est, to prevent their running at deer
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A laundry or place to wash in; a place in the porch or entrance of cathedral churches, where the priest nnd other officiating ministers were obliged to wash their hands before they proceeded to divine service
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In Spanish law. A new work. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 32, 1. 1
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Pieces of gold, coined in 1619, with the king’s head laureated; hence the name.
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1. The act of launching a vessel; the movement of a vessel from the land into, the water, especlally the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. Homer v. The Lady of the ocean, 70 Me. 352
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In English lnw. An officer of the household of the sovereign, whose business formerly consisted only in composing an ode annually, on the sovereign’s birth* day, and on the new year; sometimes also, though rarely, on occasion of any remarkable victory
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A kind of offensive weapon, now disused, and prohibited by 7 Rich
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Lat in the clvll law. a sum paid by a new emphytcuta (q. v.) who acquires the emphyteusis, not as helr, but as a singular successor, whether by glft, devise, exchange, or sale. It was a sum equal to the fiftieth part of the purchase money, paid to the dominus or proprietor for his acceptance of the new emphytcuta. Mackeld. Rom. Law*, ft 328. Called, in old English law, “acknowledgment money.” Cowell
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In Spanish law. The tax paid by the possessor of land held by quit-rent or emphyteusis to the owner of the estate, when the tenant alienates his right in the property. Escrlche
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Lat. In the civil law. To name; to clte or quote; to show one’s title or authority. Calvin
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Lat. In Roman law. Testimony dellvered in court concernlng an ac-cdsed person’s good behavlor and lntegrlty of Hfe. It resembled the practice whlch pre-vails in our trials of calllug persons to speak to a prisoner’s character. The least number of the laudatores among the Romans was ten. wharton
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The prerogative of ad-judging and executing thieves; also larceny; theft; a thing stolen
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Lat in the clvll law. A bear-er; a messenger. Also a maker or glver of laws
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Lat in the civil and. old Eng-Ush law. A robber. Dig. 50, 16,118; Fleta, lib. 1, c. 38, 11. A thief
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In old English practice. A writ whlch issued in personal actlons, on the return of non est inventus to a bill of Mid
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