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A law French term, meaning “thus,” “so,” giving its name to part .of a plea in debt Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

L. Lat An enrolling; a record Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. The cog-nizor in a flne. is cui cognoscitur, the cognizee Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. A provision by which certain prohibited acts Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civil law. To impose or set upon, as a fine. Calvin. To inflict, as a punishment.’ To make or […]

In Scotch law. The hap-pening of a condition or event by which a charter, contract, or other deed, to which a clause […]

In Scotch law. Avoiding or making void; as an irritant clause. See Irritancy. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

which cannot be revoked or recalled Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The operation of water-lng lands for agricultural purposes by arti-ficial means Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A term ap-plied to such an Interposition of human agency as is, from Its nature and power, absolutely uncontrollable; as tbe inroads […]

Used chief-ly in criminal law, this term means an im-pulse to commit an unlawful or crimlnal act which cannot be resisted or […]

See INJURY Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That cannot be replevied or delivered on sureties. Spelled, also, “irreplevisable.” Co. Litt. 145 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In tiie law of evidence. Not relevant; not relating or applicable to the matter in Issue; not supporting the issue Source: Black’s […]

The status of a pauper in England, who cannot be legally removed from the parish or union in whicb Source: Black’s Law […]

The absence of tbe quality of relevancy in evidence or pleadings Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

levancy, in an answer, consists in state-ments which are not material to the decision of the case; such as do not form’or […]

Not according to rule; Improper or insufficient, by reason of depart-ure from the prescribed course Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Violation or nonobservance of established rules and practices. The want of adherence to some prescribed rule or mode of proceeding; consisting either […]

Lat To go at Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Roman law. An officer whose duties are described in Dig. 5, 4, 18, 7. See Id. 48, 8, 6; Cod. 10, […]

By the law ltself; by the mere operation of law. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat Moved or excited by anger or passion. A term sometimes former-ly used in the plea of son assault demesne Source: Black’s […]

In the Identical words; opposed to “substantially.” Town-Bend v. Jemison, 7 How. 719, 12 L. Ed. 880; Summons v. State, 5 ohio […]

By the fact Itself; by the mere fact. By the mere effect of an act or a fact Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]