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LaL whole; untouched. Res integra meaus a questlon which is new and undecided. 2 Kent, Comm. 177 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In old Engllsh law. A kind of thleves Inhabiting Redesdale. on the extreme northern border of England; so called because they took […]

Temporary inclosures made by customary tenants of a manor under a special custom authorizing them to inclose part of the waste untll […]

The underwriter or insurance company with whom a contract of insurance is made Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A rebellion, or rising of citizens or subjects in resistance to their government. See Insurgent Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To engage to indemnify a per-son against pecuniary loss from specified per* Us. To act as an insurer Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

The person who obtains insurance on his property, or upon whose life an insurance is effected Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Such a real and substantial Interest in specific property as will sustain a contract to indemnify the person interested against its loss. […]

A contract whereby, for a stipulated consideration, one party undertakes to compensate the other for loss on a specified subject by specified […]

Lat. An island; a house not connected with other houses, but separated by a surrounding space of ground. Calvin Source: Black’s Law […]

Lat Moreover; over and above Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A quantity of corn paid by those who are thirled to a mill. See Thuulok Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In equity pleading. The legal inadequacy of an answer in equity which does not fully and specifically reply to some one or […]

A written document; a formal or legal document in writing, such as a contract, deed, will, bond, or lease* State v. Phillips, […]

Lat That kind of evidence which consists of writings not under seal; as court-rolls, accounts, and the like. 3 Co. Litt 487 […]

To convey information as a client to an attorney, or as an attorney to a counsel; to authorize one to appear as […]

In Frenob oriminal law. The first process of a criminal prosecu-tiou. It Includes the examination of the ac-cused, the preliminary interrogation of […]

The commencement or inauguration of anything. The first estab-llshment of a law, ruie, rite, etc. Any cus-tom, system, organization, etc., firmly estah-llshed. […]

Lat Works contaln-lng the elements of any science; institutions or institutes, one of Justinian’s principal law collections, and a similar work of […]

titutes of Gains. An elementary work of the Roman jurist Gaius; important as having formed the foundation of the Institutes of Justinian, […]

Lat. In Ro-man law. The appointment of the hares in the will. It corresponds very nearly to the nomination of an executor […]

Tbe charge given to a clerk to manage a shop or store. 1 Bell, Comm. 506, 507 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

A name sometimes given to text-books containing the elementary prin-ciples of jurisprudence, arranged in an or* derly and systematic manner. For example, […]

Lat in the civll law. A clerk in a store; an agent Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civil law. Tbe name of an action glven to those who had contracted with an inatitor (q. v.) to […]