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In old English law. A privilege of lords of certain manors to judge any thief taken within their fee Source: Black’s Law […]

Lat. In the civil law. A child under the age of seven years; so called “quasi impos fandi,” (as not having the […]

A qualification of a man’s legal status produced by his conviction of an infamous crime and the consequent loss of honor and […]

Minority; the state of a per-son who is under the age of legal majorlty, —at common law, twenty-one years. Ac-cording to the […]

Lat. In Roman law. A person whose right of reputation was dlmlnlsh-ed (involving the loss of some of the rights of citizenship) […]

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

In old English law. Exposed upon the sands, or sea-shore. A species of punishment mentioned in Heng-ham. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Lat Infamy; ignominy or disgrace Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Incapable of beiug avoided; fortuitous; transcending the power of hu-man care, foresight, or exertion to avoid or prevent, and therefore suspending legal […]

A guard; a watchman. Domesday Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Disqualified to be elect-ed to an office; also disqualified to hold an ofiice if elected or appointed to it. State v. Murray, […]

I^at. it is implied of right; it is implied by law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A person addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors; an habitual drunkard Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Disqualification or legal incapacity to he elected to an office. Thus, an alien or naturalized citizen is ineligible to be elected president […]

Schools (es-tablished by voluntary contribution) in which Industrial training is provided, aud in which children are lodged, dothed, and fed, as well […]

Lat. A qualified property in animals ferae natura may be ac-quired per industriam, i. e., by a man’s reclaiming and making them […]

Endowment, (q. v Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Societies formed in England for carrying on any labor, trade, or handicraft, whether wholesale or retail, including the buying and selling of […]

In the Roman Catholic Church. A remission of the punishment due to sins, granted hy the pope or church, nnd supposed to […]

In ecclesiastical law. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat in the civU law. obliteration, by drawing the pen or stylus over the writing. Dig. 28, 4; Calvin Source: Black’s Law […]

In ecclesiastical law. In-duction is the ceremony by which an incum-bent who has been instituted to a benefice is vested with full […]

In oontraots. The Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In international law. A Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

He who indorses; i. e., being the payee or holder, writes his name on the back of a bill of exchange, etc. […]