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This is not evidence properly so called, but the mere sug-gestion of evidence proper, which may possibly be procured if the suggestion […]

In English practice. A writ of prohibition that lies for a patron of a church, whose clerk is sued in the spiritual […]

An abolished writ by which a prosecution was in some cases removed from a court-christian to the queen’s bench. Enc. Lond Source: […]

In the lnw of evidence. A sign or token; a fact pointing to some ln-ference or conclusion. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 251, 252, […]

The aboriginal lnhabitants of North America. Frazee v. Spokane Coun-ty, 29 wash. 278, 69 Pac. 782 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat. In the civil law. To show or discover. To fix or tell the price of a thing. Calvin. To inform against; […]

Not dependent; not subject to control, restriction, modification, or limitation from a glven outside source Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That which is un-certaln, or not particularly designated; as if I sell you one hundred bushels of wheat, without stating what wheat […]

A deed to which two or more persons are parties, and in whlch these enter lnto reclprocal and corresponding grants or obligations […]

The state or condl-tlon of being free from dependence, subjection, or control. Polltlcal Independence is the attribute of a natlon or state […]

The old form of writing indemnis. Townsh. Pl. 19. So, indcmpni-flcatus for indemniflcatus Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of making a denizen, or of naturalizing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The person who is bound, by an indemnity contract, to indent nify or protect the other Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

An Indemnity is a col-lateral contract or assurance, by which one person engages to secure another against an anticipated loss or to […]

Lat. without hurt, harm, or damage; harmless Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The person who, in a contract of indemnity, is to be indemnified or protected by the other Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Lat Indemnified. See Indemnify Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To save harmless; to secure against loss or damage; to give security for the reimbursement of a person in case of an […]

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

In Scotch law. Payment without specification. In-definite payment is where a debtor, owing several debts to one creditor, makes a payment to […]

That whlch cannot be defeated, revoked, or made void. This term is usually applied to an estate or right which cannot be […]

Lat. In old Engllsh practice. Undefended; undenied by pleading. A defendant who makes no defense er plea. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

An act againBt good be-havior and a just delicacy. Timmons v. U Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. That which is not tltheable, or liable to pay tithe. 2 Inst 490 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

In the civil law. Not due or owing. (Dig. 12, 6.) Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)