Lat The last argu-ment; the last resort; the means last to be resorted to
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In commercial law. The amount wanting when a cask, on being gauged, is found not to be completely full
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L. Lat in old Eng-llsh law. The lron ell; the standard ell of iron, kept iu the exchequer for the rule of measure
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A term mentioned by Blackstone as used in Finland to denote that kind of right in real property which is called, in English law, “allodial.” 2 Bl. Comm. 45, note f
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The name of a law or ordinance made by the czar of Russia
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Lat The most abundant good faith; absolute and perfect eandor or openness and honesty; the ab-sence of any concealment or deception, how-ever slight
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where in reality; when in truth or in point of fact Cro. Ellz. 645; Cro. Jac. 4
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A company of ten; a dia* trict; a tenth part. See Tithing
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The emperor and empress of Russia. See Czab
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A despot; a sovereign or ruler, legitimate or otherwise, who usee "his t>ower unjustly and arbitrarily, to the op-pression of hls subjects
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In medical jurisprudence. A poisonous ptomaine produced’in milk, cheese, cream, or ice-cream by decomposition of albuminous constituents
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In old English law, a tumbrel, castigatory, or ducking stool, anciently used as an instrument of punishment for eommon scolds
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Arbitrary or despotic gov-emment; the severe and autocratic exercise of sovereign power, either vested constltu-tionally in one ruler, or usurped by him by breaking down the division and distribution of governmental powers
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In Saxon law. An accusa-tion, impeachment, or churge of any offense
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Brit A tribe or family branching or issuing out of another. Cowell
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The lower order of Saxons, valued at 200s. in the scale of pecuniary mulcts inflicted for crimes. Cowell
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A certificate which was given to the prosecutor of a felon to conviction
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A writ issued under the St. 18 & 19 Vict. c. 67, for sum-mary procedure on bills of exchange and promissory notes, abolished by rule of court in 1880. wharton
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The highest rank of men in the Saxon government, who were valued at 1200s. If any injury were done to such persons, satisfaction was to be made according to their worth. Cowell
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The earliest stat-ute or code of Roman law, framed by a corn-mission of ten men, B. C. 450, upon the re-turn of a commission of three who had beeu sent abroad to study foreign laws and insti-tutions. The Twelve Tables consisted partly of laws transcribed from the lnstltutionB of other nations, partly of such as were altered and accommodated to the manners of the Romans, partly of new provlslons, and main* ly, perhaps, of laws and usages under thelr ancient kings. They formed the source and foundation for the whole later development of Roman jurisprudence. They exist now only in fragmentary form. See 1 Kent* Comm. 520
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