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Money expend-ed in procuring the interment of a corpse Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Movable goods which may be estimated and replaced accord-ing to welght, measure, and number. Things belonging to a class, which do not […]

Pioneers. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In tbe civil and old English law. Land; land or ground generally; land Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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

Lands of inheritance Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

we found. ‘ one of the words by which a corporation may be created in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 473; 3 Steph. […]

Lat. A founding or foun-dation. Particularly applied to the creation and endowment of corporations. As applied to eleemosynary corporations such as colleges […]

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

The law which determines the constitution of government in a state, and prescribes and regulates the manner of its exercise; the organic […]

A public officer or employs. An oflicer of a private corporation is also sometimes so called Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat. Having ful-fllled the function, discharged the ofiice, or accomplished the purpose, and therefore of no further force or authority. Applied to […]

office; duty; fulfillment of a definite end or set of ends by the correct adjustment of means. The occupation of an office. […]

In medical jurisprudence, one which prevents, ob-structs, or interferes with the due perforin-ance of its special functions by any organ of the […]

The English equivalent of the Latin phrase “plene admin-istravit;” being a plea by nn executor or ad-minlstrator that he has completely and […]

In old English iaw. The same as fuage, or smoke farthings. 1 Bl. Comm. 324. See Fuage Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Ample; complete; i>erfect: ma-ture; not wanting in any essential quallty. Mobile School Com’rs v. Putnam, 44 Ala. 537; Reed v. Hazleton, 37 […]

A fleam, or stream of water. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the clvil law. A fugl-tive: a runaway slave. Dig. 11, 4; Cod. 6 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Fr. In medical jurlspru-dence. Ambulatory automatism. See Au-tomatism Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch practice. To outlaw, by the sentence of a court; to out-law for non-appearance in a criminal case. 2 Alls. Crim. […]

one who flees; always nsed in law with the implication of a flight, evd-sion, or escape from some duty or penalty or […]

Lat. He has made flight; he fled. A clause inserted in an ln-qulsltion, in old English law’, meaning that a person indicted […]

In old English law. A priv-ilege to hunt. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A drove of cattle. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)