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This term is not synonymous with a “place of pauper settlement.” Lisbon v. Lyman, 49 N. H. 553 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

I. In genealogical tables, a com-mon abbrevlation for “died wlthout issue.” Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To have an abode; to lnhablt; to live in a place. Gardener v. wagner, 9 Fed. Cas. 1,154; Ex parte Blumer, 27 […]

In lts use in jurisprudence, this word is the correlative of right. Thus, wherever there exists a right in any person, there […]

(From duo, two, and viri, men.) A general appellation among the an-cient Romans, given to any magistrates elect-ed in pairs to fill […]

A term used in Hlndostan for a passport, permit, or order from the English East Indian Company. It generr ally meant a […]

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

A county palatine in Eng-land, the Jurisdictlon of which was vested in the Bishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 1 […]

In old English law. Blows wlthout wounding or bloodshed; dry blows. Blount Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In India. A court, audience, or levee. Mozley & whitley Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

one who subjects another to duress; one who compels another to do a thlng, as by menace. Bac. Max. 90, reg. 22 […]

The technical fault, in pleading, of uniting two or more causes of action in one count in a writ, or two or […]

Lat During. A word of limltation in old conveyances. C0. Litt 234b Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civU law. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replica-tion; corresponding to the rejoinder of the common law Source: Black’s Law […]

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

A donble com-plalnt An ecclesiastical proceeding, which is in the nature of an appeal from an ordi-nary’s refusal to institute, to hls […]

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

A dozen hands, i. e., twelve wltnesses to purge a criminal of on ofTense Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civil law. Double the price of a thing. Dig. 21, 2, 2 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Twelve hands. The oaths of twelve men, including hlmself, by whom the defendant was allowed to make his law. 8 BL Comm. […]

In old records. A jury of twelve men. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

People that dwell on hilly places or mountains. Jacob Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

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

A double; a kind of base coin less than a farthing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Pieces of wood placed against the sides and bottom of the hold of a vessel, to preserve the cargo from the effect […]