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The Latin of illiterate persons; Latin words put together on the English grammatical system Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In maritime law. A light ship or vessel; dogger-fish, fish brought in ships. Cowell Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. An agent or at-torney. 1 Kames, Eq. 325 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

AW. In old forest law. The manifest deprehension of an offender against venison In a forest, when he was found drawing after […]

The name of the fictitious plaintiff in the action of ejectment. 3 Stepb. Oomm. 618 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Saxon law. The act-ual perpetrator of a homicide Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The title of a work written-by St. Germain in the reign of Henry VIIL in which many principles of the common law […]

A rule, principle, theory, or tenet of the law; as, the doctrine of mer-ger, the doctrine of relation, etc Source: Black’s Law […]

In medical jurisprudence. The hydrostatic test used chiefly in cases of alleged infanticide to de-termlne whether the child was born alive or […]

A learned man; one qualified to give instruction of the higher order in a science or art; particularly, one who has re-ceived […]

Lat. 1 give that you may give; I give [you] that you may give [me.] A formula in the civil law, constituting […]

Lat I give that you may do; I give [you] that you may do or make [for me.] A formula In the […]

Lat. I give, 1 say, I adjudge. Three words used in the Roman law, to express the ^extent of the civil Juris-diction […]

Lat I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath. The formal words of making a bequest or legacy, in the Roman […]

The legal separation of man and wlfe, effected, for cause, by the Judg-rnent of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage […]

Fr. Tenth; the tenth part ord. Mar. llv. 1, tit. 1, art 9 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Courts in Eng-land, consisting of two or (in special cases) more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain […]

UM. Lat A divided jurisdiction. Applied, e. g„ to the jurisdlc-tlon of courts of common law and equity over the same subject […]

In Eugllsh law. one of the smaller subdivisions of a county. Used in Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the prac-tice of appellate courts, this term denotes such a disagreement amoug the judges that there is not a majority in […]

That which is susceptible of being divided Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. Sever-ally; separately. Bract, fol. 47 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Divine service was the name of a feudal tenure, by which the tenants were obliged to do some special divine services in […]

In old English law. A device, award, or decree; also a devise; also bounds or limits of division of a parish or […]

Lat To dlviue; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)