L. Fr. In old law. God his act; God’s act An event beyond human foresight or control. Termes de la Ley
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In Scotch law. The days within which parties in civil and criminal prosecutions are cited to appear. Bell
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A general legislative assembly is sometimes so called on the continent of Europe
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(Lat He has closed his last day,—died.) A writ which formerly lay on the death of a tenant in capite, to ascertain the lands of which he died seised, and reclaim them into the king’s hands. It was directed to the king’s ee-cheators. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 251, K; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 327
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Lat A day; days. Days for appearance in court. Provisions or malnte-nnnce for a day. The king’s rents were anciently reserved by so many days’ provisions. Spelman; Cowell; Blount
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Lat in Roman law. This name was given to a notice promulgated by a magistrate of his Intention to present an impeachment against a citizen before the peo-ple, specifying the day appointed, the name of the accused, and the crime charged
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In general. A statement, re-mark, or observation. Gratis dictum; a gra-tuitous or voluntary representation; one which a party is not bound to make. 2 Kent, Comm. 486. Simplex dictum; a mere as-sertlon; an assertion without proof. Bract, fol. 320
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In Louisiana, this term is used in a technical sense, aud means to pronounce orally what is destined to be written at the same time by another. It is used in reference to nuncupative wills. Prendergast v. Prendergast, 16 La. Anu. 220, 79 Am. Dec. 575
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A magistrate Invested with unlimited power, and created in times of na-tional distress and peril. Among the Ro-mans, he continued in ofiice for six months only, and had unlimited power and authority over both the property and lives of the citizens
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Small cubes of bone or ivory, marked with figures or devices on their sev-eral sides, used in playing certain games of chance. See wetmore v. State, 55 Ala. 198
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To order or instruct what is to be said or writteu. To pronounce, word by word, what is meant to be written by an-other. Hamilton v. Hamilton, 6 Mart. (N. S.) (La.) 143
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In old English law. A tally for accounts, hy number of cuts, (taillees,) marks, or notches. CoweU. See Tallia, Tally
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An oflicer iu ancient Greece an-ewering in some respects to our juryman, but combining, on trials had before them, the functions of both judge and jury. The di-casts sat together iu numbers varying, ac-cordiug to the importance of the case, from one to five hundred
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Dally food, or as much as will suffice for the day. Du Cange
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ln old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman
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Dialogue of or about the exchequer. An ancient treatise on the court of exchequer, attributed by some to Gervase of Tilbury, by others to Richard Fitz Nigel, bishop of London in the reign of Richard I. it is quoted, by lord Coke under the uame of ockham. Crabb, Eng. Law, 71
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A logical reasoning in a pro-gresslve manner, proceeding from one subject to another. Enc. Lond
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That branch of logic which teaches the rules and modes of rea-soning
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A rhetorical figure in which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Enc. Lond
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