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Lat. Choice of the person. By this term is understood the right of a partner to exercise his choice and preference as […]

A person who is delegated or commissioned to act in the stead of an* other; a person to whom affairs are commlt-ted […]

In old English law. The reward of an Informer, whishaw Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To retard; obstruct; pnt off; hinder; interpose obstacles; as, when it is said that a conveyance was made to “hinder and delay […]

In the civil law. An accu-satlon or lnformation Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

An accuser; an lnformer; a sycophant Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In French marine law. Abandonment. Emerig. Tr. des Ass. ch. 17 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Scotch law. To accuse. Delated, accused. Delatit off arte and parte, accused of being accessary to. 3 How. St. Tr. 425, […]

L. Fr. In old English practlce. of well being; of form. The same as de bene esse. Britt, c. 39 Source: Black’s […]

In mercantile law. A phrase borrowed from the Italians, equivalent to our word “guaranty” or “warranty,” or the Scotch term “warrandice;” an […]

In Spanish law. Surren-der; release; abandonment; e. g., the act of an Insolvent in surrendering hls property for the benefit of hls […]

A taking of a solemn oath Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat By the grace of God. A phrase used in the formal title of a “king or queen, importing a claim of […]

The judgment of God. The old Saxon trial by ordeal, so called be-cause it was thought to be an appeal to God […]

In tbe law of deseent and family relations. A step or grade, i. e., the distance, or number of removes, which separates […]

L. Fr. ont of; without; he-yond; foreign to; unconnected with. Dehors the record; foreign to the record. 3 BL Comm. 887 Source: […]

A term for waste In the French law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Revlllng; holding one up to public obloquy; lowering a person in the estimation of the public Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

Lat Dead. “Defunctus sine prole,” dead without (leaving) issue Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L Fr. To waste Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Privation by fraud Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Deceased; a deceased per-son. A common term in Scotch law Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To practice fraud; to cheat or trick: to deprive a person of property or any lnterest, estate, or rlght by fraud, de-ceit, […]

In Spanish law. The crime committed by a person who fraud-ulently avoids the payment of some public tax Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

L. Lat in old Engllsh law. A distress, distraint, or seizure of goods for satisfaction of a lawful debt. Cowell Source: Black’s […]