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The punishment of being burled alive Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Cne who wrongfully keeps the owner of lands and tenements out of the possession of them. 2 BL Comm. 350 Source: Black’s […]

L. Lat To withhold lands or tenements from the rightful own Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In English law. To wlth-hold wrongfully; to withhold the possesslon of lands from one who is lawfully entitled to them. 3 Bl. […]

Deforcement is where a man wrongfully holds lands to which another person is entitled. It there-fore Includes disseisin, abatement, discon-tinuance, and Intrusion. […]

That which finally and completely ends and settles a controversy. A definitive sentence or judgment is put In opposition to an interlocutory […]

Seduction or de-bauching. The act by which a woman is deprived of her virglnlty Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. Definition, or, more strictly, limiting or bounding; as in the max-im of the civil law: Omnis definitio pericu-losa est, parum est […]

A description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term, webster. The process of […]

To debauch, deflower, or cor-rupt the chastity of a woman. The term does not necessarily imply force or ravishment, nor‘does it connote […]

To explain or state the exact meaning of words and phrases; to settle, make clear, establish boundaries. U. S. v. Smith, 5 […]

A lack, shortage, or in-sufficiency. The difference between the total amount of the debt or payment meant to be secured by a […]

Something wanting, generally in the accounts of one intrusted with money, or in the money received by him. Mutual L. & B. […]

An inclosure of land; any fenced ground. See Defenso Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Delayed; put off; reinand-ed; postponed to a future time Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That part of any open field or place that was allotted for corn or hay, and upon which there was no common […]

In tbo civil law. A de Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In Eng-llsh ecclesiastical law. A species of plead-ing, where the defendant, instead of denying the plaintiff’s charge upon oath, has any cir-cumstances […]

A war in defense of, or for the protection of, national rights. It may be defensive In its principles, though offensive in […]

That which is offered and alleged by the party proceeded against in an action or suit, as a reasou in law or […]

In old English law. A lord or earl of the marches, who was the warden and defender of hls country. Cowell Source: […]

The act of lending mouey on usury Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old English law. A park or place fenced in for deer, and defended as a property and peculiar for that use […]

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

L. Fr. A defender or defendant; the party accused in an appeal. Britt, c. 22 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)