Depending on, or arising from, the mutual agreement of parties; as distinguished from legal, which means created by, or arlslng from, the act of tbe law
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A private assembly or meetlng for the exercise of religion. Tbe word was first an appellation of reproach to the religious assemblies of wycliffe in The reigns of JSdward III. and Richard II., and was afterwards applied to a meeting of dissenters from the established church. As ibis word in strict propriety denotes an unlawful assembly, it cannot be justly applied to the assembling of persons in places of worship licensed according to the requisitions of law. Wharton
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Lat in clvll and old English law. It is agreed; it was agreed
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The fraternity of an abbey or priory, as societas is the number of fellows in a college. A religious house, now regarded as a merely voluntary association, not importing civil death. 33 Law J. Ch. 308
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Proper; just; suitable. Finlay v. Dickerson, 29 111. 20; Railway Co. v. Smith, 173 U. S. 684, 19 Sup. Ct. 565, 43 L. Ed. 858
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In old English law. Suitable; agreeable; convenient; fitting. Litt. 8 103
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Cognizant; acquainted with; having actual knowledge; as, if a party knowing of an agreement in which he has an Interest makes no objection to It, he is said to be conusant. Co. Litt. 157
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Lat. In the civil law. A co-tutor, or co-guardian. Inst. 1, 24, I
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In English law. Cog-nizance or jurisdiction. Conusance of pleas. Termes de la Ley
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one accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw
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In medical jurisprudence. A bruise; an Injury to any external part of the body by the lmpact of a fall or the blow of a blunt instrument, without laceration of the flesh, and either with or without a tearing of the skin, but in the former case it is more properly called a “contused wound.”
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In English taw. Excommunication in all cases of con
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The refusal or inten-tlonal omission of a person who has been duly cited before a court to appear and defend the charge laid against him, or, if he is duly before the court, to obey some lawful order or direction made in the cause. In tbe former case it is called “presumed” contumacy; In the latter, “actual.” The term is chiefly nsed in ecclesiastical law. See 3 Curt. Ecc. 1
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A litigated questlon; adversary proceeding in a court of law; a civil action or suit, either at law or in equity. Barber v. Kennedy, 18 Mlnn. 216 (Gil. 196); State v. Guinotte, 156 Mo. 513, 57 S. W. 281, 50 L. R. A. 787
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To dispute; to deny; to oppose or contest; to take issue on. Bug-gy Co. v. Patt, 73 Iowa, 485, 35 N. W. 587; Swenson v. Klelnfcchmidt, 10 Mont. 473, 26 Pac. 198
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In old English law. The controlling or checking of another ofli-cer’s account; the keeping of a counter-roll
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In old English law. An lnventer or deviser of false news. 2 Inst 227
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To supply a share or proportional part of money or projierty to-wards the prosecution of a common enter-prise or the discharge of a joint obligation. Park v. Missionary Soc., 62 VL 19, 20 AtL 107; Railroad Co. v. Creasy (Tex.’ Civ. App.) 27 S. W. 945
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