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An agreement, upon suf-flcient consideration, to do or not to do a particular thing. 2 Bl. Comm. 442 ; 2 Kent, Oomm. […]

Agalnst law or treaty; prohibited. Goods exported from or lrn-ported into a country agalnst lts laws. Brande. Artlcles, the lmportatlon or expor-tatlon […]

Certaln classes of merchandise, such as arms and ammunition, whlch, by the rules of lntema-tlonal law, cannot lawfully be furnlshed or carried […]

Uninterrupted; unbroken ; not intermittent or occasional; so persistently repeated at short intervals as to constitute virtually an unbroken series. Black v. […]

Against, confronting, opposite to; on the other hand; on the contrary. The word is used in many Latin phrases, as appears by […]

In pleading. A form of allegation in which the trespass, criminal offense, or other wrongful act complained of is charged to have […]

Enduring; not termlnat-ed by a single act or fact; subsisting for a definite period or intended to cover or apply to successive […]

Possible, but not assur-ed; doubtful or uncertain, conditioned upon the occurrence of some future event which is Itself uncertain, or questionable. Verdler […]

The adjournment or postponement of an actlon pending in a court, to a subsequent day of the same or another term. Com. […]

In old English practice. Continuance or connection. Applled to the proceedings in a cause. Bract fol. 362b Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

An event that may or may not happen, a doubtful or uncertain future event The quality of being contingent Source: Black's Law […]

In the Roman law. Continuing; holding together. Adjoining buildings were said to be continentia. Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Pertaining or relating to a continent; characteristic of a continent; as broad in scope or purpose as a continent. Continental Ins. Co. […]

In close proximity; in actual dose contact. Touching; bounded or traversed by. The term is not synonymous with “vicinal.” Plaster Co. v. […]

In Spanish law. Con-tinency or unity of the proceedings in a cause, white, New Recop. b. 3, tlt. 6, c. L Source: […]

In Roman law. Contestation of sult; the framing an Issue; joinder in issue. The formal act of both the parties with which […]

The context of a particular sentence or clanse in a statute, contract, will, etc., comprises those parts of the text which immediately […]

Adjacent; adjoln-ing; having a common boundary; coterminous Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

To make defense to an ad-verse claim in a court ,of law; to oppose, resist, or dispute the case mnde by a […]

Contested; adversary; litigated between adverse or contending parties; a judicial proceeding not merely ex parte in its character, hut comprising attack and […]

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Contumacy; a willful dis-regard of the authority of a court of'justice or legislative body or disobedience to its law-ful orders Source: Black's […]

Lat. Contemptuously Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The act of the mind in considering with attention. Continued attention of the mind to a particular sub-ject. Consideration of an act […]

Lat. Contemporaneous exposition, or construc Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)