Subject to answer to the .aw; accountable; responsible; liable to pun-ishment. Miller v. Com., 1 Duv. (Ky.) 17
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The noun "ambush” means (1) the act of attacking an eneipy unexpect-edly from a concealed station; (2) a conceal-ed station, where troops or enemies lie in wait to attack by surprise, an ambuscade; (3) troops posted in a concealed place for at-taeking by surprise. The verb “ambush” means to lie' in wait, to surprise, to place in ambush. Dale County v. Gunter, 46 Ala. 142
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A boundary line, as going around a place; an exterior or inclosing line or limit
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In the Roman law. A going around; a path worn by going around. A space of at least two aud a half feet in width, between neighboring houses, left for the con-veuience of goiug around them. Calvin
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Lat. From atnbiguus, doubtful, uncertain, obscure. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning
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Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning; indistinctness or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Nlndle v. State Bank, 13 Neb. 245, 13 N. W. 275; Ellmaker v. Ellmaker, 4 watts (Pa.) 89; Kroner v. Halsey, 82 Cal. 209. 22 Pac. 1137; ward v. Epsy. 6 Humph. (Tenn.) 447
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or AMBRA. In old English law. A measure of four bushels
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Skillful with both hands; one who plays on both sides. Ap-plied anciently to an attorney who took pay from both sides, and subsequently to a juror guilty of the same offense. Cowell
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A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman
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A person sent about in the service of another; a person sent on a service. A word of frequent occurrence in the writers of the middle ages. Spelman
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A term applied in England to the merger or consolidation of two incorporated companies or societies
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A collection of sea-laws, compiled about the end of the eleventh century, by the people of Amalphl. It consists of tbe laws on maritime subjects, which were or had been in force in countries bordering on the Mediterranean; nnd wns for a long time received as authority in those countries. Azuni; wharton
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A child which one has nurs-ed; a foster-child. Dig. 40, 2, 14. one edu-cated at a college or seminary is called an "alumnus" thereof
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The bed or channel through which tbe stream flows when it runs within Its ordinary channel. Calvin
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High and low. This phrase is applied to an agreement made between two contending parties to submit all matters in dispute, alto et basso, to arbitra-tion. CowelL
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L. Lat in old English law. The high sea, or seas. Co. Litt 260b. The deep sea. Super altum mare, on the high seas. Hob. 212b
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In the civil law. A servitude due by the owner of a bouse, by which he is restrained from building beyond a certain height Dig. 8, 2, 4; Sandars, Just Inst 119
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In the civil law. A servitude whlch consists in the right, to him who is entitled to it, to build hls house as high as he may think proper. In general, however, every one enjoys this privilege, unless he is restrained by some contrary title. Sandars, Just Inst 119
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L. Lat. Interchangeably. Litt. S 371; Townsh; Pl. 37
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L. Lat By alternate turns; at alternate times; alternately. Co. Litt. 4a; Shep. Touch. 206
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Variation; changing; making different. See Alteb
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A usage among dlploma-tlsts by which the rank nnd places of differ-ent powers, who have the same right and pretensions to precedence, are changed from time to time, either in a certain regular order or one determined hy lot. In drawing up treaties and conventions, for example, it Is
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In ecclesiastical lnw. Offerings made on the altar; all profits which accrue to the priest hy means of the altar. Ayliffe, Parerg. 61
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To make a change ln; to modi-fy; to vary in some degree; to change some of the elements or ingredients or details with-out substituting an entirely new thing or de-stroying the identity of the tiling affected. Hannibal v. winchell. 54 Mo. 177; Haynes v. State, 15 ohio St. 455; Davis v. Campbell
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