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Subject to answer to the .aw; accountable; responsible; liable to pun-ishment. Miller v. Com., 1 Duv. (Ky.) 17 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

Movable; revocable; subject to change Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The noun “ambush” means (1) the act of attacking an eneipy unexpect-edly from a concealed station; (2) a conceal-ed station, where troops […]

A boundary line, as going around a place; an exterior or inclosing line or limit Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the Roman law. A going around; a path worn by going around. A space of at least two aud a half […]

Lat. From atnbiguus, doubtful, uncertain, obscure. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning; indistinctness or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Nlndle v. State Bank, 13 […]

or AMBRA. In old English law. A measure of four bushels Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Skillful with both hands; one who plays on both sides. Ap-plied anciently to an attorney who took pay from both sides, and […]

A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A person sent about in the service of another; a person sent on a service. A word of frequent occurrence in the […]

A term applied in England to the merger or consolidation of two incorporated companies or societies Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

A collection of sea-laws, compiled about the end of the eleventh century, by the people of Amalphl. It consists of tbe laws […]

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 […]

The bed or channel through which tbe stream flows when it runs within Its ordinary channel. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd […]

High and low. This phrase is applied to an agreement made between two contending parties to submit all matters in dispute, alto […]

L. Lat in old English law. The high sea, or seas. Co. Litt 260b. The deep sea. Super altum mare, on the […]

In the civil law. A servitude due by the owner of a bouse, by which he is restrained from building beyond a […]

In the civil law. A servitude whlch consists in the right, to him who is entitled to it, to build hls house […]

L. Lat. Interchangeably. Litt. S 371; Townsh; Pl. 37 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Lat By alternate turns; at alternate times; alternately. Co. Litt. 4a; Shep. Touch. 206 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Variation; changing; making different. See Alteb Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A usage among dlploma-tlsts by which the rank nnd places of differ-ent powers, who have the same right and pretensions to precedence, […]

In ecclesiastical lnw. Offerings made on the altar; all profits which accrue to the priest hy means of the altar. Ayliffe, Parerg. […]

To make a change ln; to modi-fy; to vary in some degree; to change some of the elements or ingredients or details […]