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Lat Things of gen-eral knowledge and concern; matters transacted before certain public officers. Calvin Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A form of sum-mary proceeding formerly in use in the high court of admiralty, in England, In whlch the parties stated their […]

ZTGHT, or ACRE. A camp or field fight; a sort of duel, or judicial combat, anciently fought by slngie combatants, En-glisb and […]

Under a grant of a right of way across the plaintiff’s lot of land, the grantee has not a rlght to enter […]

Released; absolved; purged of an accusation; judicially discbarg-ed from accusation; released from debt, etc. Includes both clvll and criminal prosecutions. Dolloway v. […]

In contracts. A release, absolution, or discharge from an obligation, liability, or engagement Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A jury verdict that a criminal defendant is not guilty, or the finding of a judge that the evidence is insufficient to […]

To release, absolve, or dis-charge one from an obligation or a liability; or to legally certify the lnnocence of one charged with […]

In French law, Certain goods pay higher export duties when exported to a foreign country than when they are destined for another […]

Coming to an intestate in any other way than by gift, devise, or descent from a parent or the ancestor of a […]

The act of becoming the owner of certain property; the act by which one acquires or procures the property in anything. Used […]

A writ of justices, formerly lying for the surety agninst a creditor, who refuses to acquit him after Source: Black’s Law Dictionary […]

In the law of contracts and of descents; to become the owner of proper-ty; to make property one’s own. wulzen v. San […]

To give an implied con-sent to a transaction, to the accrual of a right, or to any act, by one’s mere silence, […]

Acquiescence is where a person who knows that he is entitled to im-peach a transaction or enforce a right neg-lects to do […]

An estate acquired newly, or by purchase. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 56 Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civil law. Property which has been acquired by purchase^ gift, or otherwise than by succession. Immovable property which has been […]

In conveyane-lng. The act by whlch a party who has exe-cuted an instrument of conveyance as grantor goes before a competent officer […]

An inferior mlnistrant or servant in the ceremonies of the church, whose duties are to follow and wait upon the priests and […]

In old English law. A measure of corn, conjectured to have been the same with our quarter, or eight bushels, Cowell Source: […]

To own, avow, or admit; to confess; to recognize one’s acts, and assume the responsibility therefor Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In Mexican law. A ditch, channel, or canal, through whlch water, diverted from its natural course, is conducted, for use in irrigation […]

Fr. A purchase or bargain Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The person by whom an ao cusation is made Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The levelers in the reign of Hen. I., who acknowledged no head or superior. Leges H. 1; Cowell. Also certain ancient heretics, […]