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From birth, or from infancy. Denotes that a disability, status, etc., is congenital Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

L. Lat. An officer who had charge of the libelli or petitions addressed to the sovereign. Calvin. A name sometimes given to […]

(Lat ego, I.) A term denoting direct tenure of the superior lord. 2 Bell, H. L. Sc. 133. Unjustly detaining from me. […]

From grace or favor; as a matter of indulgence, not of right. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. From the side. In connection with the succession to property, the term means “collateral.” Bract. fol. 20b. Also, sometimes, “without right.” […]

In French law. A formula used in indorsing commercial paper, and equivalent to “without recourse.” Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

By a stronger reason. A term used in logic to denote an argument to the effect that because one ascertained fact exists, […]

Denomination ought to be from the more worthy. The description (of a place) should be taken from the more worthy subject, (as […]

The title and exposition of a thing ought to be derived from, or given, or made with reference to, the more worthy […]

IIn French law. In relation to the contract of affreightment, signifies when the cargo is taken on condition that the master succeeds […]

L. Lat. From the date. Haths v. Ash, 2 Salk. 413. A die datûs, from the day of the date. Id.; 2 […]

From common observance there should be no departure; there must be no departure from common usage. 2 Coke, 74; Co. Litt. 186a, […]

(Lat. consilium, advice.) Of counsel; a counsellor. The term is used in the civil law by some writers instead of a responsis. […]

L. Fr. (L. Lat. habendum et tenendum.) To have and to hold. Co. Litt. §§ 523, 524. A aver et tener a […]

From the heavens to the center of the earth. Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Anno regni, the year of the reign; as, A. R. v. R. 22, (Anno Regni Victoriæ Reginæ vicesimo secundo,) in the twenty-second […]

Of the highest qualities. An expression which originated in a practice of underwriters of rating vessels in three classes,—A, B, and C; […]

1. The first letter of the English alphabet, used to distinguish the first page of a folio from the second, marked b, […]

Lat. Contraction for Anno Domini, (in the year of our Lord.) Source: Black’s Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)