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Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

The woman who mar-ries a widower, he having a child by hls former wife, becomes step-mother to such child Source: Black's Law […]

The son of one's wife by a former husband, or of one’s hnsband by a former wife Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

The daughter . of one’s wife by a former husband, or of one’s husband by a former wife Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

The man who mar-ries a widow, she having a child by her former marriage, is step-father to such child Source: Black's Law […]

Lat in the civil law. A general name for any kind of fraud not falling under any specific class. But the term […]

one who is skilled in the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write in short-hand. See Ry-nerson v. Allison, […]

Fr. In French law. A party wbo fraudulently mortgages property to whicb he has no title Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed […]

In Scotch law. Tbe crime of aliening the same subject to differ-ent persons. 2 Kames, Eq. 40 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd […]

Theft is so called by some aneient writers. “Stealth is the wrongful taking of goods wlthout pretense of tltle.” Finch, Law, b. […]

In Scotch law. Corns, cattle, straw, and implements of hus-bandry delivered by a landlord to his tenant, by which the tenant is […]

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the or-der of a court See In re Schwarz (D. […]

This term is commonly used in indictments for larceny, (“take, steal, and carry a way,") and denotes the commission of theft. But, […]

Lat in tbe civil law Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In old records. A store, or stock of cattle. A term of common occur Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In Roman law. Li-censed or registered advocates; members of the college of advocates. The number of these was llmited, and they […]

Relating to a statute; created or defined by a statute: required by a statute; conforming to a statute Source: Black's Law Dictionary […]

Lat in Louisiana. Slaves for a time, who had acquired the right of being free at a time to come, or on […]

The status of a person is hls legal position or condition. Thus, when we say that the status of a woman after […]

Tiiat part of political science which is concerned in collecting and ar Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

Lat. In Roman law. one who is made free by will under a condition ; one who has hls liberty fixed and […]

In English Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

That Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)

In the civil law. A place where shlps may ride in safety. Dig. 50, 16 Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)