A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and Phrases of American and English Jurisprudence, Ancient and Modern: And Including the Principal Terms of International, Constitutional, Ecclesiastical, and Commercial Law, and Medical Jurisprudence, with a Collection of Legal Maxims, Numerous Select Titles from the Roman, Modern Civil, Scotch, French, Spanish, and Mexican Law, and Other Foreign Systems, and a Table of Abbreviations |
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... natural or legal rules for its use ; to make an extravagant or ex- cessive use , as to abuse one's authority . In the civil law , the borrower of a chattel which , in its nature , cannot be used without consuming it , such as wine or ...
... natural or legal rules for its use ; to make an extravagant or ex- cessive use , as to abuse one's authority . In the civil law , the borrower of a chattel which , in its nature , cannot be used without consuming it , such as wine or ...
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... nature ; as where pos- session of land is to be recovered , or damages for an actual trespass , or for waste affecting land , because in such case the cause of action relates to some particular locality , which usually also constitutes ...
... nature ; as where pos- session of land is to be recovered , or damages for an actual trespass , or for waste affecting land , because in such case the cause of action relates to some particular locality , which usually also constitutes ...
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... nature . Mansueta naturæ are those gentle or tame by nature , such as sheep and cows . -Animals of a base nature . Animals in which a right of property may be acquired by reclaiming them from wildness , but which , at common law , by ...
... nature . Mansueta naturæ are those gentle or tame by nature , such as sheep and cows . -Animals of a base nature . Animals in which a right of property may be acquired by reclaiming them from wildness , but which , at common law , by ...
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... nature of a votė , participated in by the public generally or by the entire class of persons qualified to express their choice in this manner . See McPherson v . Blacker , 146 U. S. 1 , 13 Sup . Ct . 3 , 36 L. Ed . 869 ; State v ...
... nature of a votė , participated in by the public generally or by the entire class of persons qualified to express their choice in this manner . See McPherson v . Blacker , 146 U. S. 1 , 13 Sup . Ct . 3 , 36 L. Ed . 869 ; State v ...
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... nature of its powers , was calculated to increase the influence of the crown , and to con- fer upon it a power equivalent to that of a negative before debate . This system appeared inconsistent with the freedom of parliament , and at ...
... nature of its powers , was calculated to increase the influence of the crown , and to con- fer upon it a power equivalent to that of a negative before debate . This system appeared inconsistent with the freedom of parliament , and at ...
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Page 281 - A cause of action, arising out of the contract or transaction set forth in the complaint as the foundation of the plaintiff's claim, or connected with the subject of the action.
Page 453 - Every law that makes an action done before the passing of the law, and which was innocent when done, criminal, and punishes such action. 2d. Every law that aggravates a crime, or makes it greater than it was when committed.
Page 299 - A crime, or misdemeanor, is an act committed or omitted in violation of a public law, either forbidding or commanding it.
Page 249 - Any benefit conferred, or agreed to be conferred, upon the promisor, by any other person, to which the promisor is not lawfully entitled, or any prejudice suffered, or agreed to be suffered, by such person, other than such as he is at the time of consent lawfully bound to suffer, as an inducement to the promisor, is a good consideration for a promise.
Page 233 - Whenever the defendant seeks affirmative relief against any party, relating to or depending upon the contract, transaction, matter, happening or accident upon which the action is brought, or affecting the property to which the action relates...
Page 388 - In a strict and legal seN.se that is properly the domicil of a person where he has his true, fixed, permanent home and principal establishment, and to which, whenever he is absent, he has the intention of returning (animus rercrtcndi) .u [Italics supplied.] Mr.
Page 82 - A thing is deemed to be incidental or appurtenant to land when it is by right used with the land for its benefit, as in the case of a way, or watercourse, or of a passage for light, air, or heat from or across the land of another.
Page 221 - Commerce is a term of the largest import. It comprehends intercourse for the purposes of trade in any and all its forms, including the transportation, purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities...
Page 27 - Anything which is injurious to health, or is indecent, or offensive to the senses, or an obstruction to the free use of property, so as to interfere with the comfortable enjoyment of life or property...
Page 453 - An ex post facto law is one which renders an act punishable in a manner in which it was not punishable when it was committed.