A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States of America, and of the Several States of the American Union ; with References to the Civil and Other Systems of Foreign Law, Band 2J.B. Lippincott and Company, 1874 |
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... called as distin- guished from the other , who is called the junior counsel . LEADING QUESTION . In Practice . A question which puts into the witness's mouth the words to be echoed back , or plainly sug- gests the answer which the party ...
... called as distin- guished from the other , who is called the junior counsel . LEADING QUESTION . In Practice . A question which puts into the witness's mouth the words to be echoed back , or plainly sug- gests the answer which the party ...
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... called à latere , in imitation of the magistrates of ancient Rome , who were taken from the court , or side of the emperor . Legati missi are simple envoys . Legati nati are those who are entitled to be legates by birth . See A LATere ...
... called à latere , in imitation of the magistrates of ancient Rome , who were taken from the court , or side of the emperor . Legati missi are simple envoys . Legati nati are those who are entitled to be legates by birth . See A LATere ...
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... called libel- lus conventionalis ) . A bill . Bracton , fol . 112 . A LIBELLUS FAMOSUS ( Lat . ) . libel ; a defamatory writing . L. 15 , D. de pon .; Vocab . Jur . Utr . sub " famosus . " It may be without writing : as , by signs , pic ...
... called libel- lus conventionalis ) . A bill . Bracton , fol . 112 . A LIBELLUS FAMOSUS ( Lat . ) . libel ; a defamatory writing . L. 15 , D. de pon .; Vocab . Jur . Utr . sub " famosus . " It may be without writing : as , by signs , pic ...
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... called the paternal line . Another line will be found to ascend from the same person to his mother , his maternal grandmother , and so from mother to mother : this is the mater- nal line . These lines , however , do not take in all the ...
... called the paternal line . Another line will be found to ascend from the same person to his mother , his maternal grandmother , and so from mother to mother : this is the mater- nal line . These lines , however , do not take in all the ...
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... called the lender , delivers it to the bailee , called the borrower , to be returned in kind . For example , if a person borrows a bushel of wheat , and at the end of a month returns to the lender a bushel of equal value . This class of ...
... called the lender , delivers it to the bailee , called the borrower , to be returned in kind . For example , if a person borrows a bushel of wheat , and at the end of a month returns to the lender a bushel of equal value . This class of ...
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Seite 98 - ... to establish a defence on the ground of insanity, it must be clearly proved that, at the time of the committing of the act, the party accused was labouring under such a defect of reason, from disease of the mind, as not to know the nature and quality of the act he was doing, or, if he did know it, that he did not know he was doing what was wrong.
Seite 375 - A communication made bona fide upon any subject-matter In which the party communicating has an interest, or in reference to which he has a duty, is privileged if made to a person having a corresponding interest or duty, although it contain criminatory matter, which, without this privilege, would be slanderous and actionable...
Seite 224 - He shall annually communicate to the legislature each case of reprieve, commutation, or pardon granted, stating the name of the convict, the crime of which he was convicted, the sentence and its date, and the date of the commutation, pardon, or reprieve, with his reasons for granting the same.
Seite 224 - The Governor shall have the power to grant reprieves, commutations and pardons after conviction, for all offenses except treason and cases of impeachment, upon such conditions and with such restrictions and limitations, as he may think proper, subject to such regulations as may be provided by law relative to the manner of applying for pardons.
Seite 69 - Servants, all Actions of Debt grounded upon any Lending or Contract without Specialty...
Seite 225 - ... except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act; and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Seite 208 - When two steam vessels are meeting end on, or nearly end on, so as to involve risk of collision, each shall alter her course to starboard so that each may pass on the port side of the other.
Seite 72 - Sark, nor any islands adjacent to any of them (being part of the dominions of his Majesty), shall be deemed to be beyond seas within the meaning of this act.
Seite 320 - ... which he shall be chosen ; unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States, or of this state.
Seite 183 - no action shall be brought whereby to charge any executor or administrator upon any special promise to answer damages out of his own estate ; or whereby to charge the defendant upon any special promise to answer for the debt, default, or miscarriage of another person...