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In marine insurance. The arrival of a vessel means an arrival for pur- ]>oses of business, requiring an entry aud clearance and stay at the port so long as to require some

A committee of the Scottish parliament, which, in the mode of its election, and by the nature of its powers, was calculated to increase the influence of the crown, and to confer

Also called “legal presumptions;” those which derive their force and effect from the law, rather than their natural tendency to produce belief. 3 Starkie, Ev. 1235. Gulick v. I/Oder. 13 N. J.

In European law. Assurance; insurance of a vessel, freight, or cargo. Ferriere.

An ancient writ addressed to the justices of assise for the continuation of a cause, when certain facts put in issue could not have been proved in time by the party alleging

An arraignment, (

That extinction of civil rights and capacities which takes place whenever a person who has committed treason or felony receives sentence of death for his crime. 1 Steph. Comm. 408; 1 Bish.

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In old English law. A hall, or court; the court of a baron, or manor; a court baron. Spelman.

Genuine; true; having the character and authority of an original; duly vested with all necessary formalities and legally attested; competent, credible, and reliable as evidence. Downing v. Brown, 3 Colo. 590.

In old English law. A precept or order of court citing and convening a party, at the suit and request of another, to warrant something.

In feudal law. A duty required from some customary tenants, to carry goods in a wagon or upon loaded horses.

In English law. An adulterer with whom a married woman continues in adultery. Termes de la Ley.

The judgment or decree of a court having jurisdiction, that a person against whom a petition in bankruptcy has been filed, or who has filed his voluntary petition, be ordered and adjudged

A statute touching orders to be observed in the king’s forests. Manwood, 35.

An action by a lender against a borrower, the principal object of which is to obtain a restitution of the thing lent. Poth. Pret a Usage, nn. 05, 68.

A real action. The proper term in the civil law was rci vindieatio. Inst. 4, 0. 3.

L. Lat. (From actio, an action.) In old records. To bring an action ; to prosecute, or sue. Thorn’s Chron.; Whis- haw.

Real; substantial; existing presently in act having a valid objective existence as opposed to that which is merely theoretical or possible. Something real, in opposition to constructive or speculative; something existing in

An act does not make [the doer of it] guilty, unless the mind be guilty; that is, unless the intention be criminal. 3 Inst. 107. The intent and the act must both