ACTNS NON FACIT REUM, NISI MENS SIT REA
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
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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
To render an account. St. Westm. 2, c. 11.
TO the thread of the water; to the central line, or middle of the stream. Usque ad fllurn aquas, as far as the thread of the stream. Bract, fol. 20S6; 235a. A
To joining in aid; to join in aid. See AID PRAYER.
Relative words refer to the nearest antecedent, unless it be prevented by the context. Jenk. Cent. U 180.
For a term which has passed. Words in the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law to recover, on behalf of a landlord, possession of premises, from a
This term embraces the idea of joining or uniting one thing to another, so as thereby to form one aggregate. Thus, “additional security” imports a security, which, united with or joined to
In Scotch law. The name of a form of action by which the mutual obligation of marriage may be enforced by either party. Bell. It corresponds to the English action for the
In Canadian law. A purchaser at a sheriff’s sale. See 1 Low. Can. 241; 10 Low. Can. 325.
Auxiliary to. “The murder would be adminicular to the rob bery,” (i. e., committed to accomplish It) The Marianna Flora, 3 Mason, 121, Fed. Cas. No. 9080.
This abbreviation will be Judicially presumed to mean “administrator.” Moseley v. Mastin, 37 Ala. 210, 221.
Lat In the civil law. Ascendants. Dig. 23, 2, 68; Cod. 5, 6, 6.
In old pleading. An advantage. Co. Ent. 4S4; Townsli. PI. 50.
Counselling, suggesting, or advising, but not imperative. A verdict on an issue out of chancery is advisory. Watt v. Starke, 101 U. S. 252, 25 L. Ed. S26.
Where the patron has the right to put his clerk in possession by his mere gift, or deed of donation, without any presentation to the bishop, or institution by him. 2 Bl.
A swearing of the oath of fidelity or of fealty to one’s lord, under whose protection the quasi-vassal has voluntarily come. Brown.
In the civil law. Affixed, fixed, or fastened to.
This term as used in a bill payable so many days after sight, means after legal sight: that is, after legal presentment for acceptance. ‘Hie mere fact of having seen the bill
Lat. In the civil law. A field ; land generally. A portion of land inclosed by definite boundaries. Municipality No. 2 v. Orleans Cotton Press. 18 La. 107, 36 Am. Dec. 624.
In the civil law. Relationship on the father’s side; agnation. Agnatio a patrc est. Inst 3, 5, 4; Id. 3, 6, 6.
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