CREDENTIALS
In international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the
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In international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the
Twilight In the law of burglary, this term means the presence of sufficient light to discern the face of a man : such light as exists immediately before the rising of the
The crime of burning, which included not only the modem crime of arson, but also the burning of a man, a beast, or other chattel. Britt. c. 0: Crabb, Eng. Law, 308.
In old Scotch law. A weregild. A composition, satisfaction, or assythnient for the slaughter of a man.
The demesne lands of the crown.
An auctioneer. Carr v. Gooch, 1 Wash. (Va.) 337, (262.) One who calls out aloud; one who publishes or proclaims. See CRIER.
Whose right it is to institute, his right it Is to abrogate. Broom, Max. 878, note.
A field on which a crop of wheat is growing is a cultivated field, although not a stroke of labor may have been done in it since the seed was put in
An abbreviation for chief justice; also for circuit judge.
In French law. An official statement of the quantity and value of realty made for purposes of taxation; same as cadastre, (q. v.)
In old French law. A punishment of sailors, resembling the modern “keelhauling.”
In the old canon law. An oath similar to the calumniw jusjurandum, (q. v.)
In Spanish law. A road or highway. Las Partidas, pt. 3, tit. 2, 1. 6.
A body of ecclesiastical jurisprudence which, in countries where the Roman Catholic church is established, is composed of maxims and rules drawn from patristic sources, ordinances and decrees of general councils, and
A species of cane magnum.
In old English law. Chief baron. Capitalis barn scaccurii domini rents, chid’ baron of the exchequer. Townsh. PI. 211.
In Roman law, A diminishing or abridgment of personality. Tills was a loss or curtailment of a man’s status or aggregate of legal attributes and qualifications, following upon certain changes in his
Prisoners of war. As in the goods of an enemy, so also in his person, a sort of qualified property may be acquired, by taking him a prisoner of war, at least
A gaol; a prison.
In mercantile law. The load or lading of a vessel; goods and merchandise put on board a ship to be carried to a certain port. The lading or freight of a ship;