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The judgment of the court

The name of a code of sea-laws, said to have been compiled by order of the kings of Arragon (or, according to other authorities, at Pisa or Bar celona) in the fourteenth

It is clear or evident; it appears ; it is certain ; there is no doubt. Non constat, it does not appear. A certificate which the clerk of the pipe and auditors

A phrase used in the law to characterize an act not amounting to an actual appropriation of chattels, but which shows an intention to convert them to his use; as if a

In the civil law. Designedly ; intentionally. Dig. 28, 41

In parliamentary law. The “contents” are those who, in the house of lords, express assent to a bill; the “not” or “non contents” dissent. May, Pari. Law, cc. 12, 357.

It may be defined as a future interest not transmissible to the representatives of the party entitled thereto. in case he dies before it vests in possession. Thus, if a testator leaves

Against the peace. A phrase used in the Latin forms of indictments, and also of actions for trespass, to signify that the offense alleged was committed against the public peace, i. e.,

In Roman law. Contracts of good faith. Those contracts which, when brought into litigation, were not determined by the rules of the strict law alone, but allowed the judge to examine into

In French law. The offense of printing or causing to be printed a book, the copyright of which is held by another, without authority from him. Merl. Repert.

In medical jurisprudence. A bruise; an injury to any external part of the body by the impact of a fall or the blow of a blunt instrument, without laceration of the flesh,

This name is sometimes given to compacts or treaties with for eign countries as to the apprehension and extradition of fugitive offenders. See EXTBADITION

A naval force, under the command of an officer appointed by government, for the protection of merchant-ships and others, during the whole voyage, or such part of it as is known to

A merchant; a partner in merchandise.

Before the king himself. The old name of the court of king’s bench, which was originally held before the king in person. 3 Bl. Comm. 41

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell

The right to exist and do business as a corporation, the right or privilege granted by the state or government to the persons forming an aggregate private corporation, and their successors, to

A body of law. A term used to signify a book comprehending several collections of law. There are two principal collections to which this name is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and

In old records. A yard adjoining a country farm.

In Spanish law. Custom ; an unwritten law established by usage, during a long space of time. Las Partidas, pt. 1, tit 2, 1. 4.