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In game and fish laws, this term means the season of the year in which the taking of particular game or fish is prohibited, or in which all hunting or fishing is
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In game and fish laws, this term means the season of the year in which the taking of particular game or fish is prohibited, or in which all hunting or fishing is
A term applied to vessels plying exclusively between domestic ports, and usually to those engaged in domestic trade, as distinguished from vessels engaged in foreign trade and plying between a port of
A collection of imperial constitutions made by Gregorius. a Roman jurist of the fifth century, about the middle of the century. It contained the constitutions from Hadrian down to Constantine. Mac- keld.
Lat. In the civil law. A relation by the mother’s side; a cognate. A relation, or kinsman, generally
The process or the function of coining metallic money; also the great mass of metallic money in circulation. Meyer v. Roosevelt, 25 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 105; U. S. v. Otey (C.
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A hood or covering for the shoulders, formerly worn by serjeants at law.
An animal of the horse species, whether male or female, not more than four years old. Mallory v. Berry, 16 Kan. 295; Pullen v. State, 11 Tex. App. 91.
Counts or earls. Attendants or followers. Persons composing the retinue of a high functionary. Persons who are attached to the suite of a public minister.
In the civil law. Commendation, praise, or recommendation, as in the maxim “simplex commeudatio non obligat,” meaning that mere recommendation or praise of au article by the seller of it does not
In old French law. Forfeiture; the forfeiture of a fief; the penalty attached to the ingratitude of a vassal. Guyot, Inst. Feod. c. 12
Caused by or consisting in acts of commission, as distinguished from neglect, sufferance, or toleration; as in the phrase “commissive waste,” which is contrasted with “permissive waste.” See WASTE
A liberty of taking necessary wood for the use or furniture of a house or farm from off another’s estate. in common with the owner or with others. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.
A lawyer learned in the common law. Common opinion is good authority in law. Co. Litt. 186a; Bank of Utica v. Mersereau. 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 528, 577, 49 Am. Dec.
In old English law. A common plea or civil action, such as an action of debt
A society of people living in the same place, under the same laws and regulations, and who have common rights and privileges. In re Huss, 120 N. Y. 537, 27 N. E.
4 Kent, Comm. 403. When that which I do is of no effect as 1 do it, it shall have as much effect as it can; i.e., in some other way.
Surveyors of the highways.