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In Spanish law. Money. Dincro contado, money counted. White, NewRecop. b. 2. tit. 13, c. 1,

1. The act of governing; management; superintendence. Also the bodyof persons (called “directors”) who are charged with the management and administrationof a corporation or institution.2. The charge or instruction given by the

To repudiate the unauthorized acts of an agent; to deny the authority bywhich he assumed to act.

Not married; not subject to the disabilities of a coverture. It applies equally to a maid and a widow.

To set at liberty, to free from prison.

A term of loose and indefinite meaning (except as occasionally defined in statutes), but signifying generally any behavior that is contrary to law, and more particularly such as tends to disturb the

Lat To dispose of, grant or convey. Disponet, he grants or alienates. Jusdisponendi, the right of disposition, i. e., of transferring the title to property.

The anatomical examination of a dead body by cutting into pieces orexscinding one or more parts or organs. Wehle v. Accident Ass’n. 11 Misc. Rep. 36, 31N. Y. Supp. 865; Sudduth v.

To point out an essential difference; to prove a case cited as applicable, inapplicable.

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If a bishop refuse or neglect to examine or admit a patron’s clerk,without reason assigned or notice given, he is styled a “disturber” by the law, and shaUnot have any title to

Divine service was the name of a feudal tenure, by which thetenants were obliged to do some special divine services in certain; as to sing so manymasses, to distribute such a sum

In medical jurisprudence. The hydrostatic test used chieflyin cases of alleged infanticide to determine whether the child was born alive or dead,which consists in immersion of the foetal lungs in water. If

The Latin of illiterate persons; Latin words put together on the English grammatical system.

Incapable of criminal intention or malice; not of the age of discretion; not possessed of sufficient discretion and intelligence to distinguish between right and wrong to the extent of being criminally responsible

Lat. Domicile, (q. v.)

In the civil law. Equitable or pnetorian ownership; that which was founded on equity. Mackeld.Rom. Law,

A gift on account of marriage. In Romanlaw, the bridegroom’s gift to the bride in antipication of marriage and to secure her doswas called “donatio ante nuptias;” but by an ordinance of

Lat. The back. In dorso recordi, on the back of the record. 5 Coke, 446.

In Scotch law. A bond with a penalty, as distinguished from a single bond. 2 Ivames, Eq. 359.