KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS
A series of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the “alien and sedi- tion laws,” declaring their illegality, announcing the strict constructionist
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A series of resolutions drawn up by Jefferson, and adopted by the legislature of Kentucky in 1799, protesting against the “alien and sedi- tion laws,” declaring their illegality, announcing the strict constructionist
Genus; generic class; description. See IN KIND.
In English law. An aucieut record remaining with the remembrancer of the exchequer, being an inquisition or survey of all the lands iu England, taken in the reign of Edward I. by
A title formerly given to the Lollards. Cowell.
In the civil law. A calendar; a book of accounts, memorandum- book, or debt-book; a book in which accounts were kept of moneys loaned out on interest. Dig. 32, 04. So called
The jagged end of a stick of wood made by the cutting. Pub. St. Mass. 1S82, p. 1292.
Relatives by blood. “Kindred of the whole blood, preferred to kindred of the half blood.” 4 Kent, Comm. 404, notes. See Butler v. Elytou Land Co., 84 Ala. 384, 4 South. 675;
In Scotch law. A church; the church; the established church of Scotland.
The Mohammedan book of faith. It contains both ecclesiastical and secular laws.