MANSION
A dwelling-house or place of residence, including its appurtenant out- buildings. Thompson v. People, 3 Parker, Cr. R. (N. Y.) 214 ; Comm. v. Pennock, 3 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 199; Armour
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KING
The sovereign, ruler, or chief executive magistrate of a state or nation whose constitution is of the kind called “monarchical” is thus named if a man; if it be a woman, she
INSPECTION
The examination or testing of food, fluids, or other articles made subject by law to such examination, to ascertain their fitness for use or commerce. People v. Compagnie Generale Transatlan- tique (C.
LOQUELA
Lat. A colloquy; talk. In old English law, this term denoted the oral altercations of the parties to a suit, which led to the issue, now called the “pleadings.” It also designated
OBTAIN
To acquire; to get hold of by effort; to get and retain possession of; as. in the offense of “obtaining” money or property by false pretenses. See Com. v. Schmunk, 207 Pa.
LEGES
Lat. Laws. At Rome, the leges (the decrees of the people in a strict sense) were laws which were proposed by a magistrate presiding in the senate, and adopted by the Roman
MANU FORTI
Lat. With strong hand: A term used in old writs of trespass. Munu forti el cum multitudine gentium, with strong hand and multitude of people. Reg. Orig. 1S3.
PENALTY
1. The sum of money which the obligor of a bond undertakes to pay by way of penalty, in the event of his omitting to perform or carry out the terms imposed
PLEBEIAN
One who Is classed among the common people, as distinguished from the nobles.
PLEBEITY, or PLEBITY
The common or meaner sort of people; the plebeians
METES AND BOUNDS
In conveyancing. The boundary lines of lands, with their terminating points or angles. People v. Guthrie, 40 111. App. 128; Rollins v. Mooers, 25 Me. 190.
PLEBISCITE
In modern constitutional law. the name “plebiscite” has been given to a vote of the entire people, (that is, the aggregate of tho enfranchised individuals composing a state or nation.) expressing their
OCCUPANCY
Occupancy is a mode of acquiring property by which a thing which belongs to nobody becomes the property of the person who took possession of it, with the intention of acquiring a
MANUFACTURER
One who is engaged in the business of working raw materials into wares suitable for use. People v. New Y’ork Floating Dry Dock Co., 63 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 453.
MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
A corporation engaged in the production of some article, thing, or object, by skill or labor, out of raw material, or from matter which has already been subjected to artificial forces, or
MULTITUDE
An assemblage of rnanj people. According to Coke it is not a word of very precise meaning; for some authorities hold that there must be at least ten persons to make a
JUDGMENT
The official and authentic decision of a court of justice upon the re- spective rights and claims of the parties to an action or suit therein litigated and sub- mitted to its
LEOD
People; a people; a nation. Spelman
MURDER
The crime committed where a person of sound mind and discretion (that is, of sufficient age to form and execute a criminal design and not legally “insane”) kills any human creature in
OFFENSE
A crime or misdemeanor; a breach of the criminal laws. Moore v. Illinois, 14 How. 13, 14 L. Ed. 306; lilies v. Knight, 3 Tex. 312; People v. French. 102 N. Y.
