Lat. Choice of the person. By this term is understood theright of a partner to exercise his choice and preference as to the admission of any newmembers to the firm, and as

A delegated power cannot be delegated.

A person who is delegated or commissioned to act in the stead of another; a person to whom affairs are committed by another; an attorney.A person elected or appointed to be a

the high conrt of. In English law. Formerly the court of appeal from theecclesiastical and admiralty courts. Abolished upon the judicial committee of the privycouncil being constituted the court of appeal in

A sending away; a putting into commission; the assignment of a debtto another: the intrusting another with a general power to act for the good of thosewho depute him. At common law.

In French marine law. A discharging of ballast (Inst) from a vessel.

In Scotch law. To erase; to strike out.

A quarry or mine. 31 Eliz. c. 7.

That which is to be resolved once for all should be long deliberated upon.

To weigh, ponder, discuss. To examiue, to consult, in order to form an opinion.

The act or process of deliberating. The act of weighing and examiningthe reasons for and against a contemplated act or course of conduct or achoice of acts or means. See DELIBERATE.

A luxurious debtor Is odious in law. 2 Bulst. 148. Imprisonment for debt has now, however, been generally abolished.

In the Roman and civil law. A wrong or Injury: an offense; a violation of public or private duty. It will be observed that this word, taken in its most general sense,

Lat. A delict, tort, wrong, injury, or offense. Actions ex dclicto are suchas are founded on a tort, as distinguished from actions on contract.Culpability, blameworthiness, or legal delinquency. The word occurs iu

To mark or lay out the limits or boundary line of a territory or country.

The act of lixilig, marking off, or describing the limits or boundary line of a territory or country.

A delinquent provoked by auger ought to be punished more mildly.

n. In the civil law. He who has beeu guilty of some crime, offense, or failure of duty.

In medical jurisprudence. Delirium is that state of the mind in which it acts without being directed by the power of volition, which is wholly or partially suspended.This happens most perfectly in

In medical jurisprudence. A form of mental aberration incident to fevers, and sometimes to the last stages of chronic diseases.