THROAT
In medical Jurisprudence. The front or anterior part of the neck. Where one was indicted for murder by “cutting the throat” of the deceased, it was held that the word “throat” was
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In medical Jurisprudence. The front or anterior part of the neck. Where one was indicted for murder by “cutting the throat” of the deceased, it was held that the word “throat” was
This word is sometimes equivalent to “over;” as in a statute in reference to laying out a road “through” certain grounds. Ilyde Park v. Oakwoods Cemetery Ass’n, 119 111. 147, 7 N.
To ignore, (a bill of indictment.)
Within the meaning of a criminal statute, “thrusting” is not necessarily an attack with a pointed weapon; It means pushing or driving with force, whether the point of the weapon be sharp
A Saxon coin worth four- pence. Du Fresne.
A woodward, or person that looks after a wood.
One of the “barbarian codes,” as they are termed; supposed by Montesquieu to have been given by Theod- oric, king of Austrasia, to the Thuringians, who were his subjects. Esprit des Lois,
In old English law. The custom of giving entertainments to a sheriff, etc., for three nights.
A colloquial expression for credit or trust; credit given for goods purchased.
In contracts. A slip of paper containing a certificate that the person to whom it is issued, or the holder, is entitled to 6ome right or privilege therein mentioned or described; such,
lottery tickets, etc. See Allaire v. Howell Works Co., 14 N. J. Law, 24. In election law. A ticket is a paper upon which is written or printed the names of the
In order that a river may be “tidal” at a given spot, it may not be necessary that the water should be salt, but the spot must be one where the tide,
The ebb and flow of the sea. See Baird v. Campbell, 67 App. Div. 104, 73 N. Y. Supp. 617.
in English law, are certain officers of the custom-house, appointed to watch or attend upon ships till the customs are paid; and they are so called because they go aboard the ships
To bind. “The parson Is not tied to find the parish clerk.” 1 Leon. 94.
When, at an election, neither candidate receives a majority of the votes cast, but each has the same number, there is said to be a “tie.” So when the number of votes
Pr. Such. Nul tiel record, no such record.
Span. A time of inability; a time when the person is not able to pay his debts, (when, for instance, he may not alienate property to the prejudice of his creditors.) The
Fr. Third. Tierce mcin, third hand. Britt. c. 120.
A liquid measure, containing the third part of a pipe, or forty-two gallons. i
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