Law Lexicon, Or Dictionary of Jurisprudence: Explaining the Technical Words and Phrases Employed in the Several Departments of English Law : Including the Various Legal Terms Used in Commercial Transactions : Together with an Explanatory as Well as Literal Translation of the Latin Maxims Contained in the Writings of the Ancient and Modern Commentators |
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... Civil Law ( Geldart ) . [ Cord on the Legal and Equitable Rights of Hallam's Constitutional History . LIST OF BOOKS CONSULTED . Maddock's Principles and Practice in. xiv Chitty on Pleading . Chitty's Prerogative of the Crown . Chitty's ...
... Civil Law ( Geldart ) . [ Cord on the Legal and Equitable Rights of Hallam's Constitutional History . LIST OF BOOKS CONSULTED . Maddock's Principles and Practice in. xiv Chitty on Pleading . Chitty's Prerogative of the Crown . Chitty's ...
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... Civil Law , 191 ; Juv . Sat. xiii . 3 . A. 1. An expression signifying a first class vessel excellently built . - Shipping term . AB ( fr . Abba , Syr . , Father ) . The eleventh month of the Jewish civil year , and the fifth of the ...
... Civil Law , 191 ; Juv . Sat. xiii . 3 . A. 1. An expression signifying a first class vessel excellently built . - Shipping term . AB ( fr . Abba , Syr . , Father ) . The eleventh month of the Jewish civil year , and the fifth of the ...
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... Civil Law . AB INITIO ( Lat . ) ( from the beginning ) . ABOVE , higher in place ; the superior court . heinous crime of manslaughter or chance medley . It was declared a capital offence , without fine or commutation , by the laws of ...
... Civil Law . AB INITIO ( Lat . ) ( from the beginning ) . ABOVE , higher in place ; the superior court . heinous crime of manslaughter or chance medley . It was declared a capital offence , without fine or commutation , by the laws of ...
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... civil ; criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions and perhaps actions penal , to recover some penalty under statute , are properly criminal actions . Actions civil are divided into three classes : ( 1. ) real , which ...
... civil ; criminal actions are more properly called prosecutions and perhaps actions penal , to recover some penalty under statute , are properly criminal actions . Actions civil are divided into three classes : ( 1. ) real , which ...
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... civil courts or causes . Actor domi- nicus was often used for the lord's bailiff or at- torney . Actor ecclesiae was sometimes the fo- rensic term for the advocate or pleading patron of a church . Actor villa was the steward or head ...
... civil courts or causes . Actor domi- nicus was often used for the lord's bailiff or at- torney . Actor ecclesiae was sometimes the fo- rensic term for the advocate or pleading patron of a church . Actor villa was the steward or head ...
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