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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... ( Lord Tenterden ) Treatise of the Law | Bracton de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ . relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen . Adams's Treatise on the Principles and Prac- tice of the Action of Ejectment , and the re- sulting Action of ...
... ( Lord Tenterden ) Treatise of the Law | Bracton de Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliæ . relative to Merchant Ships and Seamen . Adams's Treatise on the Principles and Prac- tice of the Action of Ejectment , and the re- sulting Action of ...
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... lord .-- Encyc . Lond . ACCEDAS AD CURIAM ( Lat . ) . ( That you go to the court . ) An original writ to the sheriff ... Lord's Court , and there cause the plaint to be recorded , and so to return it to the court above , being one of the ...
... lord .-- Encyc . Lond . ACCEDAS AD CURIAM ( Lat . ) . ( That you go to the court . ) An original writ to the sheriff ... Lord's Court , and there cause the plaint to be recorded , and so to return it to the court above , being one of the ...
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... LORD , the principal public . prosecutor in Scotland . He is assisted by a Solicitor - General and four junior counsel , termed advocates depute . He is understood to have the power of appearing as prosecutor in any court in Scotland ...
... LORD , the principal public . prosecutor in Scotland . He is assisted by a Solicitor - General and four junior counsel , termed advocates depute . He is understood to have the power of appearing as prosecutor in any court in Scotland ...
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... lord's court . There were two sorts , one of the town or village , another of the lord of the manor . - Ken . Paroch . Antiq . 534 , 576 . AGIO ( aggio , Ital . , an exchange of money for a premium ) , a term used to express the differ ...
... lord's court . There were two sorts , one of the town or village , another of the lord of the manor . - Ken . Paroch . Antiq . 534 , 576 . AGIO ( aggio , Ital . , an exchange of money for a premium ) , a term used to express the differ ...
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... lord , in times of distress , but at length the lords treated them as a matter of right , and not of discretion . They were principally three : ( 1. ) To ransom the lord's person , if taken prisoner ; ( 2. ) To make the lord's eldest ...
... lord , in times of distress , but at length the lords treated them as a matter of right , and not of discretion . They were principally three : ( 1. ) To ransom the lord's person , if taken prisoner ; ( 2. ) To make the lord's eldest ...
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