The Law Glossary: Being a Selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French, Norman, and Italian Sentences, Phrases, and Maxims, Found in the Leading English and American Reports and Elementary Works: With Historical and Explanatory Notes |
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... frequently becomes disgusted with his labors , by finding innumerable uncouth and many abbreviated passages from the bar- barous Latin and Norman - French of the Middle Ages , so constantly interspersed through our valuable Law ...
... frequently becomes disgusted with his labors , by finding innumerable uncouth and many abbreviated passages from the bar- barous Latin and Norman - French of the Middle Ages , so constantly interspersed through our valuable Law ...
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... frequently occur , wherein the language is very ungrammatical ; but it was thought proper , for the reason above alluded to , to give such translations as the cases afforded , rather than to omit them altogether . On perusing some of ...
... frequently occur , wherein the language is very ungrammatical ; but it was thought proper , for the reason above alluded to , to give such translations as the cases afforded , rather than to omit them altogether . On perusing some of ...
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... frequently the excuse made use of by hardened offenders who en- deavor to prove they were in different places from those where crimes had been committed ; and though this is a defence too common , yet prejudice should not prevent our ...
... frequently the excuse made use of by hardened offenders who en- deavor to prove they were in different places from those where crimes had been committed ; and though this is a defence too common , yet prejudice should not prevent our ...
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... ATAVUS . -The male ancestor in the fifth degree . A TEMPORE cujus.- " From the time of which . " Where these words appear , they frequently intimate " from the time of which the memory of man is not 36 LAW GLOSSARY .
... ATAVUS . -The male ancestor in the fifth degree . A TEMPORE cujus.- " From the time of which . " Where these words appear , they frequently intimate " from the time of which the memory of man is not 36 LAW GLOSSARY .
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... frequently found in the English law books . It means a tenure , whereby all the manors belonging to the crown in the days of Saint Edward and William the Conqueror were held . The number and names of all the manors were , after the ...
... frequently found in the English law books . It means a tenure , whereby all the manors belonging to the crown in the days of Saint Edward and William the Conqueror were held . The number and names of all the manors were , after the ...
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The Law Glossary, 1856: Being a Selection of the Greek, Latin, Saxon, French ... Thomas Tayler No preview available - 2015 |
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action afterwards ancient appears autem Barons called Canon Law causa cause Centumviri church civil Comitia Comitia Tributa common law court crime curia custom debet Decemviri deed defendant domini dower Du Cange England English English law enim feudal formerly fuit Gavelkind granted hæc hæredes hæredibus heirs held IDEO injury inter judge judgment Judices judicium jure juris justice King King's Knights land legem leges lord manner manu marriage matter modo nihil nisi oath offence omnes Pandects parties person plaintiff plea Plin possession potest Prætor propter punishment quæ quam quia quis quod regis Roman law Saxon secundum Senate sheriff sine slaves sometimes statute Suet sunt suum tenant tenure terræ things tion trial tunc Twelve Tables vassals Vide Cic Vide Liv Vide note Vide Plin witnesses word writ
Popular passages
Page 181 - And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron ; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant.
Page 218 - ... habet aliquid ex iniquo omne magnum exemplum, quod contra singulos utilitate publica rependitur.
Page 82 - Cuicunque aliquis quid concedit, concedere videtur et id sine quo res ipsa esse non potuit, it must be taken that power is given to cause that vibration without liability to an action.
Page 140 - ... for his homage and service, to have and to hold to him and his heirs, of me and my heirs...
Page 363 - Let them come then, (he entreats) oh ! reverend father, without delay : let my woods reecho with the music of their cry, and the cheerful notes of the horn ; and let the walls of my palace be decorated with the trophies of the chase.
Page 251 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Page 440 - Do and ordain whatsoever thou wilt, thy will is law; as it is written, " Quicquid principi placuit legis habet vigorem, cum populus ei et in eum omne suum imperium et potestatem concesserit...
Page 123 - ... gentium statim illius esse incipiunt : quod enim ante nullius est, id naturali ratione occupanti conceditur. nee interest, feras bestias et volucres utrum in suo fundo quisque capiat, an in alieno : plane qui in alienum fundum ingreditur venandi aut aucupandi gratia, potest a domino, si is providerit, prohiberi ne ingrediatur.
Page 452 - ... resort to his standard with a number of men in proportion to the extent of the territory which they received, and to bear arms in his defence. His chief officers imitated the example of the sovereign, and, in distributing portions of their lands among their dependents, annexed the same condition to the grant.
Page 519 - Even so late as the year 1471, when Louis XI borrowed the works- of Rasis, the Arabian physician, from the faculty of medicine in Paris, he not only deposited in pledge a considerable quantity of plate, but was obliged to procure a nobleman to join with him as surety in a deed, binding himself under a great forfeiture to restore it.