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contract
in which both parties have promised to perform compare unilateral contract in this entry commutative contract in the civil law of Louisiana : a contract in which the obligations of the parties to perform are equal to
assault
with the intent to commit another specified crime [assault with intent to rob] [assault with intent to kill] civil assault : an assault considered as a tort rather than as a crime compare criminal assault in this
deposit
security [may the property with the court] ;esp : to put in a bank account 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : to place (movable property) under a deposit [the depository can not make use of
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Arrest
a person charged or suspected of a crime may be forthcoming to answer it. Arrests are either in civil or (see APPREHENSION) criminal cases; civil arrests must be affected, in order to be legal, by virtue of
Judgment
It means the statement given by the Judge on the grounds of a decree or order. [Code of Civil Procedure, 1908, s. 2 (9)] That by the word 'judgment' is meant an order in a trial terminating
Costs
which give justices power to order the unsuccessful party to pay the costs of his opponent in both civil and criminal mattes within these Acts. As to taxation of costs, see TAXATION. As to charging order for
Privy purse
Das Basu, Vol. 4, p. 369. Privy purse, the income set apart for the sovereign's personal use. See CIVIL LIST. The periodical payment of money by the Govern-ment to a Ruler of a former Indian State as
prescription
title by ] see also easement by prescription at easement compare adverse possession at possession 2 in the civil law of Louisiana a : the running of a period of time set by law after which a
mortgage
personal or movable property (as an airplane) compare pledge security interest 2 at interest collateral mortgage in the civil law of Louisiana : a mortgage against movable or immovable property that is given to secure a written
Actio personalis moritur cum persona.
Edw. 3, c. 7, as to trespass to goods (no limit of time by that statute), and the Civil Procedure Act, 1833, s. 2, as to trespass to land within 6 months before death (action to be
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