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Jus

instructions. Accordingly, the whole procedure was expressed by the two phrases Jus and Judicium; of which the former comprehended all that took place before the magistratus (in jure), and the latter all that took place before the

Heir

inheritance. It is nomen collectivum, and extends to all heirs; and under heirs, the heirs of heirs are comprehended in infinitum. A person who, under the laws of intestacy, is entitled to receive an intestate decedents property,

Education

process of developing and training the powers and capabilities of human beings. In its broadest sense the word comprehends not merely the instruction received at school, or college but the whole course of training moral, intellectual and

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Insurance

which the merchant and ship-owner are liable. There are two kinds of average--general and particular. (a) General average comprehends all loss arising out of a voluntary sacrifice of a part of either vessel or cargo, made by

Restitutio in integrum

when he confirmed the transaction after coming of age, and in other cases. The case of absentia, which comprehends not merely absence in the ordinary sense of the word, but absence owing to madness or imprisonment, and

Things

dominion or property, as distinguished from persons. They are distributed into three kinds: (1) things real or immovable, comprehending lands, tenements, and hereditaments; (2) things personal or movable comprehending goods and chattels; and (3) things mixed, partaking

mind boggling

intellectually or emotionally overwhelming straining ones capacity to comprehend or cope as a mind boggling display a mind boggling puzzle

Mining operations

and 'winning of minerals' The expression 'winning of mineral'in the definition of 'mining operations' is spacious enough to comprehend every activity by which the mineral is extracted or obtained from the earth irrespective of whether such activity

Ditone

The Greek major third which comprehend two major tones the modern major third contains one major and one minor whole tone

dyslectic

having impaired ability to comprehend written words a condition usually associated with a neurologic disorder

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