Confinity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Affinis dicitur, cum due congnationes, inter se divise, per nuptias copulantur, et altera ad alterius fines accidit
bound by affinity when two families, divided from one another, are united by marriage, and each approaches the confines of the other.
Act of State
Act of State, means not all governmental acts as it does in the French and Continental Systems but only some of them. The term is next used to designate immunities and prohibitions sometimes created by statutes....
Advocate
who aids another in the conduct of a suit or action. The term is at the present day confined to persons professionally conducting cases in Court, i.e., Barristers and Solicitors (q.v.). In the English Ecclesiastical and Admiralty
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Affidavit
new Procedure is provided for by R. S. C., Ord. XXXVIII. A., r. 8 J. affidavits must be confined to such facts as the witness is able of his own knowledge to prove, except on interlocutory motions,
Affirmation
Affirmation, a solemn declaration without oath; the being allowed to make it was an indulgence at first confined to the people called Quakers, and Moravians (9 Geo. 4, c. 32, s. 1; 3 & 4 Wm.
Aggrieved person
of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (43 of 2005), s. 2(a)] The word aggrieved person, cannot be confined within the bounds of a right formula. Its scope and meaning depends on diverse facts and circumstances of
Alderman
with 'elder,' but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. The word is now confined to the class of municipal officers in a borough next in order to the mayor. The (English) Municipal
Ambassador
Ambassador [legatus, Lat.], a representative minister sent by one sovereign power to another, with authority conferred on him by letters of credence to treat on affairs of state, 4 Inst. 153. Ambassadors are either ordinary, who...
VerbarShama
A saxicoline singing bird Kittacincla macroura of India noted for the sweetness and power of its song In confinement it imitates the notes of other birds and various animals with accuracy Its head neck back breast and
Animals
cattle, but being the subject of larceny at Common Law, or being ordinarily kept in a state of confinement, or for any domestic purpose, is punishable by imprisonment and fine (Larceny Acts, 1861, s. 21 (unrepealed) and
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