Confinity - Law Dictionary Search Results
Mooring
The act of confining a ship to a particular place by means of anchors or fastenings
A fortiori
A fortiori. [By so much stronger reason]. It is thus applied:-A private person, and a fortiori a peace officer (it being his special duty), who is present at the commission of a felony, is bound by...
Restriction
The act of restricting or state of being restricted confinement within limits or bounds
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Snow bound
Enveloped in or confined by snow
Shoelace
the upper parts of a shoe together Commercial shoelaces usually come in different lengths and have each end confined in a narrow plastic tube for convenience in inserting the cords through the holes in a shoe upper
Sheepfold
A fold or pen for sheep a place where sheep are collected or confined
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
Sergeant
Formerly in England an officer nearly answering to the more modern bailiff of the hundred also an officer whose duty was to attend on the king and on the lord high steward in court to arrest...
Sembling
The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage
Scaphism
An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians by confining the victim in a trough with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like and exposed
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