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Deaths head
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VerbarMemento mori
to die ie that you must die a warning to be prepared for death an object as a deaths head or a personal ornament usually emblematic used as a reminder of death
cachalot
macrocephalus It has in the top of its head a large cavity containing an oily fluid which after death concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti See Sperm whale
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Proscription
The act of proscribing a dooming to death or exile outlawry specifically among the ancient Romans the public offer of a reward for the head of
Black cap
Black cap. The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing sentence of death is not an emblem of the sentence. It is part of the judicial full dress, and is worn
First fruits
First fruits, an incident to the old feudal tenures, being one year's profits of the land after the death of a tenant, which belonged to the king. Hence arose the claim of the head of the Church
Jus vitae necisgue
Jus vitae necisgue, means right of life and death'. The power help by the head of the house hold over persons under his paternal power and over
Quartering traitors
as prescribed by 54 Geo. 3, c. 146, s. 1, was that the head of the person after death by hanging should be severed from his body, and the body, divided into four quarters, should be disposed
King
King, the head and governor of a country. The King, under his present style or title, George VI., by the Grace … 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), by which the Crown 'of England, France and Ireland' was settled, after the death of William III. and Princess Anne without issue on the Electress Sophia of Hanover 'and the heirs of
title
which one possesses or owns particular property received (as by purchase, gift, or legacy) before or after the death of an ancestor [a successor by particular title does not continue the possession of his ancestor "A. N. … title [Anglo-French, inscription, legal right, from Old French, from Latin titulum inscription, chapter heading, part of the law that sanctions an action] 1 a : the means or right by which one
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