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Peace, Breach of the, a violation of that quiet, peace, and security which is guaranteed by the laws for the...

Ordinance, may be purely administrative in nature, establishing offices, prescribing duties, or setting salaries; it may have to do with...

Obligation, an act which binds a person to some performance; also a bond containing a penalty, with a condition annexed...

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Oath [fr. ath, Sax.], an appeal to God to witness the truth of a statement. It is called a corporal...

Non-obstante (notwithstanding), a licence from the Crown to do that which could not be lawfully done without it. Also, a...

Nihil aliud potest rex quam quod de jure potest [Lat.], the king can do nothing other than what he can...

New trial. If any defect of judgment happen from causes wholly extrinsic, i.e., arising from matters foreign to or dethors...

Monstraverunt, a writ which lay for tenants in ancient demesne who held lands by free charter, when they were distrained...

Negotiorum gestor, a person who spontaneously, and without the knowledge or consent of the owner, intermeddles with his property, as...

Mokurrari istimarari, the words 'makurrari istimarari' do not in their lexicographical sense primarily imply any heritage character in the grant...

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