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Non sequitur

Non sequitur (it does not follow).

Negligence

is caused by heedlessness or inadvertence, by with the negligent party is unaware of the results which may follow from his act negligence is thus a breach of duty or lack of proper care in doing something,

Melius [or Ssatius] est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos

Melius [or Ssatius] est petere fontes quam sectari rivulos.-(It is better to go to the fountainhead than to follow streamlets.) See COMPENDIA

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Meaning of words

Meaning of words, The rule is that when general words follow particular and specific words of the same nature, the general words must be confined to the things of

Marriage

brother's widow or a deceased wife's sister remained long in force in England, inspite of many attempts to follow the example of every state in Europe, the U.S.A., and most, if not all, the British colonies, in

Magna Carta

knight's fee than was due, all which has been abolished. The 11th chapter enacts that:-'Common Pleas shall not follow our Court, but shall be holden in some place certain.' See COMMON PLEAS; ROYAL COURTS. The 12th chapter

Knowledge

knowingly. Intention and knowledge commonly go together, for he who intends a result usually knows that it will follow, and he who knows the consequences of his act usually intends them. But there may be intention without

Regulars

Regulars, those who profess and follow a certain rule of life (regula), belonging to a religious order, and observe the three approved vows of

Grievous hurt

Grievous hurt, Grievous hurt.-- The following kinds of hurt only are designated as 'grievous': First.--Emasculation. Secondly.--Permanent privation of the sight of either eye. Thirdly.--Permanent

Ejusdem generis

1677 (29 Car. 2, c. 7), enacts that no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, 'or other person whatsoever,' shall follow his ordinary calling on Sunday; here [see Sandiman v. Breach, (1827) 7 B&C 96] the word 'person' is

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