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Being on the side next or toward the person speaking nearer correlate of thither and farther as on the hither side of a hill...
India
A country in Southern Asia the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India in a restricted sense Hither India or Hindostan...
Cisalpine
On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome that is on the south side of the Alps opposed to transalpine...
Cispadane
On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome that is on the south side...
Euripize
To whirl hither and thither...
Fluctuate
To move as a wave to roll hither and thither to wave to float backward and forward as on waves as a fluctuating field of air...
Fugle
To maneuver to move hither and thither...
Hitherward
Toward this place hither...
Surrender of fugitives
Surrender of fugitives. Penal laws of foreign countries are strictly local, and affect nothing more than they can reach and can be seized by virtue of their authority. A fugitive who passes hither comes with all his transitory rights. He may recover money held for his use, and stock, obligations, and the like; and cannot be affected in this country by proceedings against him in that which he has left, beyond the limits of which such proceedings do not extend. 'The lex loci must needs govern all criminal jurisdiction, from the nature of the thing and the purpose of the jurisdiction.', Warrender v. Warrender, (1834) 9 Bligh 119. See EXTRADITION...
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