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Bullfight
fight with a bull or bulls in an arena for public amusement still popular in Spain Portugal and Latin American In the Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after the bull has been weakened
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Habeas corpora juratorum
Habeas corpora juratorum, Law Latin (that you have the bodies of the jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common … a court at a stated time and place to decide the legality of his detention or imprison-ment, Webster American Dictionary, p. 856. Commands the Judge of the inferior court to produce the body of the defendant with
jury
jury pl: ju·ries [Anglo-French juree, from feminine past participle of Old French jurer to swear, from Latin jurare, from jur- jus law] : a body of individuals sworn to give a decision on some matter … special jury, trial jury, venire Amendment VI to the Constitution in the back matter NOTE: The jury of American and English law most likely originated in early Anglo-Norman property proceedings, where a body of 12 knights or
title
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 … good title to the item] ;esp : marketable title in this entry In·di·an title : title held by American Indians that consists of the right to occupy certain land with the permission of the United States government
interest
interest [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter- between, among + esse to be] 1
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