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Med-sceat, a bribe; hush-money, Anc. Inst. Eng...
Ciric-Sceat
Ciric-Sceat [puniciti' seminum], churchscot, or shot, an ecclesiastical due, payable on the day of St. Martin, consisting chiefly of corn, Anc. Inst. Eng....
Sceat
Sceat, a small coin among the Saxons equal to four farthings....
Lucid Interval
Lucid Interval. By a lucid interval is understood, in a legal sense, a temporary cessation of the insanity or a perfect restoration to reason. It differs entirely from a remission, in which there is a mere abatement of the symptoms. See per Lord Thurlow in Attroney-General v. Parnther, (1792) 3 Bro. C. C. 442; also Ray's Med. Jur. of Insan.; Beck's Med. Jur.; and Browne's Med. Jur. of Insan....
Infanticide
Infanticide, means (1) The act of killing a newborn child, esp. by the parents or with their consent, in archaic usage, the word referred also to the killing of an unborn child. Also termed child destruction; neonaticide. (2) The practice of killing newborn children. (3) One who kills a newborn child, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 781.Infanticide, the killing of a child immediately after it is born. The felonious destruction of the feticide, or criminal abortion.In every case in which an infant is found dead, and its death becomes the subject of judicial investiga-tion, the great questions which present themselves for inquiry are:-(1) What is the age of the child?(2) Was the child born alive?(3) If born alive, how long had it lived?(4) If born alive, by what means did it die?If it be proved that its death was owing to violence, it is then to be ascertained who the murderer of it is. If suspicion fall upon the mother, it is to be determined--(1) Whether she has been delivered of ...
Scot and lot
Scot and lot [fr. sceat, Sax., part, and lot], a customary contribution laid upon all subjects according to their ability. Whoever were assessed to any contribution, though not by equal portions, were said to pay scot and lot....
incapacitate
incapacitate -tat·ed -tat·ing 1 : to make legally incapable or ineligible [mental illness alone will not a person from making a valid contract "Landmark Med. Ctr. v. Gauthier, 635 A.2d 1145 (1994)"] 2 : to deprive of capacity or natural power [an injury that s the employee] in·ca·pac·i·ta·tion [-pa-sə-tā-shən] n ...
Coca
The dried leaf of a South American shrub Erythroxylon Coca In med called Erythroxylon...
Cubeb
The small spicy berry of a species of pepper Piper Cubeba in Med Cubeba officinalis native in Java and Borneo but now cultivated in various tropical countries The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative...
Intrafusion
The act of pouring into a vessel specif Med the operation of introducing a substance into a blood vessel as intrafusion of blood...
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