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heir
heir : one who inherits or is entitled to succeed to the possession of property after the death of its owner: as a : one who by operation of law inherits the property and esp. the...
Collateral
Collateral, indirect, sideways, that which hangs by the side; applied in several ways, thus:--collateral assurance, that which is made over and above the deed itself; collateral consanguinity or kindred, which descend from the same stock or...
Abortion
Abortion, a miscarriage, or the premature expulsion of the contents of the womb before the term of gestation is completed. By the (English) Offences against the Person Act, 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. C. 100), s....
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Accomplice
Accomplice [fr. complice, Fr., complex, Lat., bound up with one in a project, but always in a bad sense], one concerned with another or others in the commission of a crime, Hawk. P.C. 87. An accomplice...
Actual authority
Actual authority, means the authority that a principal intentionally confers on an agent, including the authority that the agent reasonably believes he or she has as a result of the agent's dealings with the principal. Actual...
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea.
Actus non facit reum, nisi mens sit rea. 3 Inst. 307; Co. Litt. 247 b.--(An act does not make a man guilty, unless there be guilty intention.) This is one of the most important rules of...
Anticipation
Anticipation, doing or taking a thing before the appointed time. For anticipation of an invention see PATENTS. A married woman may be restrained by the terms of a will or settlement from aliening, by way of...
Bairns, part
Bairns, part, a third part of a deceased's free movables, debt deducted, if his wife survives, and a half if she does not, due to his children, Scots Law. See LEGITIM and REASONABLE PARTS.
Ballast
Ballast. Heavy matter, as water, sand, stone, or iron, carried in the bottom of a ship to increase its weight and prevent its being readily over-set, a vessel being said to be 'in ballast' when she...
Bottomry Bond, or Contract, also Bottomree, or Bummaree
Bottomry Bond, or Contract, also Bottomree, or Bummaree, a species of mortgage or hypothecation of a ship, by which her keel or bottom is pledged (partum pro toto) as a security for the repayment of a...
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