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Acceptance of bill of exchange

or 'receiving'. Acceptance of a bill of exchange is the signification by the drawee of his assent to the order of

Caledonia

Caledonia, the northern part of Britannia. For the precise signification of the term consult, Smith's Dict. of Greek and Roman

Cattle fair

be deemed to have used the expression in its ordinary signification, as meaning, a periodical concourse of buyers and sellers in

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Commission del credere

credere is borrowed from the Italian language, in which its signification is equivalent to our word guarantee or warranty, Story's Agency,

Crop

cropping, see AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ACT. It connotes in its larger signification, products of the soil that are grown and raised yearly

Damages

is neither vague nor over-wide. It has more than one signification but the precise import in a given context is not

Emperor

the Empire founded by Augustus, and this is the proper signification of the term. But in modern times the title 'Emperor'

Prosopopoeligia

present It includes personification but is more extensive in its signification

In ambigua voce legis ea potius accipienda est significatio qua vitio caret, prasertim cum etiam voluntas legis ex hoc colligi possit

In ambigua voce legis ea potius accipienda est significatio qua vitio caret, prasertim cum etiam voluntas legis ex hoc

Liability

p. 112. The term 'liability' is of large and comprehensive signification, and when construed in its usual and ordinary sense, it

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