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executrix
executrix pl: ex·ec·u·tri·ces [-ze-kyə-trī-sēz] or: ex·ec·u·trix·es [-ze-kyə-trik-səz] : a woman who is an executor
expatriate
expatriate -at·ed -at·ing vt : to voluntarily withdraw (oneself) from allegiance to one's native country vi : to renounce allegiance to one's country and abandon one's nationality voluntarily ex·pa·tri·ate [-trē-ət] n ex·pa·tri·a·tion [ek-spā-trē-ā-shən] n
sever
sever sev·ered sev·er·ing 1 : to end (a joint tenancy) by ending one or all of the unities of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant's interest to another party) 2 : to...
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tutrix
tutrix pl: tu·tri·ces [tü-trī-sēz, tyü-; tü-trə-sēz, tyü-] or: tu·trix·es [-trik-səz] : a female tutor
Half-tongue
Half-tongue, a jury de meditate lingu', formerly empanelled to try foreigners. An alien is now tribal in the same manner as if he were a natural-born British subject. [see British Nationality and Status of Aliens Act,...
High Steward, Court of the Lord
High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any other offence. The office of Lord...
Prefer
Prefer, means to bring before; to prosecute; to try; to proceed with. Thus, preferring an indictment signifies prosecuting or trying an indictment, Black's Law Dictionary. Prefer, to apply, to move for; as 'to prefer for costs'...
Replevin
Replevin, a personal action to recover possession in specie of goods unlawfully taken (generally, but not exclusively, applicable to the taking of goods distrained for rent), by contesting the validity of the seizure, whereas, if the...
Sea
Sea. See FOUR SEAS. The main or high seas are part of the realm of England, for thereon the Courts of Admiralty have jurisdiction, but they are not subject to the Common Law. The main sea...
Not proven
to be given in criminal trials in Scotland. A prisoner in whose case it is pronounced cannot be tried again.
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