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Sling

An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other The...

Soda water

originally a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate to which an acid such as phosphoric acid has been added to generate carbon dioxide and thus cause effervescence the term now is also used...

Abeyance, or Abbayance

Abeyance, or Abbayance [fr. abayer, Fr., to expect, to look at anything with open mouth], in expectation, remembrance, and contemplation of law. The word abeyance has been compared to what the civilians call hereditas jacens; for,...

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Accord

Accord. An amicable arrangement between parties especially between people or nation; compact or treaty, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Accord and Satisfaction [fr. accorder, Fr., to agree], an agreement between two persons, one of whom has...

Accumulation

Accumulation, a gathering together, heaping up, or amassing. The dominion over property, and its rents, issues, and profits, is restrained by our law as regards perpetuity and accumulation. See PERPETUITY. The prospective accumulation of income of...

Actions rescissory

Actions rescissory are either (1) actions of proper improbation for declaring a writing false or forged; (2) actions of reduction-improbation, for the production of a writing in order to have it set aside or its effect...

Adjournment

Adjournment [fr. jour, Fr., a day], a putting off to another time or place, a continuation of a meeting from one day to another. An adjourned meeting is in ordinary cases a mere continuation of the...

Adjournment of the House

Adjournment of the House, means suspension (proceeding) for the day; to put off until a future day. Webster's Law Dictionary, p. 18.

Adoption

Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany,...

Adverse possession

Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to extinguish that person's title, see (English) Real...

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Sling

An instrument for throwing stones or other missiles consisting of a short strap with two strings fastened to its ends or with a string fastened to one end and a light stick to the other The...

Soda water

originally a beverage consisting of a weak solution of sodium bicarbonate to which an acid such as phosphoric acid has been added to generate carbon dioxide and thus cause effervescence the term now is also used...

Abeyance, or Abbayance

Abeyance, or Abbayance [fr. abayer, Fr., to expect, to look at anything with open mouth], in expectation, remembrance, and contemplation of law. The word abeyance has been compared to what the civilians call hereditas jacens; for,...

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Accord

Accord. An amicable arrangement between parties especially between people or nation; compact or treaty, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn. Accord and Satisfaction [fr. accorder, Fr., to agree], an agreement between two persons, one of whom has...

Accumulation

Accumulation, a gathering together, heaping up, or amassing. The dominion over property, and its rents, issues, and profits, is restrained by our law as regards perpetuity and accumulation. See PERPETUITY. The prospective accumulation of income of...

Actions rescissory

Actions rescissory are either (1) actions of proper improbation for declaring a writing false or forged; (2) actions of reduction-improbation, for the production of a writing in order to have it set aside or its effect...

Adjournment

Adjournment [fr. jour, Fr., a day], a putting off to another time or place, a continuation of a meeting from one day to another. An adjourned meeting is in ordinary cases a mere continuation of the...

Adjournment of the House

Adjournment of the House, means suspension (proceeding) for the day; to put off until a future day. Webster's Law Dictionary, p. 18.

Adoption

Adoption, an act by which a person adopts as his own the child of another. Until recently there was no law of adoption in this country though it exists in other countries, as France and Germany,...

Adverse possession

Adverse possession is that form of possession or occupancy of land which is inconsistent with the title of any person to whom the land rightfully belongs and tends to extinguish that person's title, see (English) Real...

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