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Intoxicating liquor

Intoxicating liquor, the word 'intoxicating liquor' is not confined to potable liquor alone but would include all liquor which contain...

Solicitor, an officer of the Supreme Court of Judicature, who, and who only, is entitled to 'sue out any writ...

Notice of dishonour. The 49th section of the Bills of Exchange Act,1882, contains fifteen rules as to notice of dishonour,...

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Common, a profit which a man has in the land of another; it derives its name from the community of...

Defence [fr. defensio, Lat.], popularly a justification, protection, or guard; in law, a denial by the defendant of the truth...

Discontinuance, an interruption or breaking off. This happened when he who had an estate-tail made a larger estate of the...

Distress [fr. distringo, Lat., to bind fast; districtio, Med. Lat., whence distraindre, Fr.], a taking, without legal process, of a...

Limitation of actions and prosecutions. By various statutes, of which the first was 21 Jac. 1, c. 16, the (English)...

Notary or Notary Public [fr. notaire, Fr., fr. notarius, Lat.], an officer who takes notes of anything which may concern...

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