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A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889

A Dictionary of Law

1, v; It appears: literally, it^is established, certain, made manifest. Compare Constate. ' Spies V. People, ib.

237-^9; State v. Winner, 17 Kan. 293(1876); 1 Greenl. Ev. § 111; Eoscoe, Cr. Ev. 414-13. " Buffalo Lubricating OU Co. v. Everest, 30 Hun, 588 (188.3), cases.

3 Francis v. Flinn, 118 U. S. 385 (1886). *F. conestable; L. comes stabuU, count ot the stable.

Non constat

It does not appear; it does not follow: it is not certain. Non constitit: it did not appear. " Before judgment, non constat^ the accused may be innocent." i " Non constat by the record, who gave notice." * "Whether the title was to come from him, and when, and on what conditions, non constat.^^ * " Non constituit whether a felony was committed till the principal was attainted." *, 2, n. A certificate of what appears upon record as to a matter in question. Thus, an exemplification of the enrollment of letters-patent under the great seal was called a, " constat." " There may be a possession of a vessel under a claim of title " with a constat of property." ®