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A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
One of severa neighbors of a person aceused of a crime, o1 charged as a defendant in a civil action, whe appeared and swore that they believed him on his oath, 3 BJ. Comm. 341. account or estimation of time by rule of law, as distinguished from any arbitrary construction of the parties.
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