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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
An entire thing; an entirely new or untouched matter. This term is applied to those points of law which have not been decided, which are “ untouched by dictum or decision.”
3 Meriv. R. 268; 1 Burge on the Confl. of Laws, 241.