Stalment
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
is the act by which an officer is put in public possession _of the place he is to fill. The president of the United States, or the governor, is installed into office, by being sworn agreeably to the requisition of the constitution and the laws. Vide Inauguration.