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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

In legislation, to determine or fix.

People v. Bradley, 3G Mich. 452 (as applied to boundaries).

To enumerate.

U. S. v. Smith, 5 Wheat (U. S.) 160, 5 L. Ed. 57.

To declare that a certain act shall constitute an offence is defining that offence; D. S. v. Arjona, 120 U. S. 488, 7 Sup. Ct. G2S, 30 L. Ed. 728.