Cortex
Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The bark of a tree; the outer covering of anything. The letter of an instrument, as distinguished from its spirit.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The bark of a tree; the outer covering of anything.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
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In old English law. Bark; the bark of trees; the outer covering of a thing, as distinguished from the inner substance, — hence the letter of an instrument, as distinguished from its spirit. V. Qui hceret, etc.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The bark of a trea; the outer covering of anything.