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Deliverance

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty, to whom he wishes a good deliverance. In modern practice this is seldom used.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Delivery; a jury’s verdict.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In Practice. A term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not guilty, to whom he wishes a good deliverance. In modern practice this is seldom used.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In practice. The verdict rendered by a jury.

Second deliverance. In practice. A writ allowed a plaintiff in replevin, where the defendant has obtained judgment for refurn of the goods, by default on nonsuit, in order to bave the same distress agnin delivered to him, on giving the same security as before. '3 BL Comm. 150, 3 Steph. Comm. 668.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

In Scots law. The verdict of a

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In practice. The verdict rendered by a jury.

Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

The verdict of a jury.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

practice, a term used by the clerk in court to every prisoner who is arraigned and pleads not gutlty, to whom he wishes a good deliverance. In modern practice this is seldom used.