Hermaphrodites

Persons who have In the sexual organs the appearance of both sexes. They are adjudged to belong to that sex which prevails in them; Co., Litt. 2. 7; Doraat, Lois Civ. liv. 1, t. 2, s. 1, n. 9. The sexual characteristics in the human species are widely separated, and the two sexes are very rarely united in the same Individual; there are a few oases on record, however, in which both ovaries and testicles were present. In one there were two ovaries, a rudimentary uterus, and a single testicle containing spermatozoa. Am. Text Book of Gymecology. Cases of malformation are occasionally found, in whfch it is very difficult to decide to which sex the person belongs. In 2 Taylor, Med.-Leg. Jurlspr. 80, is a report of a case of a wife who was divorced as “being an hermaphrodite with more of the male than female development.” She was ordered to put on 'the clothes of a man. See 2 Med, Exam. 314; 1 Briand, Med. Leg. c. 2, art. 2, § 2, n, 2; Guy Med. Jur. 42, 47; 1 Beck, Med. Jur. 11th ed. 104 et seq.; Wharton & S. Med. Jur. § 408 et seq. HERMENEUTICS (Greek, ipft>jveiu, to interpret). The art and science, or body of rules, of truthful interpretation. It has been used chiefly by theologians; but Zacharice, in “An Essay on General Ijegal Hermeneutics” (Versuch elner allg. Hermeneiitik dea Rechts), and Dr. Lleber, in his work on Legal and Political Herme Tieutics, also make use of it. See Intebpieictation; Construction.