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In the written terminology of various arts and trades, where two or more dimensions of the same piece or article are to be stated, this letter is a well-known symbol equivalent to
I. In the civil law. Wrong-doing; the commission of an offense; malfeasance.
I. What is built upon land belongs to or goes with it ^dificator, I. In the civil law. A builder. j Edificinm, I In the civil law. A building, ^diflcia solo cednnt: buildings belon
In the civil and old English law. An inn allowed by public license for the entertainment of strangers and other guests. Calv. Lex.; Cowell. A hospital; a place where sick and infir
Reception of strangers; hospitality. Enc. Lond.
/. An exception; a plea; a defence contradictory allegation. Bxceptio ad dum: a plea in abatement. Bxoeptio fraud. Bxoeptio ejus rei cujus petitur est: a plea of the same matter th
I. One thing, taken in a lump. TJnumquodque eodem modo quo colligatum est dissolvitur: everything is dissolved by the same means by which it is constructed. TJre,/r. Eifect; practi
from the latin experiens, which signifies instructed by experience, in French law, are persons who are selected by the courts or the parties in a cause on account make a report of
I. In civil and old English law. Valuation; rating, consideration. u Estiraatio capitis: the value of the head; a fine imposed for murder, varying in amount with the rank of the pe
The term "XUAR" means the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. / In this section, the terms “forced labor” and “XUAR” have the meanings gi
The term "xylazine" means the nonopioid tranquilizer methyl benzene compound frequently used in veterinary medicine as an emetic and sedative with analgesic and muscle re
A punishment among the Greeks answering to our stocks. Wharton.