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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

  • XUARdefined inU.S. Code

    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.