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Mors

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881)

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Death.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Lat Death.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

I. Death. Mors dicitur ultimum supplicinm: death is called the last punishment, the extremity of punishment Mors omnia solvi: death dissolves all things.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

Lat. Death. Mors dicitur ultimum supplicium. Death is called the “last punishment,” the “extremity of punishment.” 3 Inst. 212. Mors omnia solvit. Death dissolves all things. Jenk. Cent. p. 160, case 2. Applied to the case of the death of a party to an action.

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

Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881

I. Death. Mors dicitur ultimum supplicium: death is called the extreme penalty. Mors omnia dissolvit: death dissolves all things. Mort,/-. Death. Mort d'ancestor: v. Assize.