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A punishment used by the ancients, which some suppose to have been the smearing of the body with honey, and exposing the person to flies, wasps, etc. But the author of the notes on

A hundred-weight; one hundred and twelve pounds. Heim v. Bryant, 11 B. Mon. (Ky.) 64.

Same as Ci.

Thereafter.

The term "cyber" includes the following: (A) Offensive cyber operations. (B) Defensive cyber operations. (C) Department of Defense information network operations and defe

In this subparagraph, the term "cyber attack" means a deliberate action to alter, disrupt, deceive, degrade, or destroy computer systems or networks or the information or

The term "cyber attack and cyber campaign of significant consequence" means an incident or series of incidents that has the purpose or effect of— (A) causing a significan

The term "cyber capability" means a device or computer program, including any combination of software, firmware, or hardware, designed to create an effect in or through c

The term “cyber common operating picture” means the correlation of a detected cyber incident or cyber threat in the national airspace system and other operational anomalies to prov

The term "cybercrime against individuals"— (A) means a criminal offense applicable in the area under the jurisdiction of the relevant State, Indian Tribe, or unit of loca

In this section, the term "cyber defense operation" means the defensive activities performed for a cybersecurity purpose.

In this section, the term “cyber device” means a device that— (1) includes software validated, installed, or authorized by the sponsor as a device or in a device; (2) has the abili

The term “cyber environment” means the information environment consisting of the interdependent networks of information technology infrastructures and resident data, including the

The term "cyber incident"— (A) has the meaning given the term "incident" in section 659 1 of this title; and (B) does not include an occurrence that imminently,

The term "cyber intrusion" means an electronic occurrence that actually or imminently jeopardizes, without lawful authority, electronic election infrastructure, or the in

"cyber-physical systems" means physical or engineered systems whose networking and information technology functions and physical elements are deeply integrated and are ac

In this part, the term “Cybersecurity Advisory Committee” means the advisory committee established under section 665e(a) of this title .

In this section, the term "cybersecurity and grid security improvements" means investment in the development, expansion, and modernization of rural utility infrastructure

The term “cybersecurity incident” means a malicious act or suspicious event that disrupts, or was an attempt to disrupt, the operation of those programmable electronic devices and

The term "cybersecurity mission" means activities that encompass the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incide

The term "Cybersecurity Plan" means a plan submitted by an eligible entity under subsection (e)(1).

The term "cybersecurity posture" means the ability to identify, to protect against, to detect, to respond to, and to recover from an intrusion in an information system th

The term "cybersecurity purpose" means the purpose of protecting an information system or information that is stored on, processed by, or transiting an information system

The terms "cybersecurity risk" and "incident" have the meanings given those terms in section 148 of this title. / The term "cybersecurity risk"— (A) m

the terms "cybersecurity threat" and "security vulnerability" have the meanings given those terms in section 650 of title 6, as added by section 5171 1 of this

The term “cybersecurity vulnerability” has the meaning given the term “security vulnerability” in section 650 of this title .

The term "cyberspace"— (A) means the interdependent network of information technology infrastructures; and (B) includes the Internet, telecommunications networks, compute

the term "cyber strategy" means resources and tactics to assist in planning for cybersecurity and defending against cyber risks and attacks; and

The term “cyber threat” has the meaning given the term “cybersecurity threat” in section 650 of this title . / The term “cyber threat” means the threat of an action that, if carrie

The term "cyber threat indicator" means information that is necessary to describe or identify— (A) malicious reconnaissance, including anomalous patterns of communication

The term "cyber vulnerability" means any tool, exploit, vulnerability, or code that is intended to compromise a device, network, or system, including such a tool, exploit

A measure of time; a space in which the same revolutions begin again; a periodical space of time. Enc. Lond.

Fifteen years.

Here lies.

Fr. A burial place; a cemetery. Britt. c. 43.

pi. cymmortlian, brit In old English law. An assembly for the purpose of assistance.

or CYNE-GILD. The portion belonging to the nation of the mulct for slayin g the king, the other portion or were being due to his family. Blount.

The portion of a regicide’s fine which was paid to the community.

The portion belonging to the nation of the mnict for slaying the king, the other portion or were being due to his famliy. Blount.

Fr. An old form of writing cinque. Hey. Orig. 72, regula.

Fr. A cutpurse; {celuy que la burse coupe.) Britt. c. 15.

An old punishment of smearing one with honey and exposing him to insects.

That kind of punishment used by the ancients, and still used by the Chinese, called by Staunton the “wooden collar,” by which the neck of the malefactor is bent or weigheddown. Enc

the fundamental purpose of these cy pres provisions is to allow the court to carry out the general charitable intent of the testator where this intent might otherwise be thwarted b

L. Fr. So near, as near. Donques doit le feoffee, per la ley, faire estate a la feme, cy pres le condition, et auxi cy pres l'entent de le condition que il poit faire, &c. Then oug

A church.

In Saxon law. A breaking into a church. Blount.

(From oyric, church, and sceat, a tribute.) In Saxon law. A tribute or payment due to the church. Cowell.

A chirograph, (which see.)

In old English law. A cyrographer; an officer of the common pleas court. D 0. B. E, Be bene esse {q. v.).

Same as Chirographum.

The title of the emperor of Russia, first assumed by Basil, the son of Basll-ides, under whom the Bussian power began to appear, about 1740.

The title of the empress of Russia.

The title of the eldest son of the czar and czarina.

In the civil and old common law. Kept for cutting; intended or used to be cut. A term applied to wood.

In the Roman system of notation, this letter stands for five hundred; and, when a horizontal dash or stroke is placed above It, it denotes five thousand. The fourth letter of the E

Lat (Will you give? I wlll give.) In the Roman law. One of the forms of making a verbal stipulation. Inst. 3, 15, 1; Bract fob 156.

In Spanish law. The real and effective delivery of an object in the execution of a contract.

A dispute.

(India) Robbery by a band of five or more. .

A kind of gun. 1 How. State Tr. 1124, 1125.

Payments to the justices of assize on the northern circuit as a defense fund against robbers.

The raised floor at the upper end of a hall.

Every day. A newspaper published six days in each week, whether Sunday or Monday be the day omitted, is held to be a "daily newspaper." 45 Minn. 27.

one which is published four or more days per week, which is in the English language and which is circulated generally in the community of publication.

The term “daily price” means the daily closing price of the New York Cotton Exchange, or any successor as determined by the Secretary, for the closest month in which contracts for

I. fr. In old English law. Causing damage or loss, as distinguished from torcenouse, wrongful.

dampnare, 2. In old English law. To condemn; to damage; to injure.

dampner, I. fr. To condemn. Dampner a la mort: to condemn to death. Vamni injuria) actio, I. In the civil law. An action for injurious damage.

The term "dairy business" means a business that develops, produces, markets, or distributes dairy products.

The term “dairy margin coverage” means the dairy margin coverage program required by section 9053 of this title .

The term “dairy margin coverage payment” means a payment made to a participating dairy operation under dairy margin coverage pursuant to section 9056 of this title .

The term "dairy operation" means, as determined by the Secretary, 1 or more dairy producers that produce and market milk as a single dairy operation in which each dairy p

The term “dairy products” means— (A) manufactured dairy products that are used by the Secretary to establish minimum prices for Class III and Class IV milk under a Federal milk mar

or DIKER. Ten hides. Blount. DALE and SALE. Fictitious names of places, used in the English books as examples. Perk. c. 2, § 152. "The manor of Dale and the manor of Sale, lying bo

Ten hides. Blount

Fictitious names of places, used in the English books, as examples. "The manor of Dale and the manor of Sale, lying bath in Vale."

Armand. Dictionnaire general et raisonné de legislation, de doctrine, et de jurisprudence, en maticre civile, commerciale, criminelle, administra-

A certain measure of land; such narrow slips of pasture as are left between the plowed furrows in arable land. Cowell.

The term “dam” has the meaning given the term in section 467 of title 33 . / The term "dam" includes any structure, facility, equipment, or vehicle used in connection wit

the loss, injury, or deterioration caused by negligence, design, or accident of one person to another in respect of the latter's personal property, whereas damages signifies compen

The tenth part in the common pleas, and the twentieth part in the king's bench and exchequer courts, of all damages beyond a certain sum, which was to be paid the prothonotary or c

In maritime law. Goods, subject to duties, which have received some injury either in the voyage home, or while bonded in warehouse.

While doing damage.

Doing damage. A term applied to a person's cattle or beasts found upon another's land, doing damage JS7 treading down the grass, grain, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. 7, 211; Tomlins. This phras

As construed by this court, the second proviso embraces three classes: (1) Loss, damage, or injury due to delay; (2) damage while being loaded or unloaded; (3) damage in transit. L

In this section, the term “damage prevention process” means a process that incorporates the principles described in sections 60114(b), 60114(d), and 60114(e).

Fr. To injure, to oppress. Kelham,

money awarded as reparation for injury resulting from breach of legal duty.

DOUBLE OR

LAYING, pleading. In personal and mixed: actions, (but not in penal actions, for obvious reasons,) the declaration must allege, in conclusion, that the injury is to the damage of t

SPECIAL, torts. Special damages are such as really took place, and are not implied by law; these are either superadded to general damages arising from an act injurious in itself, a

The measure of damages is the loss actually sustained by the eviction from the land for which the title has failed, and that damage would not usually be ascertained by taking the a

The rule in such a case is, the amount of profits received by the unlawful use of the machines, as this, in general, is the damage done to the owner of the patent.

all damages resulting from the taking and detention of the goods.

The phraseology of the section was adopted to avoid the strictness of construction incident to a law imposing penalties, and to give the owner of a copyright some recompense for in

In cases of marine torts, this Court have deliberately settled, that the probable profits of a voyage are not a fit mode for the ascertainment of damages. It is considered that the

Additional damages claimed by a plaintiff not satisfied with those paid into court by the defendant.

an amount received (other than workmen's compensation) through prosecution of a legal suit or action based upon tort or tort type rights, or through a settlement agreement entered

“damage susceptibility” means the susceptibility of a passenger motor vehicle to damage in a motor vehicle accident.