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When carriers undertake to convey persons by the powerful but dangerous agency of steam, public policy and safety require that they be held to the greatest possible care and dilige

The question in this case is, whether the intelligence of extrinsic circumstances, which might influence the price of the commodity, and which was exclusively within the knowledge

a company supplying electricity for lighting purposes, and engaging with individuals to deliver a suitable current at their residences and places of business, over its own system o

The undoubted broad authority of the union as exclusive bargaining agent in the negotiation and administration of a collective bargaining contract is accompanied by a responsibilit

it is the duty of steamboats traversing waters where sailing vessels are often met with, to have a trustworthy and constant look-out, stationed at a part of the vessel best adapted

to represent non-union or minority union members of the craft without hostile discrimination, fairly, impartially, and in good faith. Wherever necessary to that end, the union is r

In the performance of this duty the law requires indefatigable care and sleepless vigilance. The rigor of the requirement rises according to the power and speed of the vessel in qu

It was not only a pro rata tax which was prohibited, but any duty on the ship, whether a fixed sum upon its whole tonnage, or a sum to be ascertained by comparing the amount of ton

an obligation rests upon all vessels found in the avenues of commerce to employ active diligence to avoid collisions, and that no inference can be drawn from the fact, that a vesse

a tax or duty on a bill of lading, although differing in form from a duty on the article shipped, is in substance the same thing; for a bill of lading, or some written instrument o

The term “duty or other import restriction” includes (A) the rate and form of an import duty, and (B) a limitation, prohibition, charge, and exaction other than duty, imposed on im

The duty of a fiduciary to account for property intrusted to his care is fulfilled by delivery of the property, but, if he has put it out of his power to deliver it, he may neverth

performance of the duty to bargain requires more than a willingness to enter upon a sterile discussion of union-management differences. Before the enactment of the National Labor R

The true principle deducible from the authorities on this subject is, that where a party orders insurance, and afterwards receives intelligence material to the risk, or has knowled

It is the duty of one selling securities who attempts to supply a prospective purchaser with facts concerning the issue not only to state truthfully what he actually tells but also

§ 2 First was intended to be more than a mere statement of policy or exhortation to the parties; rather, it was designed to be a legal obligation, enforceable by whatever appropria

The regulation... is satisfied when the registrant, in good faith, provides a chain of forwarding addresses by which mail, sent to the address which is furnished the board, may be

Two Roman municipal magistrates with the same functions.

A chief; a leader.

To have a domicile. 5 Pick. (Mass.) 379. As to one having no domicile, it signifies the place where he temporarily resides. L. R. 1 Exch. 133. A corporation dwells in the place whe

The word 'dwelling' in common parlance means a permanent residence. A person can of course take up permanent residence even in a motel or hotel. But those who come for a night or s

A building inhabited by man; a house usually occupied by the person there residing, and his family; the apartment, building, or cluster of buildings in which a man with his family

A building occupier and his family cluster of buildings in which

See Residence;

The term “dwelling unit” has the meaning given such term by section 280A(f)(1). / the term “dwelling unit” means a house or apartment used to provide living accommodations in a bui

Subject to subparagraph (B), the term “dwell time” means the time a member of the armed forces or a unit spends at the permanent duty station or home port after returning from a de

In genealogical tobies, a common abbreviation for "died without issue."

The term “dyed fuel” means any dyed diesel fuel or kerosene, whether or not the fuel was dyed pursuant to section 4082.

To make out a dying declaration, the declarant must have spoken without hope of recovery and in the shadow of impending death. There must be 'a settled hopeless expectation' that d

Declarations made by one at the point of death, or believing himself to be. They are admissible in evidence only when made by the victim of a homicide (56 N. Y. 103; 35 Ohio St. 78

At common law a person is said to die without issue if his issue fail at any time after or before his death. By statute, and in vrills, the words are construed according to their p

Not having issue living at the death of the decedent. 5 Paige, Ch. (N. Y.) 514. In England this is the signification, by St. 7 Wm. IV., and St. 1 Vict. c. 26, § 29. See 2 Washb. Re

An officer who has the care and oversight of the dykes and drains in fenny counties.

or DYKE-REEVE. An otlicer who has the care and oversight of the dykes and drains in fenny counties.

“dynamic assumptions” means economic assumptions that are used in determining actuarial costs and liabilities of a retirement system and in anticipating the effects of long-term fu

A royal family succession to a throne.

The term “dyslexia” means an unexpected difficulty in reading for an individual who has the intelligence to be a much better reader, most commonly caused by a difficulty in the pho

The term “dyslexia screening program” means a screening program for dyslexia that is— (A) evidence-based (as defined in section 8101(21) of the Elementary and Secondary Education A

Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.

In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficnity and pain.

The group of symptoms resulting from alterations in the process of digestion due either to functional or organic diseases of the stomach. Dyspepsia is not, in general, considered a

A state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases or when, lf other diseases are present, they are of minor importance, Dungl. Med

In Scotch law. A bankrupt.

In Scotch law. A habit which debtors who are set free on a cessio bonorum ai^e obliged to wear, unless in the summons and process of cessio it be libelled, sustained, and proved th

From; out of.

The term “E9–1–1 services” means both phase I and phase II enhanced 9–1–1 services, as described in section 20.18 of the Commission's regulations (47 C.F.R. 20.18), as in effect on

Sax. The water or river; also the mouth of a river on the shore between high and low water-mark.

[Sax. eorl, eorle; L. Lat. comes, eorla; Fr. comte; L. Fr. countee^ The most ancient title of nobility in England, and formerly the highest, (answering to the Lat. comes;) but now

In. a statute against "fabricating" a voting paper, impotts an act done with criminal intent; implies fraud or falsehood, a false or fraudulent concoction, by one knowing that it i

Every one of the two' or more individuals composing the whole, considered separately from the rest. 102 111. 233. EADEM CAUSA DIVERSIS RATIONIBUS coram Judlcibus ecclesiasticis et

eritm. law. A corpse. To take up a dead body without lawful authority, even for the purposes of dissection, is a misdemeanor, for which the offender may be indicted at common law.

2 Inst. 622. The same cause is argued upon different principles before ecclesiastical and secular judges.

The same cause is with different reasons argued before both ecclesiastical and secular judges.

EADEM EST LEX. The same reason, the same law. 7 Pick. (Mass.) 493. EADEM MENS PRAESUMITUR REGIS quae est juris quae esse debet, praesertim in dubiis. The mind of the sovereign is p

The same reason, the same law. See 7 Pick. (Mass.) 493.

The king’s mind is presumed to be in accord with law and as it should be, especially in doubtful matters.

Hob. 154. The mind of the sovereign is presumed to be coincident with that of the law, and with that which it ought to be, especially in ambiguous matters.

That interpretation is to be accepted which is without fault.

enfreinder, I. fr. To freint: broiien.

A gold coin of the United States of the value of ten dollars.

With that intention.

Ealdorman. Sax. (X. Lat. alderm^nnus; Lat. senior. "] Elaqr man, or elder. A very ancient title, applied among the Saxons to a great variety of officers, (see Aldermannus;) the ten

or EALDING. In old Saxon law. An elder or chief. EALDERMAN (Saxon). A Saxon title of honor. It was a mark of honor very widely applicable, the ealdermen being of various ranks. It

A chief.

The name of a Saxon magistrate; alderman; analogous to earl among the Danes, and senator among the Romans. See Alderman.

In old Saxon law. An elder or chief.

A chief bishop or archbishop. EALDORBURG (Saxon). The chief city.

Sax. The metropolis; the chief city. Obsolete.

An ale house.

I. In the civil law. A calendar, a book of accounts; a book of accounts of money loaned out on interest, — so called because the interest was received on the calends of each month.

The privilege of assizing and selling beer.

Those things which are said in commendation at sales, if they appear openly, do not bind the seller.

vel quae In rerum natura non sunt, pro non adjectis habentur. Those things which cannot be griven, or which are not in existence, are held as not expressed. Dig. SO. 17. 135. EA QU

Those things which it is impossible to give or which are not in being are held not to apply.

Those things which are regularly done in our court should be included in the execution debt.

NON TEmere in agendls negotiis computantur. Those things which rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business, without sufficient reason. Dig. 50. 17

Those things which rarely happen are not rashly taken into account in business transactions.

Those things which are said on sales, in the way of commendation, lf [the qualities of the thing sold] appear openly, do not bind the seller. Dig. 18, 1, 43, pr.

Those things which are impossible to be given or which are not in the nature of things, are regarded as not added, [as no part of an agreement] Dig. 50, 17, 135.

Co. Litt 289. Those things which are properly transacted in our ceurt ought to be committed to a due execution.

Those things which rarely happen are not to be taken into account in the transaction of business, without sufficient reason. Dig. 50, 17, 64.

Money or property gained by labor or services: as, the earnings of a wife, minor, servant, insolvent debtor, corporation. In a statute of exemptions, the gains of the debtor derive

In English law. Such grass which is upon the land after the mowing, until the feast of the Annunciation after. 3 Leon. 213.

An English title of nobility below that of a marquis and above that of a viscount.

The dignity or jurisdiction of an earl. The dignity only remains now, as the jurisdiction has been given over to the sheriff. 1 Bl. Comm. 339.

Said to be a false spelling for ealdorman. Cent. Diet. But see 2 Holdsw. Hist. E. L. 29, giving Earldorman.

Earnest money.

For purposes of this paragraph, the term “earliest retirement age” means the earlier of— (i) the date on which the participant is entitled to a distribution under the plan, or (ii)

An officer who formerly was of great repute in England. He held the court of chivalry alone as a court of honor, and, in connection with the lord high constable, as a court having

A great officer of state who had anciently several courts under his jurisdiction, as the court of chivalry and the court of honor. Under him is the-herald's office, or college of a

Same as Count palatine.

In the county court and in every hundred court the king was entitled to but two-thirds of the proceeds of justice and the earl got the other third, except perhaps in some exception

The term “early and periodic screening, diagnostic, and treatment services” means the following items and services: (1) Screening services— (A) which are provided— (i) at intervals

For purposes of subclause (II) of this clause, the term “early approved tribe, organization, or consortium” means an Indian tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium that ha

The term "early childhood development" means the development and learning of a child younger than 8 years of age, including physical, cognitive, social, and emotional dev

The term "early childhood development program" means a program that seeks to ensure that every child has the conditions for healthy growth, nurturing family-based care, d

In this section, the terms “early childhood education program”, “elementary school”, and “secondary school” have the meanings given such terms in section 7801 of title 20 . / The t

The term “early childhood educator” means an individual with primary responsibility for the education of children in an early childhood education program. / The term “early childho

The term “early college high school” has the meaning given the term in section 7801 of this title . / The term “early college high school” means a partnership between at least one

The term "early distribution tax" means any increase in tax imposed under section 72(t), 220(f)(4), 223(f)(4), 409A(a)(1)(B), 529(c)(6), 529A(c)(3), or 530(d)(4).