"Agnates" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

Agnates LAW AND LEGAL
Definition:

In the law of descents. Re-lations by the father. This word is used in the Scotch law, and by some writers as an English word, corresponding with the Latin agnati, (q. v.) Ersk. Inst. b. 1, tlt. 7, § 4

Few words of positivity

If you dance, you’ll feel more joyful. Just thinking isn’t going to make you feel better. Think about how joyful you’ll feel as you dance. Don’t repeat the foolishness of putting off dancing as you debate whether dance will really bring you joy. We feel joy as soon as we dance. Everything is like that.

Ilchi Lee, Calligraphic Meditation for Everyday Happiness

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t was Christmas and the judge was in a merry mood as he asked the prisoner, "What are you charged with?""Doing my Christmas shopping early," replied the defendant."That's no offense," said the judge. "How early were you doing this shopping?""Before the store opened," countered the prisoner.

Abeyance LAW AND LEGAL

In the law of estates. Expectation; waiting; suspense; remembrance and contemplation in law. where there ls no person ln existence …

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Absque Hoo LAW AND LEGAL

without this. These are technical words of denial, used ln plead-ing at common law by way of special traverse, to …

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Acte LAW AND LEGAL

In French law, denotes a docu* ment, or formal, solemn writing, embodying a legal attestation that something has been done, …

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Actio Personalis LAW AND LEGAL

In the civil and common law. A personal action. The ordi-nary term for this kind of action in the civil …

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Actus LAW AND LEGAL

In the civil law. An act or action. Non tantum verbis, sed etiam actu; not only by words, but also …

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Addicere LAW AND LEGAL

Lat In the civil law. To adjudge or condemn; to assign, allot, or deliver; to sell. In the Roman law, …

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For a term which has passed, words In the Latin form of the writ of entry employed at common law …

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Allegata LAW AND LEGAL

In Roman law. A word which the emperors formerly signed at the bottom of thein rescripts and constitutions; under other …

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Amplius LAW AND LEGAL

In the Roman law. More; farther; more time. A word which the prse-tor pronounced in cases where there was any …

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anagram ENGLISH

Literally, the letters of a word read backwards, but in its usual wider sense, the change or one word or …

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In Scotch law. To approve and reject; to take advantage of one part, and reject the rest Bell. Equity suffers …

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Argentarius LAW AND LEGAL

In the Roman law, a money lender or broker; a dealer in money; a banker. Argentarium, the instrument of the …

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A Vails LAW AND LEGAL

Profits, or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only in reference to wills, aud in them it means …

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Bannus LAW AND LEGAL

In old English law. A proclamation. Bannus regis; the king’s proc-lamation, made by the voice of a herald, for-bidding all …

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Baro LAW AND LEGAL

An old law term signlfying, orig-inally, a “man,” whether slave or free. In later usage, a “freeman,” a “strong man,” …

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batakan CEBUANO

batakan n {1} measuring stick, ruler. {2} principle by which judgment of s.t. is gauged. Ang púlung sa Diyus mauy …

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Between LAW AND LEGAL

As a measure or indication of distance, this word has the efTect of excluding the two termini. Revere ▼. Leonard, …

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brief ENGLISH

An abridgment or concise statement of a client's case, made out for the instruction of counsel in a trial at …

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Burglariously LAW AND LEGAL

In pleading. A technical word which must be introduced into an Indictment for burglary at common law. Lewis v. State, …

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by-law ENGLISH

A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating …

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