"Espedient" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

The name of a Judicial of-ficer ln Spain, and in those countries which have received their laws and institutions from …

By allegiance ls meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience whlch the lndlvldual owes to the govern-ment under which he …

In criminal law. An effort or endeavor to accomplish a crime, arnount-ing to more than mere preparation or pfan-nlng for …

Property captured from the enemy ln war, on land, as distinguished from “prize,” whlch is a capture of such property …

Thfs term refers rather to tbe bed in which the main stream of a river flows than to tbe deep …

Secret; hidden; concealed. The “clandestine importation” of goods is a term used ln English statutes as equivalent to “smuggling.” Keck …

ses the body of those principles and rules of action, relating to the govern-ment and security of persons and property, …

By common usage ln Amer* ica, thls term, ln such phrases as “colored persons," “the colored race,” “colored men,” and …

By article 2, $ 2, of the constitution it is declared that the president shall be commander ln chief of …

A warrant or authority or letters patent, issuing from the govern-ment, or one of its departments, or a court, empowering …

In criminal law. A combination or confederacy between two or more persons formed for the purpose of com-mitting, by their …

In English law. This was the consequence of attainder. It meant that the attainted person could neither inherit lands or …

L. Fr. Count, or reckon. In old practice. A direction formerly given by the clerk of a court to the …

A federal court created by act of Congress ln 1891 (26 Stat 854 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 765]), …

The phrase “covered ln-to tbe treasury,” as used in acts of congress and tbe practice of the United States treasury …

A territory distinct from the country ln which the supreme sovereign power resides, but belonging right* folly to it, and …

In insnranoo. Varying frtnn the: risks insured against, as described ln the pollcy, without necessity or juat cause, after the …

The surrender of a criminal by a foreign state to which he has fled for refuge from prosecution to the …

An unlawful game of cards, ln which all the other players play against the banker or dealer, staking thelr money …

As a noun, this term de-notes a single person as distinguished from a group or class, and also, very commonly, …