"Fortior" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL

A book kept by a merchant, trader, mechanic, or other person, In which are entered from time to time the …

Lat. ln criminal law. Elsewhere; in another place. A term used to ex-press that mode of defense to a criminal …

A printed volume, used on an appeal to the Engllsh house of lords or privy council, containing tbe documents and …

In forest law. The having the hands or other parts bloody, whlch, in a person caught trespassing ln the forest …

By a comparison of writings or handwritings. A term ln the law of evidence. Best, Pres. 218.

To fabricate evidence Is to arrange or manufacture drcumstances or indicia, after the fact commuted, wlth the purpose of using …

The official publication of the English government, also called the “Lon-don Gazette.” It ls evidence of acts of state, and …

In the lnw of evidence. A sign or token; a fact pointing to some ln-ference or conclusion. Burrill, Circ. Ev. …

Included ln the evidence already adduced. The “facts ln evidence” are such as have already been proved in the canse

In the prellmlna-ries. A term ln Scotch practice, applied to the preliminary examination of a witness as to the following …

A ceremony which ac-companied the grant of lands ln the feudal ages, and consisted in the open and notorious delivery …

The absence of tbe quality of relevancy ln evidence or pleadings

Possessing learuing; erudite; versed in the law. In statutes prescribing the qualifications of Judges, “learned ln the law” designates one …

Lat In the civU law. To be clear, evident, or satisfactory, when a judex was ln doubt how to declde …

Lying ln ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a sudden and unexpected attack upon a person …

Important; more or less necessary; having influence or effect; going to the merits; having to do with matter, as distinguished …

Lat. It does not ap-pear; it is not clear or evident A phrase used ln general to state some conclusion …

In English practice. A plea of the general issue by a defendant in a civil' action, when he intends to …

An external pledge or assevera-tlon, made in verification of statements made or to be made, coupled with an appeal to …

A written or printed document or Instrument, A document filed or intro-duced in evidence in a suit at law, as, …