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Oraculum
OraculumCivil law. The name of a kind of decisions given by the Roman emperors. RELATED TERMS-------------------------------------- Civil 1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction. Law A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system. Name One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin. SIMILAR TERMS-------------------------------------- PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS-------------------------------------- Opposition practice. The act of a creditor who, declares his dissent to a debtor's being discharged under the insolvent laws. Oppressor One who having public authority uses it unlawfully to tyrannize over another; as, if he keep him in prison until he shall do something which he is not lawfully bound to do. Opprobrium Civil law. Ignominy; shame; infamy. Option Choice; Election; where the subject is considered. Or This syllable in the termination of words has an active signification, and usually denotes the doer of an act; as, the grantor, he who makes a grant; the vendor, he who makes a sale; the feoffor, he who makes a feoffment. Oraculum Oral Something spoken in contradistinction to something written; as oral evidence, which is evidence delivered verbally by a witness, Oral argument Presentation of a case before a court by spoken argument; usually with respect to a presentation of a case to an appellate court where a time limit might be set for oral argument. Orator Practice. A good man, skillful in speaking well, and who employs a perfect eloquence to defend causes either public or private. Ordain To ordain is to make an ordinance, to enact a law. Ordeal An ancient superstitious mode of tribal. When in a criminal case the accused was arraigned, be might select the mode of trial either by God and his country, that is, by jury; or by God only, that is by ordeal. We thank you for using the Juridical Dictionary to search for Oraculum. If you have a better definition for Oraculum than the one presented here, please let us know by making use of the suggest a term option. This definition of Oraculum may be disputed by other professionals. Our attempt is to provide easy definitions on Oraculum and any other medical topic for the public at large.
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