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Ounce
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OunceThe name of a weight. An ounce avoirdupois weight is the sixteenth part of a pound; an ounce troy weight is the twelfth part of a pound.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Ounce
The name of a weight. An ounce avoirdupois weight is the sixteenth part of a pound; an ounce troy weight is the twelfth part of a pound.
Pound
1) Weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the avoirdupois. The pound avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound, in the proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The troy pound contains twelve ounces, that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces. 2) English law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 3) Money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in computing money; it was of different value in the several states.
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Orphans' court
The name of a court in some of the states, having jurisdic- tion of the estates and persons of orphans.
Orse
(United Kingdom) Otherwise.
Ospar convention
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, aopted at Paris, September 22, 1992 and in force March 25, 1998. This Convention is the mechanism by which Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, cooperate for the protection of the marine environment of the North East Atlantic.
Ostensible partner
One whose name appears in a firm, as a partner, and who is really such.
Other wrongs, pleading, evidence
Pleading, evidence. In actions of trespass, the declaration concludes by charging generally, that the defendant did other wrongs to the plaintiff to his great damage. When the injury is a continuation or consequence of the trespass declared on, the plaintiff may give evidence of such injury under this averment of other wrongs.
Ounce
Ouster
Torts. An ouster is the actual turning out, or keeping excluded, the party entitlod to possession of any real property corporeal.
Ouster le main
In law-French, this signifies, to take out of the hand. In the old English law it signified a livery of lands out of the hands of the lord, after the tenant came of age. If the lord refused to deliver such lands, the tenant was entitled to a writ to recover the same from the lord; this recovery out of the hands of the lord was called ouster le main.
Out of wedlock
Born out of wedlock. A child born of parents who were not legally married to each other at that time.
Outfit
An allowance made by the government of the United States to a minis-ter plenipotentiary, or charge des affaires, on going from the United States to any foreign country.
Outhouses
Buildings adjoining to or belonging to dwelling-houses.
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Name
One or more words used to distinguish a particular individual, as Socrates, Benjamin Franklin.
Ounce
The name of a weight. An ounce avoirdupois weight is the sixteenth part of a pound; an ounce troy weight is the twelfth part of a pound.
Pound
1) Weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the avoirdupois. The pound avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound, in the proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The troy pound contains twelve ounces, that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces. 2) English law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 3) Money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in computing money; it was of different value in the several states.
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Orphans' court
The name of a court in some of the states, having jurisdic- tion of the estates and persons of orphans.
Orse
(United Kingdom) Otherwise.
Ospar convention
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North East Atlantic, aopted at Paris, September 22, 1992 and in force March 25, 1998. This Convention is the mechanism by which Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, cooperate for the protection of the marine environment of the North East Atlantic.
Ostensible partner
One whose name appears in a firm, as a partner, and who is really such.
Other wrongs, pleading, evidence
Pleading, evidence. In actions of trespass, the declaration concludes by charging generally, that the defendant did other wrongs to the plaintiff to his great damage. When the injury is a continuation or consequence of the trespass declared on, the plaintiff may give evidence of such injury under this averment of other wrongs.
Ounce
Ouster
Torts. An ouster is the actual turning out, or keeping excluded, the party entitlod to possession of any real property corporeal.
Ouster le main
In law-French, this signifies, to take out of the hand. In the old English law it signified a livery of lands out of the hands of the lord, after the tenant came of age. If the lord refused to deliver such lands, the tenant was entitled to a writ to recover the same from the lord; this recovery out of the hands of the lord was called ouster le main.
Out of wedlock
Born out of wedlock. A child born of parents who were not legally married to each other at that time.
Outfit
An allowance made by the government of the United States to a minis-ter plenipotentiary, or charge des affaires, on going from the United States to any foreign country.
Outhouses
Buildings adjoining to or belonging to dwelling-houses.
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