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Outfit






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.

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Government
"natural and political law. The manner in which sovereignty is exercised in each state. There are three simple forms of government, the democratic, the aristocratic, and monarchical. But these three simple forms may be varied to infinity by the mixture and divisions of their different powers. Sometimes by the word government is understood the body of men, or the individual in the state, to whom is entrusted the executive power. It is taken in this sense when the government is spoken of in opposition to other bodies in the state.

States
By this name are understood in some countries, the assembly of the different orders of the people to regulate the affairs of the commonwealth, as, the states general.

Plenipotentiary
Possessing full powers; as, a minister plenipotentiary, is one authorized fully to settle the matters connected with his mission, subject however to the ratification of the government by which he is authorized.

Charge
1) Wills, devises. An obligation which a testator imposes on his devisee. 2) Contracts. An obligation entered into by the owner of an estate which makes the estate responsible for its performance. 3) Practice. The opinion expressed by the court to the jury, on the law arising out of a case before them.

Foreign
That which belongs to another country; that which is strange.

Country
By country is meant the state of which one is a member.



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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
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.

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

Outhouses
Buildings adjoining to or belonging to dwelling-houses.

Outlaw
English law. One who is put out of the protection or aid of the law.

Outlawry
English law. The act of being put out of the protection of the law by process regularly sued out against a person who is in contempt in refusing to become amenable to the court having jurisdiction. The proceedings themselves are also called the outlawry.

Outlets
The place where the writer's product is published, such as a print outlet, or an electronic outlet, like a website.

Out-of-court settlement
An agreement between two litigants to settle a matter privately before the Court has rendered its decision.

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