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PointPractice. A proposition or question arising in a case.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Proposition
An offer to do something. Until it has been accepted, a proposition may be withdrawn by the party who makes it; and to be binding, the acceptance must be in the same terms, without any variation.
Question
1) Punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2) Evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 3) Practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
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Poinding
Scotch. law. That diligence, affecting movable subjects, by which their property is carried directly to, the creditor. Poinding is real or personal.
Poinding, personal
Scotch law. Poinding of the goods belonging to the debtor; and of those goods only.
Poinding, real
Poinding, real or poinding of the ground. Scotch law. Though it be properly a diligence, this is generally considered by lawyers as a species of real action, and is so called to distinguish it from personal poinding, which is founded merely on an obligation to pay.
Point reserved
A point or question of law which the court, not being fully satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offering it, but subject to revision on a motion for a new trial. If, after argument, it be found to have been ruled correctly, the verdict is supported; if otherwise, it is set aside .
Points
Construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense.
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Poach
To kill or take an animal or fish from the property of another.
Pocket parts
Supplements to law books in pamphlet form which are inserted in a pocket inside the back cover of the books to keep them current.
Poinding
Scotch. law. That diligence, affecting movable subjects, by which their property is carried directly to, the creditor. Poinding is real or personal.
Poinding, personal
Scotch law. Poinding of the goods belonging to the debtor; and of those goods only.
Poinding, real
Poinding, real or poinding of the ground. Scotch law. Though it be properly a diligence, this is generally considered by lawyers as a species of real action, and is so called to distinguish it from personal poinding, which is founded merely on an obligation to pay.
Point
Point reserved
A point or question of law which the court, not being fully satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offering it, but subject to revision on a motion for a new trial. If, after argument, it be found to have been ruled correctly, the verdict is supported; if otherwise, it is set aside .
Points
Construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense.
Poison
Criminal law. Those substances which, when applied to the organs of the body, are capable of altering or destroying, in a majority of cases, some or all of the functions necessary to life, are called poisons
Pole
A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half.
Police
That species of superintendence by magistrates which has principally for its object the maintenance of public tranquillity among the citizens. The officers who are appointed for this purpose are also called the police.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Proposition
An offer to do something. Until it has been accepted, a proposition may be withdrawn by the party who makes it; and to be binding, the acceptance must be in the same terms, without any variation.
Question
1) Punishment, crm. law. A means sometimes employed, in some countries, by means of torture, to compel supposed great criminals to disclose their accomplices, or to acknowledge their crimes. 2) Evidence. An interrogation put to a witness, requesting him to declare the truth of certain facts as far as he knows them. 3) Practice. A point on which the parties are not agreed, and which is submitted to the decision of a judge and jury.
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
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Poinding
Scotch. law. That diligence, affecting movable subjects, by which their property is carried directly to, the creditor. Poinding is real or personal.
Poinding, personal
Scotch law. Poinding of the goods belonging to the debtor; and of those goods only.
Poinding, real
Poinding, real or poinding of the ground. Scotch law. Though it be properly a diligence, this is generally considered by lawyers as a species of real action, and is so called to distinguish it from personal poinding, which is founded merely on an obligation to pay.
Point reserved
A point or question of law which the court, not being fully satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offering it, but subject to revision on a motion for a new trial. If, after argument, it be found to have been ruled correctly, the verdict is supported; if otherwise, it is set aside .
Points
Construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Poach
To kill or take an animal or fish from the property of another.
Pocket parts
Supplements to law books in pamphlet form which are inserted in a pocket inside the back cover of the books to keep them current.
Poinding
Scotch. law. That diligence, affecting movable subjects, by which their property is carried directly to, the creditor. Poinding is real or personal.
Poinding, personal
Scotch law. Poinding of the goods belonging to the debtor; and of those goods only.
Poinding, real
Poinding, real or poinding of the ground. Scotch law. Though it be properly a diligence, this is generally considered by lawyers as a species of real action, and is so called to distinguish it from personal poinding, which is founded merely on an obligation to pay.
Point
Point reserved
A point or question of law which the court, not being fully satisfied how to decide, in the hurried trial of a cause, rules in favor of the party offering it, but subject to revision on a motion for a new trial. If, after argument, it be found to have been ruled correctly, the verdict is supported; if otherwise, it is set aside .
Points
Construction. Marks in writing and in print, to denote the stops that ought to be made in reading, and to point out the sense.
Poison
Criminal law. Those substances which, when applied to the organs of the body, are capable of altering or destroying, in a majority of cases, some or all of the functions necessary to life, are called poisons
Pole
A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half.
Police
That species of superintendence by magistrates which has principally for its object the maintenance of public tranquillity among the citizens. The officers who are appointed for this purpose are also called the police.
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