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To muster
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To musterMaritime law. By this term is understood to collect together and exhibit soldiers and their arms; it also signifies to employ recruits and put their names down in a book to enrol them.
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Maritime
That which belongs to or is connected with the sea.
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.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Exhibit
A document or object shown to the court as evidence in a trial. They are each given a number or letter by the court clerk as they are introduced for future reference during the trial. For example, weapon are frequently given as exhibits in criminal trials. Except with special permission of the court, exhibits are locked up in court custody until the trial is over.
Arms
1) Any thing that a man wears for his defence, or takes in his hands, or uses in his anger, to cast at, or strike at another. 2) Heraldry. Signs of arms, or drawings painted on shields, banners, and the like.
Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
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To maim
Criminal law. To deprive a person of such part of his body as to ren- der him less able in fighting or defending himself than he would have otherwise been.
To make
English law. To perform or execute; as to make his law, is to per- form that law which a man had bound himself to do; that is, to clear himself of an action commenced against him, by his oath, and the oaths of his neighbors.To make default, is to fail to appear in proper time. To make oath, is to swear according to the form prescribed by law
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To hold
1) These words are now used in a deed to express by what tenure the grantee is to have the land. The clause which commences with these words is called the tenendum. 2) To hold, also means to decide, to adjudge, to decree; as, the court in that case held that the hushand was not liable for the contract of the wife, made without his express or implied authority. 3) It also signifies to bind under a contract, as the obligor is held and firmly bound. In the constitution of the United States, it is provided, that no person held to service or labor in one state under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
To let
To hire, to lease; to grant the use and possession of something for a compensation. This term is applied to real estate and the words to hire are more commonly used when speaking of personal estate.
To lie
That which is proper, is fit; as, an action on the case lies for an injury committed without force; corporeal hereditaments lie in livery, that is, they pass by livery; incorporeal hereditaments lie in grant, that is, pass by the force of the grant, and without any livery.
To maim
Criminal law. To deprive a person of such part of his body as to ren- der him less able in fighting or defending himself than he would have otherwise been.
To make
English law. To perform or execute; as to make his law, is to per- form that law which a man had bound himself to do; that is, to clear himself of an action commenced against him, by his oath, and the oaths of his neighbors.To make default, is to fail to appear in proper time. To make oath, is to swear according to the form prescribed by law
To muster
To observe
Civil law. To perform that which has been prescribed by some law or usage.
To open a credit
When a banker accepts or pays a bill of exchange drawn on him by a correspondent, who has not furnished him with funds, he is said to open a credit with the drawer.
To pack
1) To deceive by false appearance; to counterfeit; to delude; as packing a jury. 2) Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda.
To pass
To accomplish, to complete, to decide.
To plunder
The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called plunder.
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Maritime
That which belongs to or is connected with the sea.
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.
Term
1) Construction. Word; expression speech. 2) Contracts. This word is used in the civil, law to denote the space of time granted to the debtor for discharging his obligation; there are express terms resulting from the positive stipulations of the agreement; as, where one undertakes to pay a certain sum on a certain day and also terms which tacitly result from the nature of the things which are the object of the engagement, or from the place where the act is agreed to be done. For instance, if a builder engage to construct a house for me, I must allow a reasonable time for fulfilling his engagement. 3) Estates. The limitation of an estate, as a term for years, for life, and the like. The word term does not merely signify the time specified in the lease, but the estate also and interest that passes by that lease; and therefore the term may expire during the continuance of the time, as by surrender, forfeiture and the like. 4) Practice. The space of time during which a court holds a session; sometimes the term is a monthly, at others it is a quarterly period, according to the constitution of the court.
Exhibit
A document or object shown to the court as evidence in a trial. They are each given a number or letter by the court clerk as they are introduced for future reference during the trial. For example, weapon are frequently given as exhibits in criminal trials. Except with special permission of the court, exhibits are locked up in court custody until the trial is over.
Arms
1) Any thing that a man wears for his defence, or takes in his hands, or uses in his anger, to cast at, or strike at another. 2) Heraldry. Signs of arms, or drawings painted on shields, banners, and the like.
Book
A general name given to every literary composition which is printed; but appropriately to a printed composition bound in a volume.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
To maim
Criminal law. To deprive a person of such part of his body as to ren- der him less able in fighting or defending himself than he would have otherwise been.
To make
English law. To perform or execute; as to make his law, is to per- form that law which a man had bound himself to do; that is, to clear himself of an action commenced against him, by his oath, and the oaths of his neighbors.To make default, is to fail to appear in proper time. To make oath, is to swear according to the form prescribed by law
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To hold
1) These words are now used in a deed to express by what tenure the grantee is to have the land. The clause which commences with these words is called the tenendum. 2) To hold, also means to decide, to adjudge, to decree; as, the court in that case held that the hushand was not liable for the contract of the wife, made without his express or implied authority. 3) It also signifies to bind under a contract, as the obligor is held and firmly bound. In the constitution of the United States, it is provided, that no person held to service or labor in one state under the laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due.
To let
To hire, to lease; to grant the use and possession of something for a compensation. This term is applied to real estate and the words to hire are more commonly used when speaking of personal estate.
To lie
That which is proper, is fit; as, an action on the case lies for an injury committed without force; corporeal hereditaments lie in livery, that is, they pass by livery; incorporeal hereditaments lie in grant, that is, pass by the force of the grant, and without any livery.
To maim
Criminal law. To deprive a person of such part of his body as to ren- der him less able in fighting or defending himself than he would have otherwise been.
To make
English law. To perform or execute; as to make his law, is to per- form that law which a man had bound himself to do; that is, to clear himself of an action commenced against him, by his oath, and the oaths of his neighbors.To make default, is to fail to appear in proper time. To make oath, is to swear according to the form prescribed by law
To muster
To observe
Civil law. To perform that which has been prescribed by some law or usage.
To open a credit
When a banker accepts or pays a bill of exchange drawn on him by a correspondent, who has not furnished him with funds, he is said to open a credit with the drawer.
To pack
1) To deceive by false appearance; to counterfeit; to delude; as packing a jury. 2) Civil law. An agreement made by two or more persons on the same subject in order to form some engagement, or to dissolve or modify, one already made, conventio est duorum in idem placitum consensus de re solvenda, id. est facienda vel praestanda.
To pass
To accomplish, to complete, to decide.
To plunder
The capture of personal property on land by a public enemy, with a view of making it his own. The property so captured is called plunder.
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