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White persons
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White personsThe acts of congress which authorize the naturalization of aliens, confine the description of such aliens to free white persons.This of course excludes the African race when pure, but it is not easy to say what shade of color or mixture of blood will make a white person.
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Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Description
A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Blood
Kindred. 1) This word, in the law sense, is used to signify relationship, stock, or family; as, of the blood of the ancestor. 2) Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood, if they have the same father and mother of the half blood, if they have only one parent in common.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
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White money
In the US penitentiary slang, currency within an instituiton.
White rent
English law. Rents paid in silver, and called white rents or redditus albi, to distinguish them from other rents which were not paid in money.
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When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
When and where
These words are used in a plea when full defence is made the form is, "when and were it shall behove him." This acknowledges the jurisdiction of the court.
Whereas
This word implies a recital, and in general cannot be used in the direct and positive averment of a fact in a declaration or plea. Those facts which are directly denied by the terms of the general issue, or which may, by the established usage of pleading, be specially traversed, must be averred in positive and direct terms; but facts, however material, which are not directly denied by the terms of the general issue, though liable to be contested under it, and which, according to the usage of pleading, cannot be specially tra-versed, may be alleged in the declaration by way of recital, under a whereas.
Whipping
1) Punishment. The infliction of stripes.This mode of punishment, which is still practiced in some of the states, is a relict of barbarism; it has yielded in most of the middle and northern states to the penitentiary system 2) The punishment of whipping, so far as the same was provided by the laws of the United States, was abolished by the act of congress of February 28, 1839.
Whistleblowing
The act of an employee revealing suspected fraud (usually involving senior management) to an outside third party.
White persons
White rent
English law. Rents paid in silver, and called white rents or redditus albi, to distinguish them from other rents which were not paid in money.
Whole blood
Being related by both the father and mother's side; this phrase is used in contradistinction to half, blood, which is relation only on one side.
Wholesale
To sell by wholesale, is to sell by large parcels, generally in original packages, and not by retail
Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Widower
A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for his own use.
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Congress
Med. juris. This name was anciently given in France, England, and other countries, to the-indecent intercourse between married persons, in the presence of witnesses appointed by the courts, in cases when the husband or wife was charged by the other with impotence.
Naturalization
The act by which an alien is made a citizen of the United States of America.
Description
A written account of the state and condition of personal property, titles, papers, and the like. It is a kind of inventory, but is more particular in ascertaining the exact condition of the property, and is without any appraisement of it.
Free
"1) Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is put in opposition to slave. 2) Ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes considered as making free goods.
Course
The direction in which a line runs in surveying.
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
Blood
Kindred. 1) This word, in the law sense, is used to signify relationship, stock, or family; as, of the blood of the ancestor. 2) Brothers and sisters are said to be of the whole blood, if they have the same father and mother of the half blood, if they have only one parent in common.
Will
A will is a legal document in which a person directs how his property is to be distributed after his death. Such documents must be executed in due form and must be duly witnessed.
Person
This word is applied to men, women and children, who are called natural persons.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
White money
In the US penitentiary slang, currency within an instituiton.
White rent
English law. Rents paid in silver, and called white rents or redditus albi, to distinguish them from other rents which were not paid in money.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
When
1) At which time, in wills, standing by itself unqualified and unexplained, this is a word of condition denoting the time at which the gift is to continence. 2) The context of a will may show that the word when is to be applied to the possession only, not to the vesting of a legacy; but to justify this construction, there must be circumstances, or other expressions in the will, showing such to have been the testator's intent.
When and where
These words are used in a plea when full defence is made the form is, "when and were it shall behove him." This acknowledges the jurisdiction of the court.
Whereas
This word implies a recital, and in general cannot be used in the direct and positive averment of a fact in a declaration or plea. Those facts which are directly denied by the terms of the general issue, or which may, by the established usage of pleading, be specially traversed, must be averred in positive and direct terms; but facts, however material, which are not directly denied by the terms of the general issue, though liable to be contested under it, and which, according to the usage of pleading, cannot be specially tra-versed, may be alleged in the declaration by way of recital, under a whereas.
Whipping
1) Punishment. The infliction of stripes.This mode of punishment, which is still practiced in some of the states, is a relict of barbarism; it has yielded in most of the middle and northern states to the penitentiary system 2) The punishment of whipping, so far as the same was provided by the laws of the United States, was abolished by the act of congress of February 28, 1839.
Whistleblowing
The act of an employee revealing suspected fraud (usually involving senior management) to an outside third party.
White persons
White rent
English law. Rents paid in silver, and called white rents or redditus albi, to distinguish them from other rents which were not paid in money.
Whole blood
Being related by both the father and mother's side; this phrase is used in contradistinction to half, blood, which is relation only on one side.
Wholesale
To sell by wholesale, is to sell by large parcels, generally in original packages, and not by retail
Widow
An unmarried woman whose husband is dead.
Widower
A man whose wife is dead. A widower has a right to administer to his wife's separate estate, and as her administrator to collect debts due to her, generally for his own use.
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