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In medical Jurisprudence. A frequent manlfestation of hysteria in women, ln which the abdomen is inflated, simulating pregnancy; the patient aiding ln the deception

In medical Jurisprudence. A method of investigating the origin and cause of any given disease or morbid condition by examination of the mental condition of the patient, the application of various psychological tests, aud an inquiry Into the past history of the patient, with a view to its bearing on his present psychic state

A kind of service of tenure. Blount says lt slgnifies an old-fashioned spur with one point only, whlch the tenant, hold-ing land by thls tenure, was to find for the king, wharton

Klndred between two persons. Dig. 38, 16, 8

LaL In the civil law. A broker; one who negotiated or arranged the terms of a contract between two parties, as between buyer and seller; one who negotiat-ed a marriage; a match-maker. Calvin

Immediate; nearest; next in order

AL. In English law. An officer of the royal navy who had the charge of prisoners taken at sea, and some-times also on land. In military law, the officer acting as the head of the military police of any post, camp, city or other place in military occupation, or district under the reign of martial […]

The act of inciting an-other to do a particular deed. Such conduct

The principal magistrate of a royal burgh in Scotland; also a governing oflicer of a university or college

R. In old English law. A provider, or purveyor. Spelman. Also a person nominated to be the next incumbent of a benefice (not yet vacant) by the pope

In English practice. A trial brought on by the def end-ant, in caseB where the plaintiff, after lssue joined, neglects to proceed to trial; so call-ed from a clause in the writ to the sheriff, which directs him, in case, two writs come to his hands, to execute but one of them. 3 Bl. Comm. […]

Food; victuals; articles of food for human consumption. See Bot-elor v. washington, 3 Fed. Cas. 962; In re Lentz (D. C,) 97 Fed. 487; Nash v. Farring-ton, 4 Allen (Mass.) 157; State v. Angelo, 71 N. H. 224, 51 Atl. 905

Temporary; prelimi nary; tentative; taken or done hy way of precaution or ad interim

Lat In English history. Those acts of parliament which were passed to carb the arbitrary power of the crown. See Pbovision

In eommcroial law

Lat. In the civU law. one who has his domicile in a province. Dig. 50, 16, 190

In Scotch practice. An action for proving the tenor of a lost deed. BeU

A work on ecclesiastical law, by william Lyndwode, official principal to Archbishop Chichele in the reign of Edward IV. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 25, p. 117

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In English law. The several archi-epfscopal courts ln the two ecclesiastical provinces of England

E. Sometimes this signifies the district into which a country lias been divid ed; as, the province of Canterbury, in Eng-land; the province of Languedoc, in France. Sometimes it means a dependency or colony, as, the province of New Brunswick. It is sometimes used figuratively to signify power or authority; as, it is the province […]

In old Englisb law. A person who, on being indicted of treason or fel ony, and arraigned for the same, confessed the fact before plea pleaded, and appealed or accused others, his accomplices, in the same crime, in order to obtain his pardon. 4 Bl. Comm. 329, 330

To establish a fact or hypothesis as true by satisfactory and sufliclent evidence

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L. Fr. Provable; Justifiable ; manifest. Kelham

In Spanish law. The original draft or writing of an instrument which remains in the possession of the es-cribano, or notary, white, New Recop. lib. 8, tit 7, c. 5, $ 2

The title given to an officer who officiates as principal cierk of some courts. Vin. Abr. See Trebilcox v. McAlpine, 46 Hun (N. Y.) 469; whitney v. Hopkins, 135 Pa. 246, 19 Atl. 1075

Those who adhered to the doctrine of Luther; so called because, in 1529, they protested against a decree of the emperor Charles V. and of the diet of Spires, and declared that they appealed to a general council. The name is now applied indiscrim-lnately to ail the sects, of whatever de-nomination, who have seceded from […]

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L. Lat Protesting. Tbe emphatic word formerly used in plead-ing by way of protestation. 3 Bl. Comm. 311. See Protestation

(1) The period during which oliver Cromwell ruled in Eng-land. (2) Also the office of protector. (3) The relation of the English sovereign, till the year 1864, to the Ionian Islands, whar-ton

1. A formal declaration made by a person interested or concerned in some act about to be done, or already per-formed, and ln relation thereto, whereby he expresses his dissent or disapproval, or af-firins the act to be done against his will or convictions, the object being generally to save some right which would be […]

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A lnw imposing duties on imports, with the purpose and the efTect of discouraging the use of prod-ucts of foreign origin, and consequently of stimulating the home production of the same or equivalent articles. IL E. Thompson, in Enc. Brit

The English statute 33 Edw. I. SL 1, allowing a challenge to be entered against a protection, etc

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The statute 33 & 34 Vict. c. 27. By this act it is provided that the exhibition of new inventions shall not prejudice patent rights, and that the exhibition of designs shall not prejudice the right to registration of such designs.

Common lewdness; whoredom; the act or practice of a woman who permits any man who will pay her price to have sexual intercourse with her. See Com. v. Cook, 12 Metc. (Mass.) 97

A document published by a company or corporation, or by persons acting as its agents or assignees, setting forth the nature and objects of an issue of shares, debentures, or other securities created by the company or corporation, and ln-vitlng the public to subscribe to the Issue. A prospectus is also usually published on the […]

A woman who indis-criniinately consorts with men for hire. Car-pen ter v. People, 8 Barb. (N. Y.) 611; State v. Stoyell, 54 Me. 24, 89 Am. Dec. 716

Looking forward; contemplating the future. A law is said to be prospective .(as opposed to retrospective) when lt is applicable only to cases which shall arise after Its enactment

In practice. He who prosecutes another for a.crime in the name of the government

In crlminal law. A femhle prosecutor

In criminal law. A criminal action; a proceeding instituted and carried on by due course of law, before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of de-termining the guilt or innocence of a per-son charged with crime. See U. S. v. Reis-Inger, 128 U. S. 398, 9 Sup. Ct. 99, 32 L. Ed. 480; Tennessee v. […]

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This name is given to the private person upon whose complaint or information a criminal accusa-tion is founded and whose testimony is maln-ly relied on to secure a conviction at the trial; in a more particular sense, the person who was chiefly injured, in person or prop-erty, by the act constituting the alleged crime, (as […]

To follow up; to carry on an action or other judicial proceeding; to proceed against a person criminally

To direct suspension ot proceedings of parliament; to terminate a session

Prolonging or putting off to another day. In English law, a prorogation is the continuance of the parlia-ment from one session to another, as an adjournment is a continuation of the session from day to day. wharton

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