A weapon that fires automatically and repeatedly while the trigger is held down so long as it still has ammunition. … [Read more...]

Profits, or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only In reference to wills, and in them it means the corpus or proceeds of the estate after the payment of the debts. 1 Amer. & Eng. Enc. Law, 1039. See Allen v. De Witt, 3 N. T. 279; McNaughton t. McNaughton, 34 N. T. 201. … [Read more...]

In medical jurisprudence, this term is applied to actions or conduct of an individual apparently occurring without will, purpose, or reasoned intention on his part; a condition sometimes observed in persons who, without being actually insane, suffer from an obscuration of the mental faculties, loss of volition or of memory, or kindred affections. "Ambulatory automatism" … [Read more...]

In French law. The guaranty of a bill of exchange; so called because usually placed at the foot or bottom {aval) of the bill. Story, Bills, … [Read more...]

civ. law. This is the name given to a collection of the Novels of Justinian, made by an anonymous author. It is called authentic on account of its authority. 2. There is also another collection which bears the name of authentic. It is composed of extracts made from the Novels, by a lawyer named Irnier, and which he inserted in the code at such places as they refer; these … [Read more...]