Lat. Spelled also cesnecius, enitius, ceneas, eneyus. The eldest born; the first born; senior, as contrasted with the puis ne, (younger.) Spelman. … [Read more...]

Any animate being which is endowed with the power of voluntary motion. In the language of the law the term includes all living creatures not human. Domitae are those which have been tamed by man; domestic. Fierce natures are those which still retain their wild nature. Mansuetce natures are those gentle or tame by nature, such as sheep and cows. Animals of a base nature. Animals … [Read more...]

In medical jurisprudence. (1) Loss of sensation, or insensibility to pain, general or local, induced by the administration or application of certain drugs such as ether, nitrous oxide gas, or cocaine. (2) Defect of sensation, or more or less complete insensibility to pain, existing in various parts of the body as a result of certain diseases of the nervous system. … [Read more...]

Those which, though they may be reclaimed, are not Such that at common law a larceny may be committed of them, by reason of the baseness of their nature. Some animals, which are now usually tamed, come within this class; as dogs and cats; and others which, though wild by nature, and oftener reclaimed by art and industry, clearly fall within the same rule; as, bears, foxes, … [Read more...]

A term used in the Roman law to denote a forced or compulsory service exacted by the government for public purposes ; as a forced rendition of labor or goods for the public service. See Dig. 50, 4, 18, 4. In maritime law. A forced service, (on us,) imposed on a vessel for public purposes; an impressment of a vessel. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 1, c. 5, … [Read more...]