To liberate; to make free. … [Read more...] about AFFRANCHISE
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AGAINST
Adverse to; contrary; opposed to; without the consent of; in contact with. State v. Metzger, 26 Kan. 395; James v. Bank, 12 R. I. 460; Seabright v. Seabright, 28 W. Va. 465; State v. Prather, 54 Ind. 63. Against the form of the statute. When the act complained of is prohibited by a statute. these technical words must be used in an indictment under it. The Latin phrase is contra … [Read more...] about AGAINST
AGENCY
A relation, created either by express or implied contract or by law, whereby one party (called the principal or constituent) delegates the transaction of some lawful business or the authority to do certain acts for him or in relation to his rights or property, with more or less discretionary power, to another person (called the agent, attorney, proxy, or delegate) who … [Read more...] about AGENCY
AFFRAY
In criminal law. The fighting of two or more persons in some public place to the terror of the people. Burton t. Com., 60 S. W. 526, 22 Ky. Law Rep. 1315: Thompson v. State, 70 Ala. 26; State v. Allen, 11 N. a 356. It differs from a riot in not being premeditated ', for if any persons meet together upon any lawful or innocent occasion, and happen on a sudden to engage in … [Read more...] about AFFRAY
AGAINST INTEREST
Contrary to one's interest, e.g. a statement against interest being an utterance which is opposed to that person's best interests, the admission of a committing a crime. … [Read more...] about AGAINST INTEREST