In old Welsh law. An oath made by compurgators. Brown. … [Read more...]

The gathering of people in the same place, the right of assembly, the right to gather, typically for the purpose of carrying on a political purpose. The union of a number of persons in the same place. There are several kinds of assemblies. 2. Political assemblies, or those authorized by the constitution and laws; for example, the general assembly, which includes the senate and … [Read more...]

In English law. The offense committed in the forest, by pulling up the trees by the roots that are thickets and coverts for deer, and making the ground plain as arable land. It differs from waste, in that waste is the cutting down of coverts which may grow again, whereas assart is the plucking them up by the roots and utterly destroying them, so that they can never afterward … [Read more...]

Compliance; approval of something done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request Norton v. Davis, 83 Tex. 32, 18 S. W. 430; Appeal of Pittsburgh, 115 Pa. 4, 7 Atl. 778; Canal Co. v. Railroad Co., 4 Gill & J. (Md.) 1, 30; Baker v. Johnson County, 37 Iowa, 189; Puller v. Kemp (Com. PI.) 16 N. Y. Supp. 160. Mutual assent. The meeting of the … [Read more...]

crim, law. An assassin is one who attacks another either traitorously, or with the advantage of arms or place) or of a number of persons who support him, and kills his victim. This being done with malice, aforethought, is murder. The term assassin is but little used in the common law, it is borrowed from the civil law. … [Read more...]