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ASSENT

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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...] about ASSENT

ASSASSIN

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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...] about ASSASSIN

ARTICULI

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Latin: Articles; items or heads. A term applied to some old English statutes, and occasionally to treatises. Articuli cleri. Articles of the clergy, (g. v.)Articuli de moneta. Articles concerning money, or the currency. The title of a statute passed in the twentieth year of Edward I. 2 Reeve, Hist. Eng. Law, 228; Crabb, Eng. Law, fAmer. Ed.) 167. Articuli Magnae Chartse. The … [Read more...] about ARTICULI

ASCENDANTS

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Persons with whom one is related in the ascending line; one's parents, grandparents, great grandparents, etc. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Those from whom a person is descended, or from whom he derives his birth, however remote they may be. 2. Every one has two ascendants at the first degree, his father and mother; four at the second degree, his paternal … [Read more...] about ASCENDANTS