The apprehending or detaining of the person, in order to be forthcoming to answer an alleged or suspected crime. The word arrest is more properly used in civil cases, and apprehension in criminal. A man is arrested under a capias ad respondendum, apprehended under a warrant charging him with a larceny. 2. It will be convenient to consider, 1, who may be arrested; 2, for what … [Read more...] about ARREST IN CRIMINAL CASES
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ARRA
In the civil law. Earnest; earnest money; evidence of a completed bargain. Used of a contract of marriage, as well as any other. Spelled, also, Arrha, Arrw. Calvin. … [Read more...] about ARRA
ARREST OF JUDGMENT
(A) The act of a court by which the judges refuse to give judgment, because upon the face of the record, it appears that the plaintiff is not entitled to it. See Judgment, arrest of. (B) practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In … [Read more...] about ARREST OF JUDGMENT
ARGENTUM
Silver; money. Argentum album. Bullion; uncoined silver ; common silver coin.; silver coin worn smooth. Cowell; Spelman. Argentum Dei. God's money; God's penny; money given as earnest in making a bargain. Cowell. … [Read more...] about ARGENTUM
ARISTOCRACY
That form of government in which the sovereign power is exercised by a small number of persons to the exclusion of the remainder of the people. A government in which a class of men rules supreme. A form of government which is lodged In a council composed of select members or ndbles, without a monarch, and exclusive of the people. A privileged class of the people; nobles and … [Read more...] about ARISTOCRACY