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Staying or abiding; dwelling temporarily in a place. … [Read more...] about COMMORANT

A class of stock which pays dividends (proportionate to the amount of stock held), has voting rights and a share in the distribution of assets should the corporation be dissolved and liquidated. … [Read more...] about COMMON STOCK

This Latin word signifies those who die at the same time, as, for example, by shipwreck. 2. When several persons die by the same accident, and there is no evidence as to who survived, the presumption of law is, they all died at the same time. Law Dictionary - Alternative Legal Definition Several persons who perish at the same time in consequence of the same calamity. … [Read more...] about COMMORIENTES

One who by practice and habit is a thief; of. in some states one who has been convicted of three distinct larcenies at the same term of court. … [Read more...] about COMMON THIEF

This kind of traverse differs from those called technical traverses principally in this, that it is preceded by no inducement general or special; it is taken without an absque hoc, or any similar words, and is simply a direct denial of the adverse allegations, in common language, and always concludes to the country. It can be used properly only when an inducement is not … [Read more...] about COMMON TRAVERSE