Latin, meaning He who has a right to give has the right to dispose of the gift. … [Read more...]

A crime for willfully inflicting severe pain or suffering to an animal, including death. May also apply to malicious and gross neglect of an animal. … [Read more...]

Latin, meaning He who owns the soil owns it up to the sky and to its depth. … [Read more...]

A voyage undertaken for a given purpose; a voyage for the purpose of making captures jure belli. The Brutus, 2 Gall. 538, Fed. Cas. No. 2,060. A voyage or expedition in quest of vessels or fleets of the enemy which may be expected to sail in any particular track at a certain season of the year. The region in which these cruises are performed is usually termed the "rendezvous, … [Read more...]

This is a French phrase, which signifies, literally, the bottom of a bag, and, figuratively, a street not open at both ends. It seems not to be settled whether a cul de sac is to be considered a highway. (Fr. the bottom of a sack.) A blind alley; a street which is open at one end only. … [Read more...]