(Bring with you, although sick.) In practice. An ancient writ now obsolete, directed to the sheriff, upon a return that he could not bring his prisoner without danger of death, he being adeo languid us, (so sick;) whereupon the court granted a habeas corpus in the nature of a duces tecum licet languidus. Cowell; Blount … [Read more...]

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt. It is not made payable to order, like a promissory note. … [Read more...]

Those lands which formerly belonged to the dukes of Lancaster, and now belong to the crown in right of the duchy. The duchy is distinct from the county palatine of Lancaster, and includes not only the county, but also much territory at a distance from it, especially the Savoy in London and some land near Westminster. 8 Bl. Comm. 78. Duchy court of Lancaster. A tribunal of … [Read more...]

A duel la any combat with deadly weapons, fought between two or more persons, by previous agreement or npon a previous quarrel. Pen. Code Cal. { 225; State y. Fritz, 133 N. C. 725, 45 S. E. 957; State y. Herriott, 1 McMul. (S. C.) 130; Bassett y. State, 44 Fla. 2, 33 South. 262; Davis v. Modern Woodmen, 98 Mo. App. 713, 73 S. W. 923. … [Read more...]

Intoxication with strong liquor. 2. This is an offence generally punished by local regulations, more or less severely. 3. Although drunkenness reduces a man to a temporary insanity, it does not excuse him or palliate his offence, when he commits a crime during a fit of intoxication, and which is the immediate result of it. When the act is a remote consequence, superinduced by … [Read more...]