In old European law. A band of soldiers, (globus militant.) Spelman. … [Read more...]

In feudal and old English law. A duchy, the dignity or territory of a duke … [Read more...]

A person is "drunk" when he is so far under the influence of liquor that his passions are visibly excited or his judgment impaired, or when his brain is so far affected by potations of liquor that his intelligence, sense-perceptions, judgment continuity of thought or of ideas, speech, and coordination of volition with muscular action (or some of these faculties or processes) … [Read more...]

(A) Latin term for bring with you and used most frequently in subpoena duces tecum which requires the production of something. (B) practice, evidence. Bring with thee. A writ commonly called a subpoena duces tecum, commanding the person to whom it is directed to bring with him some writings, papers, or other things therein specified and described, before the court. 1 Phil. Ev. … [Read more...]

In mining law. An underground passage driven horizontally along the course of a mineralized vein or approximately so. Distinguished from "shaft'' which is an opening made at the surface and extending downward into the earth vertically, or nearly so, upon the vein or intended to reach it; and from "tunnel," which is a lateral or horizontal passage underground intended to reach … [Read more...]