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(noun) - Domestics, or, in full, domestic servants, are servants who reside in the same house with the master they serve. The term does not extend to workmen or laborers employed out of doors. Ex parte Meason, 5 Bin. (Pa.) 167. The Louisiana Civil Code enumerates as domestics those who receive wages and stay in the house of the person paying and employing them, for his own … [Read more...]
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Latin meaning Incapable of crime. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
With reference to the laws and the courts of any given state a "domestic" corporation is one created by or organized under the laws of that state; a "foreign" corporation is one created by or under the laws of another state government or country. In re Grand Lodge 110 Pa. 613 1 Atl. 582; Boley v. Trust Co. 12 Ohio St. 143; Bowen v. Bank 34 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 411. … [Read more...]
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money. A silver coin of the United States of the value of one hundred cents, or tenth part of an eagle. 2. It weighs four hundred and twelve and a half grains. Of one thousand parts, nine hundred are of pure silver and one hundred of alloy. … [Read more...]
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Such as are habituated to live in or about the habitations of men or such as contribute to the support of a family or the wealth of the community. This term includes horses but may or may not include dogs. … [Read more...]