A small island arising in a river. See Island. … [Read more...]
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TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A small island arising in a river. See Island. … [Read more...]
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In Louisiana this term is used to designate that property which forms no part of the dowry of a woman, and which is also called paraphernal property. … [Read more...]
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canon law. This is the name given to the constitutions of the popes posterior to the Clementines; they are thus called quasi vagantes extra corpus juris, to express that they were out of the canonical law, which at first contained only the decrees of Gratian; afterwards the decretals of Gregory IX., the sexte of Boniface. VIII., the Clementines, and at last the extravagantes … [Read more...]
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In the law of insurance. Characterized or attended by circumstances or conditions of special and unusual danger. Reynolds v. Insurance Co., 47 N. Y. 597; Russell v. Insurance Co., 71 Iowa, 69, 32 N. W. 95. … [Read more...]
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One of several grounds for which divorce may be granted. It is the infliction of significant mental, physical or emotional harm upon the other spouse. While many states have no-fault divorce, such a ground may be recognized for purposes of division of marital assets to be so divided in favor of the victim of such extreme and cruel behavior. In the law of divorce. The infliction … [Read more...]