Persons who are not bound by law, but excused from the performance of duties imposed upon others. 2. By the Act of Congress of May 8, 1792, 1 Story, L. U. S. 252, it is provided, Section 2. That the vice-president of the United States the officers, judicial and executive, of the government of the United States; the members of both houses of congress, and their respective … [Read more...]

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In old English law. A gift; a new year's gift. Cowell. … [Read more...]

A trust is said to be executory where some further act is requisite to be done by the author of the trust himself or by the trustees, to give it its full, effect; as, in the case of marriage articles; or, as in the case of a will, where, property is vested in trustees in trust to settle or convey.; for, it is apparent in both of these cases, a further act, namely, a settlement … [Read more...]

(A) French law. This Latin word was, in the ancient practice, placed at the bottom of a judgment emanating from another tribunal, and was a permission and authority to the officer to execute it within the jurisdiction of the judge who put it below the judgment. 2. We have something of the same kind in our practice. When a warrant for the arrest of a criminal is issued by a … [Read more...]