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(A) weight. The twenty-fourth part of a pennyweight. 2. For scientific purposes the grain only is used, and sets of weights are constructed in decimal progression, from 10,000 grains downward to one hundredth of a grain. (B) corn. It signifies wheat, rye, barley, or other corn sown in the ground In Pennsylvania, a tenant for a certain term is entitled to the way-going crop. In … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
domestic relations. The father of one's father or mother. The father's father is called the paternal grandfather; the mother's father is the maternal grandfather. … [Read more...]
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An ancient duty in London under which the twentieth part of salt imported by aliens was taken. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A clause that requires those who are already part of an old system to retain their benefits and not be required to switch to the new system. For example, in contract, a corporate discount for customers may be 15% and a company wishes to limit that amount to 10%. The lower amount will apply for all new employees but old employees will enjoy the greater discount which is … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In England, this term designates a school in which such instruction is given as will prepare the stur dent to enter a college or university, and in this sense the phrase was used in the Massachusetts colonial act of 1647, requiring every town containing a hundred householders to set up a "grammar school." See Jenkins v. Andover, 103 Mass. 97. But in modern American usage the … [Read more...]