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(A) domestic relations. A man who has a wife. 2. The husband, as such, is liable to certain obligations, and entitled to certain rights, which will be here briefly considered. (B) mar. law. The name of an agent who is authorized to make the necessary repairs to a ship, and to act in relation to the ship, generally, for the owner. He is usually called ship's husband. Vide Ship's … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
In old English law. The season for sowing winter grain, between Michaelmas and Christmas. The land on which such grain was sown. The grain itself; winter grain or winter corn. Cowell. … [Read more...]
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See spousal privilege. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A mongrel; an animal formed of the union of different species, or different genera; also (metaphorically) a human being bom of the union of persons of different races. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A farmer; a cultivator or tiller of the ground. The word "farmer" is colloquially used as synonymous with "husbandman," but originally meant a tenant who cultivates leased ground. … [Read more...]