A pest-house, or public hospital for persons affected with the more dangerous forms of contagious diseases; a quarantine station for vessels coming from countries where such diseases are prevalent. … [Read more...]

Without law; without lawful control. Lawful age. Full age; majority; generally the age of twenty-one years, though sometimes eighteen as to a female. … [Read more...]

law of the" country, even though it be contraband of war ; for a neutral has a right to carry such goods at his own risk. Seton v. Low, … [Read more...]

Those which are made to punish actions committed before the existence of such laws, and which had not been declared crimes by preceding laws. Declar. of Rights, Mass. part 1, s. 24 Declar. of Rights, Maryl. art. 15. By the constitution of the United States and those of the several states, the legislatures are forbidden to pass ex post facto laws. Const. U. S. art. 1, s. 10, … [Read more...]

The laws which govern a country or jurisdiction; the land. … [Read more...]