A place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept for a limited time and exposed to view, to the end that their friends may identify them … [Read more...]

estate's, contracts. He who makes a mortgage. 2. He has rights, and is liable to certain duties as such. 1. He is quasi tenant, at will; he is entitled to an equity of redemption after forfeiture. 2. He cannot commit waste, nor make a lease injurious to the mortgagee. As between the mortgagor and third persons, the mortgagor is owner of the land. He can, however, do nothing … [Read more...]

A social and religious system prevailing in the territory of Utah, a distinctive feature of which is the practice of polygamy. These plural marriages are not recognized by law, but are Indictable offenses under the statutes of the United States and of Utah. … [Read more...]

Sax. Murder, answering exactly to the French "assassinat" or "mucrtre de guetapens" … [Read more...]

Latin: Death. Mors dicitnr nltimum snpplicinm. Death is called the "last punishment," the "extremity of punishment" 8 Inst 212. Mors omnia solvit. Death dissolves all things. Jenk. Cent p. 160, case 2. Applied to the case of the death of a party to an action. … [Read more...]