In Hindu law. An agent or attorney. … [Read more...]

med. jur. A term used by medical men, which has not yet acquired much reputation in the courts. Moral insanity is said to consist in a morbid perversion of the moral feelings, affections, inclinations, temper, habits, and moral dispositions, without any notable lesion of the intellect, or knowing and reasoning faculties, and particularly without any maniacal hallucination. … [Read more...]

In Hindu law. A written authority constituting an agent; a power of attorney. … [Read more...]

A duty which one owes, and which he ought to perform, but which he is not legally bound to fulfill. 2. These obligations are of two kinds 1st. Those founded on a natural right; as, the obligation to be charitable, which can never be enforced by law. 2d. Those which are supported by a good or valuable antecedent consideration; as, where a man owes a debt barred by the act of … [Read more...]

The act of holding more than one job, usually referring to a second job performed after the work day and in the evening. Sometimes refers to a second job that is taken while on leave from another job. … [Read more...]