Mixture of races; marriage between persons of different races; as between a white person and a negro. … [Read more...]

Lat. In the civil law. The name of an involuntary deposit, made under pressing necessity; as, for instance, shipwreck, fire, or other inevitable calamity. Poth. Proc. Civile, pt. 5, c. 1, … [Read more...]

An erroneous charge; a charge, given by a court fo a Jury, which involves errors for which the Judgment may be reversed. … [Read more...]

The name and first word of one of the penitential psalms, being that which was commonly used to be given by the ordinary to such condemned malefactors as were allowed the benefit of clergy; whence it is also called the "psalm of mercy." Wharton. … [Read more...]

In legislative parlance, the word is often used to signify the evil or danger which a statute is intended to cure or avoid. It is commonly used to describe playful trouble making, a curious behavior that extends beyond reasonable or legal boundaries. In the phrase "malicious mischief," (which see,) it Imports a wanton or reckless injury to persons or property. See also … [Read more...]