This word, though generally directory only, will be taken as mandatory if the context requires it Life Ass'n v. St Louis County Assessors, 49 Mo. 518. … [Read more...]
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This word, though generally directory only, will be taken as mandatory if the context requires it Life Ass'n v. St Louis County Assessors, 49 Mo. 518. … [Read more...]
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The consequence produced. The result. … [Read more...]
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The twelfth part; the twelfth part of a pound troy or the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois. … [Read more...]
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Certain districts or tracts of lands in the Orkney Islands were formerly so called, because each paid an annual tax of one ounce of silver. … [Read more...]
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The lierwite or fine paid to the lord by the inferior, tenant when his daughter was debauched. Cowell. … [Read more...]