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ORTELLI

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The claws of a dog's foot. Kitch. … [Read more...]

ORWIGE, SINE WITA

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In old English law. Without war or feud, such security being provided by the laws, .for homicides under certain circumstances, against the fcehth, or deadly feud, on the part of the family of the slain. Anc. Inst. Eng. … [Read more...]

ORDO

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Lat. That rule which monks were obliged to observe. Order; regular succession. An order of a court Ordo albus. The white friars or Augustines. Du Cange. Ordo attachlamentorum. In old practice. The order of attachments. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 51, … [Read more...]

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

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practice. That which is given to courts to take cognizance of cases which may be instituted in those courts in the first instance. The constitution of the United States gives the supreme court of the United State original jurisdiction in cases which affect ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, and to those in which a state is a party. … [Read more...]

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