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A method or system of treating various diseases of the human body without the use of drugs, by manipulation applied to various nerve centers, rubbing, pulling, and kneading parts of the body, flexing and manipulating the limbs, and the mechanical readjustment of any bones, muscles, or ligaments not in the normal position, with a view to removing the cause of the disorder and … [Read more...] about OSTEOPATHY

(Orphans' Court) The name of a court in some of the states, having jurisdiction of the estates and persons of orphans. … [Read more...] about ORPHANS COURT

In American law. Courts of probate jurisdiction, in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. … [Read more...] about ORPHANS’ COURT

In ecclesiastical law. The holy orders of priest, deacon, and subdeacon, any of which qualified for presentation and admission to an ecclesiastical dignity or cure were called "or dines majores;" and the inferior orders of chanters, psalmists, ostiary, reader, exorcist, and acolyte were called "ordines minores" Persons ordained to the ordines minores had their prima tonsura, … [Read more...] about ORDINES MAJORES ET MINORES

See the Best Evidence Rule. A rule of evidence requiring a party to produce the original executed document as proof of an agreement unless the original document is unavailable due to destruction or other reasonable explanation that would justify its unavailability. … [Read more...] about ORIGINAL DOCUMENT RULE