The system of measures taken by government with reference to the direct prevention of crime. It generally consists In obliging those persons whom there is probable ground to suspect of future misbehavior to give full assurance to the public that such offense as is apprehended shall not happen, by finding pledges or securities to keep the peace, or for their good behavior. See 4 … [Read more...]

The name given in England to the coast guard, or armed police, forming a part of the customs service, and employed in the prevention and detection of smuggling. Previous intentions are judged by subsequent acts. Dumont v. Smith, 4 Denio (N. Y.) 319, 320. … [Read more...]

In the procedure of parliamentary bodies, moving the "previous question" is a method of avoiding a direct vote on the main subject of discussion. It Is described In May, Pari. Prac. 277. … [Read more...]

An adverb of time, used in comparing an act or state named with another act or state, subsequent in order of time, for the purpose of asserting the priority of the first. Lebrecht v. Wilcoxon, 40 Iowa, 94. … [Read more...]

contracts. The consideration in money given for the purchase of a thing. 2. There are three requisites to the quality of a price iii order to make a sale. 3. 1. It must be serious, and such as may be demanded: if, therefore, a person were to sell me an article, and by the agreement, reduced to writing, he were to release me from the payment, the transaction would no longer be a … [Read more...]