Landmark U.S. Supreme Court case which decided that abortions during the first trimester, other than those that are necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman, was a privacy right guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. … [Read more...]

Lat. In Roman law. To ask Or solicit. Rogare legem, to ask for the adoption of a law, i.e. to propose it for enactment, to bring in a bill. In a derivative sense, to vote for a law so proposed; to adopt or enact it. … [Read more...]

Latin: In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form. … [Read more...]

in making a nuncupative will, is where the testator formally calls upon the persons present to Dear Witness that he has declared his will. Williams! Ex'rs, 116; Browne, Prob. Pr. 59. … [Read more...]

In English ecclesiastical law. The second week before Whitsunday, thus called from three fasts observed therein, the Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, called "Rogation days," because of the extraordinary prayers then made for the fruits of the earth, or as a preparation for the devotion of Holy Thursday. Wharton. Rogationes, quesstiones, et positioned debent esse simplioes. nob. … [Read more...]