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SPEAKING DEMURRER

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equity pleading. One which contains an argument in the body of it; as, for instance, when a demurrer says, in or about the year 1770, which is upwards of twenty years before the bill filed. See DEMURRER … [Read more...]

SPEAKING WITH PROSECUTOR

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A method of compounding an offense, allowed in the English practice, where the court permits a defendant convicted of a misdemeanor to speak with the prosecutor before judgment is pronounced; if the prosecutor declares himself satisfied, the court may Inflict a trivial punishment. 4 Steph. Comm. 261. … [Read more...]

SPECIAL

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Relating to or designating a species, kind, or sort; designed for a particular purpose; confined to a particular purpose, object, person, or class. The opposite of "general." Special act. A private statute; an act which operates only upon particular persons or private concerns. 1 Bl. Comm. 86; Unity v. Burrage, 103 U. S. 454, 26 L. Ed. 405. Special case. In English practice. … [Read more...]

SOWLEGROVE

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February; so called In South Wales. Cowell. … [Read more...]

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