Lat. In the civil law. The condition or qualify of a suus haeres, or proper heir. Hallifax, Civil Law, b. 2, c. 9, no, 11; Calvin. … [Read more...]

Those persons, who by his authority, follow or attend an ambassador or other public minister. 2. In general the suite of a minister are protected from arrest, and the inviolability of his person is communicated to those who form his suite. … [Read more...]

In the common law definition of manslaughter, this phrase means an access of rage or anger, suddenly arising from a contemporary provocation. It means that the provocation must arise at the time of the killing, and that the passion is not the result of a former provocation, and the act must be directly caused by the passion arising out of the provocation at the time of the … [Read more...]

government. Vote; the act of voting. 2. The right of suffrage is given by the constitution of the United States, art. 1, s. 2, to the electors in each state, as shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature. … [Read more...]

In Hindu law. The best; the fore-court of a house; the chief seat of government, contradistinguished from "mofus-sil" or interior of the country; the presidency. Wharton. … [Read more...]