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A stillborn child is one born dead or in such an early stage of pregnancy as to be incapable of living though not actually dead at the time of birth. Children born within the first six months after conception are considered by the civil law as incapable of living and therefore though they are apparently born alive if they do not in fact survive so long as to rebut this … [Read more...] about STILLBORN

civ. law. The rain water that falls from the roof or eaves of a house by scattered drops. When it is gathered into a spout it is called flumen. 2. Without the constitution of one or other of these servitudes, no proprietor can build so as to throw the rain that falls from his house directly on his neighbor's grounds; for it is a restriction upon all property, nemo protest … [Read more...] about STILLICIDIUM

Eng. law. The proportionable part of a man's cattle, which he may keep upon the common. 2. To use a thing without stint, is to use it without limit. … [Read more...] about STINT

Currency, money of Great Britain, but anciently a small coin, worth about one penny; and so called, as some suppose, because it was stamped with the figure of a small star, or, as others suppose, because it was first stamped in England in the reign of King John, by merchants from Germany called Esterlings. Pounds sterling, originally signified so many pounds in weight of these … [Read more...] about STERLING

A salary; settled pay. A provision made for the support of the clergy. … [Read more...] about STIPEND