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Conformable to fact; correct; exact; actual; genuine; honest "In one sense, that only is true which is conformable to the actual state of things. In that sense, a statement is untrue which does not express things exactly as they are. But in another and broader sense, the word 'true' is often used as a synonym of 'honest,' 'sincere, 'not fraudulent'" Moulor v. American L. Ina Co … [Read more...]
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Latin: In old English law. A trithlng man or constable of three hundred. Cowell. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A true bill is an indictment approved of by a grand jury. practice. These words are endorsed on a bill of indictment, when a grand jury, after having heard the witnesses for the government, are of opinion that there is sufficient cause to put the defendant on his trial. Formerly, the endorsement was Billa vera, when legal proceedings were in Latin; it is still the practice to … [Read more...]
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Latin: In Roman law. Officers who had charge of the prison, through whose intervention punishments were inflicted. They had eight lictore to execute their orders. Vicat Voc Jur. … [Read more...]
TheLaw.com Law Dictionary & Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed.
A faithful duplicate of an original document that is virtually identical and sufficient for its purposes to act as one. … [Read more...]