Lat. In Roman law. An ounce; the twelfth of the Roman "as," or pound The twelfth part of anything; the proportion of one-twelfth. 2 Bl. Comm. 462, note tn. … [Read more...]

An automatic divorce granted by the court when the spouse served with divorce is served with a summons and complaint but fails to respond or make an appearance in court. It is also used to refer to divorces where both spouses have worked out their differences and there is no need for both spouses to go to court, pay court costs and litigate. The divorce proceeding is automatic, … [Read more...]

These phrases often occur in the charters of the British kings, and signify some measure or quantity of land It is said to have been the quantity of twelve modii; each modius being possibly one hundred feet square. Jacob. … [Read more...]

As an excuse for the commission of an act otherwise criminal, this term means an impulse towards its commission of such fixity and intensity that it cannot be resisted by the person subject to it, in the enfeebled condition of his will and moral sense re-sulting from derangement or mania. See INSANITY. And see State v. O'Neil, 51 Kan. 651, 33 Pac. 287, 24 L. R. A. 555. … [Read more...]

Latin: In Roman law. An heir to one-twelfth of an estate or inheritance. Calvin. … [Read more...]