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An obsolete word, which signifies a rod or staff, such as sheriffs, bailiffs, and constables carry, as a badge or ensign of their office. … [Read more...] about VIRGA

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In old English law. A yard-land; a measure of land of variable quantity, containing in some places twenty, in others twenty-four, in others thirty, and in others forty, acres. Cowell; Co. Litt. 5c. … [Read more...] about VIRGA TERRAE

This term includes all alcoholic beverages made from the juice of the grape by the process of fermentation, and perhaps similar liquors made from apples and from some species of berries; but not pure alcohol nor distilled liquors nor malt liquors such as beer and ale. See Adler v. State, 55 Ala. 23; Reyfelt v. State, 73 Miss. 415, 18 South. 925; Lemly v. State, 70 Miss. 241, 12 … [Read more...] about VINOUS LIQUORS

In old English law. The verge; the bounds of the king's house-hold, within which the court of the stewarjd had jurisdiction. Crabb, Eng. Law, 186. … [Read more...] about VIRGATA REGIA