SEMINARY

A place of education. Any school, academy, college, or university in which young persons are Instructed in the several branches of learning which may qualify them for their future employments. Webster. The word is said to have acquired no fixed and definite legal meaning. See Chegaray v. New York, 13 N. Y. 229; Maddox v. Adair (Tex. Civ. App.) 66 S. W. 811; Miami-County v. … [Read more...] about SEMINARY

Lat. In the civil law. A nursery of trees. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 6. … [Read more...] about SEMINARIUM

Latin: In Roman law. Half-marriage. Concubinage was so called. Tayl. CivH Law, 4W3. . … [Read more...] about SEMI-MATRIMONIUM

A gun which fires only one bullet at a time but does not require the trigger to be reloaded after firing as the unused cartridges are automatically loaded. … [Read more...] about SEMI-AUTOMATIC WEAPON

Lat. In the civil law. The collected decisions of the emperors in 'their councils'. … [Read more...] about SEMESTRIA