RELIQUA

The remaiuder or debt which a person finds himself debtor in upon the balancing or liquidation of an account. Hence reliquary, the debtor of a reliqua; as also a person who only pays piece-meal. Enc. Lond. … [Read more...] about RELIQUA

practice. A forsaking, abandoning, or giving over a right; for example, a plaintiff may relinquish a bad count in a declaration, and proceed on the good: a man may relinquish a part of his claim in order to give a court jurisdiction. … [Read more...] about RELINQUISHMENT

The constitution of the United States, art. 6, s. 3, de-clares that no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office, or public trust under the United States. 2. This clause was introduced for the double purpose of satisfying the scruples of many respectable persons, who feel an invincible repugnance to any religious test or affirmation, and to cut off … [Read more...] about RELIGIOUS TEST

When religious books, or reading are spoken of, those which tend to promote the religion taught by the Christian dispensation must be considered as referred to, unless the meaning is so limited by associated words or circumstances as to show that the speaker or writer had reference to some other mode of worship. Simpson v. Welcome, 72 Me. 500, 39 Am. Rep. 349. Religions … [Read more...] about RELIGIOUS

Real piety in practice, consisting in the performance of all known duties to God and our fellow men. 2. There are many actions which cannot be regulated by human laws, and many duties are imposed by religion calculated to promote the happiness of society. Besides, there is an infinite number of actions, which though punishable by society, may be concealed from men, and which … [Read more...] about RELIGION