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  • ORDINUM FIGITIVI
    In old English law. Those of the religious who deserted their houses, and, throwing off the habits, renounced their particular order In contempt of their oath and other obligations. Paroch. Antlq. 388.
  • ORDO
    Lat. That rule which monks were obliged to observe. Order; regular succession. An order of a court -Ordo albns. The white friars or Augustines. Du Cange.-Ordo attaohlamentornm. In old practice. The order of attachments. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 51, | 12.-Ordo grisens. The gray friars, or order of Cistercians. Du More...
  • ORDONNANCE
    Fr. In French law, an ordinance; an order of a court; a compilation or systematized body of law relating to a particular subject-matter, as, commercial law or maritime law. Particularly, a compilation of the law relating to prizes and captures at sea. See Coolidge v. Inglee, 13 Mass. 43.
  • ORE-LEAVE
    A license or right to dig and take ore from land. Ege v. Kille, 84 Pa. 340.
  • ORE TENUS
    Lat By word of mouth; orally. Pleading was anciently carried on ore tenus, at the bar of the court. 3 Bl. Comm. 203.
  • ORFGILD
    In Saxon law. The price or value of a beast A payment for a beast The payment or forfeiture of a beast. A penalty for taking away cattle. Spelman.
  • ORGANIC ACT
    An act of congress conferring powers of government upon a territory. In re Lane, 135 U. S. 443, 10 Sup. Ct 760, 34 L. Ed. 219.
  • ORGANIC LAW
    The fundamental law, or constitution, of a state or nation, written and unwritten; that law or system of laws or principles which defines and establishes the organization of its government. St Louis v. Dorr, 145 Mo. 466, 46 S. W. 976; 42 L. R. A. 086, 68 Am. St. Rep. More...
  • ORGANIZE
    To establish or furnish with organs; to systematize; to put into working order; to arrange in order for the normal exercise of Its appropriate functions. The word "organize," as used In railroad and other charters, ordinarily signifies the choice and qualification of all necessary officers for the transaction of the More...
  • ORGANIZED COUNTY
    A county which has its lawful officers, legal machinery, and means for carrying out the powers and performing the duties pertaining to it as a quasi municipal corporation. In re Section No. 6t 66 Minn. 32, 68 N. W. 323.ORGILD. In Saxon law. Without recompense; as where no satisfaction was More...
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