Legal Term Dictionary

A combination of assumed or proved facts and circumstances, stated In such form as to constitute a coherent and specific situation or state of facts, upon which the opinion of an expert is asked, by way of evidence on a trial. Howard v. People, 185 111. 552, 57 N. E. More...

A combination of assumed or proved facts and circumstances, stated In such form as to constitute a coherent and specific situation or state of facts, upon which the opinion of an expert is asked, by way of evidence on a trial. Howard v. People, 185 111. 552, 57 N. E. 441; People v. Durrant, 116 Cal. 216, 48 Pac. 85; Cowley v. People, 83 N. Y. 464. 38 Am. Rep. 464; Stearns v. Field, 90 N. Y. 641. Less...

The basis, in England, of rating lands and hereditaments to the poor-rate, and to other rates and taxes that are expressed to be leviable or assessable in like manner as the poor-rate.

The basis, in England, of rating lands and hereditaments to the poor-rate, and to other rates and taxes that are expressed to be leviable or assessable in like manner as the poor-rate. Less...

In old English law. A parish.

In old English law. A parish. Less...

A paroxysmal disease or disorder of the nervous system, more common in females than males, not originating in any anatomical lesion, due-to psychic rather than physical causes, and attended, in the acute or convulsive form, by extraordinary manifestations of secondary effects of extreme nervousness. Hysteria is a state in which More...

A paroxysmal disease or disorder of the nervous system, more common in females than males, not originating in any anatomical lesion, due-to psychic rather than physical causes, and attended, in the acute or convulsive form, by extraordinary manifestations of secondary effects of extreme nervousness. Hysteria is a state in which ideas control the body and produce morbid changes in its functions. Moebius. A special psychic state, characterised by symptoms which can also be produced or reproduced by suggestion, and which can be treated by psychotherapy or persuasion, hysteric and hypnotic states being practically equivalent to each other. Babinski. A purely psychic or mental disorder due to hereditary predisposition. Charcot A state resulting from a psychic lesion or nervous shock, leading to repression or aberration of the sexual instinct Freud. Hysteria is much more common in women than in men, and was formerly thought to be due to some disorder of the uterus or sexual system; but it is now known that It may occur In men, in children, and in very aged persons of either sex. In the convulsive form of hysteria, commonly called "hysterics" or "a fit of hysterics," there is nervestorm characterized by loss or abandonment of self-control in the expression of the emotions, particularly grief, by paroxysms of tears or laughter or both together, sensations of constriction as of a ball rising in the throat (globus hystericus), convulsive movements in the chest, pelvis, and abdomen, sometimes leading to a fail with apparent unconsciousness, followed by a relapse Into semi-unconsciousness or catalepsy. In the non-convulsive forms, all kinds or organic paralyses may be simulated, as well as muscular contractions and spasms, tremor, loss of sensation (anr asithesia) or exaggerated sensation (hynerasthe-sia), disturbances of respiration, disordered appetite, accelerated pulse, hemorrhages in the skin (stigmata), pain, swelling, or even dislocation of the joints, and great amenability to suggestion. -Hystero-epilepsy. See EPILEPSY. Less...

Those who, having been thought dead, had, after a long absence in foreign countries, returned safely home; or those who, having been thought dead in battle, had afterwards unexpectedly escaped from their enemies and returned home. These, among the Romans, were not permitted to enter their own houses at the More...

Those who, having been thought dead, had, after a long absence in foreign countries, returned safely home; or those who, having been thought dead in battle, had afterwards unexpectedly escaped from their enemies and returned home. These, among the Romans, were not permitted to enter their own houses at the door, but were received at a passage opened in the roof. Enc. Lond. Less...

The Cesarean operation. See CAESAREAN SECTION.

The Cesarean operation. See CAESAREAN SECTION. Less...

In English law. A port, wharf, or small haven to embark or land merchandise at Cowell; Blount

In English law. A port, wharf, or small haven to embark or land merchandise at Cowell; Blount Less...

The initial letter of the word "Instituta," used by some civilians In citing the Institutes of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24.

The initial letter of the word "Instituta," used by some civilians In citing the Institutes of Justinian. Tayl. Civil Law, 24. Less...

An abbreviation for "jurisconsultus." one learned in the law; a jurisconsult.

An abbreviation for "jurisconsultus." one learned in the law; a jurisconsult. Less...

An abbreviation for "id est," that is; that is to say.

An abbreviation for "id est," that is; that is to say. Less...