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  • OBIT
    In old English law. A funeral solemnity, or office for the dead. Cowell. The anniversary of a person's death; the anniversary office. Cro. Jac. 5L
  • OBITER
    Lat By the way; in passing; incidentally; collaterally. -Obiter dictum. A remark made, or opinion expressed, by a judge, in his decision upon a cause, "by the way." that is, incidentally or collaterally, and not directly upon the question before him, or upon a point not necessarily involved in the More...
  • OBJECT (VERB)
    v. In legal proceedings, to object (e. gn to the admission of evidence) is to interpose a declaration to the effect that the particular matter or thing under consideration is not done or admitted with the consent of the party objecting, but is by him consicV ered improper or illegal, More...
  • OBJECT (NOUN)
    n. This term "includes whatever is presented to the mind, as well as what may be presented to the senses; whatever,1 also, is acted upon, or operated upon, affirmatively, or Intentionally influenced by anything done, moved, or applied thereto." Woodruff, J., Wells v. Shook, 8 Blatchf. 257, Fed. Cas. No. More...
  • OBJECTION
    The act of a party who objects to some matter or proceeding in the course of a trial, (see OBJECT) or an argument or reason urged by him in support of his contention that the matter or proceeding objected to is Improper or illegal.
  • OBJURGATRICES
    In old English law.; Scolds or unquiet women, punished with the cucking-stool.
  • OBLATA
    Gifts or offerings made to the king by any of his subjects.; old debts, brought, as it were, together from preceding years, and put on the present sheriff's charge. Wharton.
  • OBLATA TERRAE
    Half an acre, or, as some say, half a perch, of land. Spelman.
  • OBLATI
    In old European law. Voluntary slaves of churches or monasteries.
  • OBLATI ACTIO
    In the civil law. An action given to a party against another who had offered to him a stolen thing, which was found in his possession. Inst 3,1,4.
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