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OF COUNSEL
A phrase commonly ap* plied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, and particularly to one .employed to assist in the preparation' or management of a cause, or its presentation on appeal, but who is not the principal attorney of record for the party.

A phrase commonly ap* plied in practice to the counsel employed by a party in a cause, and particularly to one .employed to assist in the preparation' or management of a cause, or its presentation on appeal, but who is not the principal attorney of record for the party. Less...
OF COURSE
Any action or step taken in the course of judicial proceedings which will be allowed by the court upon mere application, without any inquiry or contest, or which may be effectually taken without even applying to the court for leave, is said to* be "of course." Stoddard v. Treadwell, 29 More...

Any action or step taken in the course of judicial proceedings which will be allowed by the court upon mere application, without any inquiry or contest, or which may be effectually taken without even applying to the court for leave, is said to* be "of course." Stoddard v. Treadwell, 29 Call 281; Merchants* Bank v. Crysler, 67 Fed. 390, 14 C. C. A. 444. Less...
OF FORCE
In force; extant: not obsolete; existing as a binding;, or obligatory power.

In force; extant: not obsolete; existing as a binding;, or obligatory power. Less...
OF GRACE
A term applied to'any remission or license granted to a party in {he course of a judicial proceeding which is" not claimable as a matter of Course or of right, hut is allowed by the favor or Indulgence of the court See Walters v. McElroy, 15i Pa, 549, 25 AtL More...

A term applied to'any remission or license granted to a party in {he course of a judicial proceeding which is" not claimable as a matter of Course or of right, hut is allowed by the favor or Indulgence of the court See Walters v. McElroy, 15i Pa, 549, 25 AtL 125. Less...
OF NEW
A Scotch expression, closely translated from the Latin "de novo," (q. v.)

A Scotch expression, closely translated from the Latin "de novo," (q. v.) Less...
OF RECORD
Recorded; entered on the records; existing and remaining in or upon the appropriate records.

Recorded; entered on the records; existing and remaining in or upon the appropriate records. Less...
OFFA EXECRATA
In old English law. The morsel of execration; the corsn-ed, (q. v.) 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 2i.

In old English law. The morsel of execration; the corsn-ed, (q. v.) 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 2i. Less...
OFFENSE
A crime or misdemeanor; a breach of the criminal laws. Moore v. Illinois, 14 How. 13, 14 L. Ed. 4306; lilies v. Knight, 3 Tex, 812; People v. French, 102 N< Y. 583, 7 N. E. 913 ; State v. West, 42 Minn. 147, 43 N. W. 845. It Is More...

A crime or misdemeanor; a breach of the criminal laws. Moore v. Illinois, 14 How. 13, 14 L. Ed. 4306; lilies v. Knight, 3 Tex, 812; People v. French, 102 N< Y. 583, 7 N. E. 913 ; State v. West, 42 Minn. 147, 43 N. W. 845. It Is used as a genus, comprehending every crime and misdemeanor, or as a species, signifying a crime not indictable, but punishable summarily or by the forfeiture of a openalty. In re Terry (C. C.) 37 Fed. 649. -Continning offense. A transaction or a series of acts set on foot by a single impulse, and operated by an unintermittent force, no matter how long a time it may occupy. People v. Sullivan, 9 Utah. 195, 33 Pac. 701-Quasi offense. One which is imputed to the person who is responsible for its injurious consequences, not because he himself committed it, but because the perpetrator of it is presumed to have acted under his commands. Less...
OFFENSIVE
In the law relating to nuisances and similar matters, this term means noxious, causing annoyance, discomfort, or painful or disagreeable sensations. See Rowland v. Miller (Super. N. Y.) 15 N. Y. Supp. 701 r Moller v. Presbyterian Hospital, 65 App. Div. 134, 72 N. Y. Supp. 483; Barrow v. Richard, More...

In the law relating to nuisances and similar matters, this term means noxious, causing annoyance, discomfort, or painful or disagreeable sensations. See Rowland v. Miller (Super. N. Y.) 15 N. Y. Supp. 701 r Moller v. Presbyterian Hospital, 65 App. Div. 134, 72 N. Y. Supp. 483; Barrow v. Richard, 8 Paige (N. Y.) 360, 35 Am. Dec. 713. As occasionally used in criminal law and statutes, an "offensive weapon" is primarily one. meant and adapted for attack and the infliction of injury, but practically the term includes anything that would come within the description of a . "deadly" or "dangerous" weapon. See State v. Dineen, 10 Minn. 411 (Gil. 325); Rex v. Grice, 7 Car. & P. 803; Rex v. Noakes, 5 Car. A P. 326. In international law, an "offensive and defensive league" is one binding the contracting powers not only to aid each other in case of aggression upon either of them by a third power, but also to support and aid each other in active and aggressive measures against a power with which either of them may engage in war. Less...
OFFER
1. To bring to or before; to present for acceptance or rejection; to hold out or proffer; to make a proposal to; to exhibit something that may be taken or received or not. Morrison v. Springer, 15 Iowa, 346; Vincent v. Woodland Oil Co., 165 Pa. 402, 30 Atl. 091; More...

1. To bring to or before; to present for acceptance or rejection; to hold out or proffer; to make a proposal to; to exhibit something that may be taken or received or not. Morrison v. Springer, 15 Iowa, 346; Vincent v. Woodland Oil Co., 165 Pa. 402, 30 Atl. 091; People v. Ah Fook, 62 Cal. 494. "2.To attempt or endeavor; to make an"effort to effect some object; In this sense used principally in criminal law. Com. v. Harris, 1 Leg. Gaz. R. (Pa.) 457. "3. In trial practice, to "offer" evidence" Is to state Its nature and purport, or to recite what is expected to be proved by a given witness or document, and demand Its admission. Unless under exceptional circumstances, the term is not to be taken as equivalent to "introduce." See Ansley v. Meikle, 81 Ind. 260; Lyon v. Davis, 111 Ind. 384, 12 N. E. 714; Harris v. Tomlinson, 130 Ind. 426, 30 N. E. 214. Less...

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