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  • OSTEOPATHY
    A method or system of treating various diseases of the human body without the use of drugs, by manipulation applied to various nerve centers, rubbing, pulling, and kneading parts of the body, flexing and manipulating the limbs, and the mechanical readjustment of any bones, muscles, or ligaments not in the More...
  • OSTIA REGNI
    Lat. Gates of the kingdom. The ports of the kingdom of England are so called by Sir Matthew Hale. De Jure Mar. pt 2, c. 3.
  • OSTIUM ECCLESIAE
    Lat. In old English law. The door or porch of the church, where dower was anciently conferred.
  • OSWALD'S LAW
    The law by which was effected the ejection of married priests, and the introduction of monks into churches, by Oswald, bishop of Worcester, about A. D. 064. Wharton.
  • OSWALD'S LAW HUNDRED
    An ancient hundred in Worcestershire, so called from Bishop Oswald, who obtained it from King Edgar, to be given to St. Mary's Church in Worcester. It was exempt from the sheriff's jurisdiction, and comprehends 300 hides of land. CamL Brit
  • OTER LA TOUAILLE
    In the laws of Oleron. To deny a seaman his mess. Literally, to deny the table-cloth or victuals for three meals.
  • OTHESWORTHE
    In Saxon law. Oaths worth; oathworthy; worthy or entitled to make oath. Bract fols. 185, 292b.
  • OUGHT
    This word, though generally directory only, will be taken as mandatory if the context requires it Life Ass'n v. St Louis County Assessors, 49 Mo. 518.
  • OUNCE
    The twelfth part; the twelfth part of a pound troy or the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois.
  • OUNCE LANDS
    Certain districts or tracts of lands in the Orkney Islands were formerly so called, because each paid an annual tax of one ounce of silver.
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