Legal Term Dictionary

A park, (q. v.). A pound for stray cattle. Spelman.

A park, (q. v.). A pound for stray cattle. Spelman. Less...

An act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. TJ. & v. Wilson, 7 Pet. 100, 8 L. Ed. 040; Ex parte Garland, More...

An act of grace, proceeding from the power intrusted with the execution of the laws, which exempts the individual on whom it is bestowed from the punishment the law inflicts for a crime he has committed. TJ. & v. Wilson, 7 Pet. 100, 8 L. Ed. 040; Ex parte Garland, 4 Wall. 380, 18 L. Ed. 366; Moore v. State, 43 N. J. Law, 241, 39 Am. Rep. 558; Rich v. Chamberlain, 104 Mich. 436, 62 N. W. 584, 27 L. R. A. 573; Edwards v. Com., 78 Va. 39, 49 Am, Rep. 377. "Pardon" is to be distinguished from "amnesty." The former applies only to the individual, releases him from the punishment fixed by law for his specific offense, but does not affect the criminality of the same or similar acts when performed by Other persons or repeated by the same person. The fatter term denotes an act of grace, extended by the government to all persons who may come within its terms, and which obliterates the criminality of past acts done, and declares that they shall not oe treated as punishable. -Conditional pardon. A conditional pardon is one granted on the condition that it Bhall only endure until the voluntary doing of some act by the person pardoned, or that it shall be revoked by a subsequent act on his part, as, that he shall leave the state and never return. Ex parte Janes, 1 Nev. 319; State v. Wolfer, 53 Minn. 135, 54 N. W. 1065, 19 L. R. A. 783, 39 Am. St. Rep. 582; State v. Barnes, 32 S. C. 14, 10 8. E. 611, 6 L. R. A, 743, 17 Am. St. Rep. 832; People v. Burns, 77 Hun, 92, 28 N. Y. Supp. 300.-General pardon. One granted to all the persons participating in a given criminal or treasonable offense (generally political), or to all offenders of a given class or against a certain statute or within certain limits of time. But "amnesty" is the more appropriate term for this. Less...

In old English law. Persons who carried about the pope's indulgences, and sold them to any who would buy them.

In old English law. Persons who carried about the pope's indulgences, and sold them to any who would buy them. Less...

Lat. In Roman law. A parent ; originally and properly only the father or mother of the person spoken of; but also, by an extension of its meaning, any relative, male or female, in the line of direct ascent. -Parens patria). Parent of the country. In England, the kins;. In More...

Lat. In Roman law. A parent ; originally and properly only the father or mother of the person spoken of; but also, by an extension of its meaning, any relative, male or female, in the line of direct ascent. -Parens patria). Parent of the country. In England, the kins;. In the United States, the state, as a sovereign, is the parens patriot. 'Parens" est nomen gencrale ad omne genns cognationis. Co. Litt 80. "Parent" is A name general for every kind of relationship. Less...

The lawful father or the mother of a person. Appeal of Gibson, 154 Mass. 378, 28 N. E. 296. This word is distinguished from "ancestors" in including only the immediate progenitors of the person, while the latter embraces his more remote relatives in the ascending line.

The lawful father or the mother of a person. Appeal of Gibson, 154 Mass. 378, 28 N. E. 296. This word is distinguished from "ancestors" in including only the immediate progenitors of the person, while the latter embraces his more remote relatives in the ascending line. Less...

or de parentela se tollere, in old English law, signified a renunciation of one's kindred and family. This was, according to ancient custom, done in open court, before the judge, and in the presence of twelve men, who made oath that they believed It was done for a just cause. More...

or de parentela se tollere, in old English law, signified a renunciation of one's kindred and family. This was, according to ancient custom, done in open court, before the judge, and in the presence of twelve men, who made oath that they believed It was done for a just cause. We read of it in the laws of Henry I. After such abjuration, the person was incapable Of Inheriting anything from any of his relations, etc. Enc. Lond. Less...

Part of a sentence occurring in the middle thereof, and inclosed between marks like ( ), the omission of which part would not Injure the grammatical construction of the rest of the sentence. Wharton; In re Schilling, 53 Fed. 81, 3 U C. A. 440.

Part of a sentence occurring in the middle thereof, and inclosed between marks like ( ), the omission of which part would not Injure the grammatical construction of the rest of the sentence. Wharton; In re Schilling, 53 Fed. 81, 3 U C. A. 440. Less...

One who murders a parent; also the crime so committed. Parentnm est liberos alere etiam mo-thos. It is the duty of parents to support their children even when illegitimate. Lofft, 222.

One who murders a parent; also the crime so committed. Parentnm est liberos alere etiam mo-thos. It is the duty of parents to support their children even when illegitimate. Lofft, 222. Less...

One work executed in the intervals of another; a subordinate task. Particularly, the name of a work on the Canons, in great repute, by Ayliffe.

One work executed in the intervals of another; a subordinate task. Particularly, the name of a work on the Canons, in great repute, by Ayliffe. Less...

Lat A person's peers or equals; as the jury for the trial of causes, who were originally the vassals or tenants of the lord, being the equals or peers of the parties litigant; and, as the lord's vassals judged each other in the lord's courts, so the sovereign's vassals, or More...

Lat A person's peers or equals; as the jury for the trial of causes, who were originally the vassals or tenants of the lord, being the equals or peers of the parties litigant; and, as the lord's vassals judged each other in the lord's courts, so the sovereign's vassals, or the lords themselves, judged each other in the sovereign's courts. 3 Bl. Comm. 349. -Pares enria). Peers of the court. Vassals who were bound to attend the lord's court- Pares regnL Peers of the realm. Spelman. Less...