Search for: legalism
541 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPLAINANT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A prosecutor; one who prosecutes by complaint, or commences a legal process against an offender for the recovery of a right or penalty.
542 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCUBINAGE.1 (Noah Webster)
… a legal marriage. In a more general sense, this word is used to express any criminal or prohibited sexual commerce, including adultery, incest, and fornication …
543 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONCUBINE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. A woman who cohabits with a man, without the authority of a legal marriage; a woman kept for lewd purposes; a kept mistress.
544 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSTABLE.4 (Noah Webster)
… in legal meeting.
545 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSTITUTIONAL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Consistent with the constitution; authorized by the constitution or fundamental rules of a government; legal.
546 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONTUMACY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. In law, a wilful contempt and disobedience to any lawful summons or order of court; a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned, or disobedience to its rules and orders.
547 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONVICT.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To determine the truth of a charge against one; to prove or find guilty of a crime charged; to determine or decide to be guilty, as by the verdict of a jury, by confession, or other legal decision. The jury convicted the prisoner of felony.
548 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONVICT.8 (Noah Webster)
CONVICT, n. A person proved or found guilty of a crime alledged against him, either by the verdict of a jury or other legal decision.
549 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONVICTION.2 (Noah Webster)
… a legal tribunal; as by confession, by the verdict of a jury, or by the sentence of other tribunal, as in the summary convictions before commissioners of the …
550 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COULD.7 (Noah Webster)
… competent legal power; had right, or had the requisite qualifications. Formerly, a citizen could not vote for officers of government without the possession …
551 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAMAGE.3 (Noah Webster)
… the legal signification of the word. It is the province of a jury to assess damages in trespass. In this sense, the word is generally used in the plural.
552 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAY.4 (Noah Webster)
… a legal instrument is dated, begins and ends at midnight.
553 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEFAULTING.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Failing to perform a duty or legal requirement; as a defaulting creditor.
554 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEMAND.9 (Noah Webster)
6. To sue for; to seek to obtain by legal process; as, the plaintiff, in his action, demands unreasonable damages.
555 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEMANDING.1 (Noah Webster)
DEMANDING, ppr. Claiming or calling for as due, or by authority; requiring; asking; pursuing a claim by legal process; interrogating.
556 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEVEST.7 (Noah Webster)
[This word is generally written divest, except in the latter and legal sense.]
557 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISABILITY.5 (Noah Webster)
4. Want of legal qualifications; incapacity; as a disability to inherit an estate, when the ancestor has been attainted. [In this sense, it has a plural.]
558 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISABLE.7 (Noah Webster)
6. To deprive of legal qualifications, or competent power; to incapacitate; to render incapable.
559 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISABLEMENT.1 (Noah Webster)
DISABLEMENT, n. Weakness; disability; legal impediment.
560 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DISABLING.1 (Noah Webster)
DISABLING, ppr. Rendering unable or incapable; depriving of adequate power or capacity, or of legal qualifications.