Search for: legalism
541 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COIN.8 (Noah Webster)
Current coin is coin legally stamped and circulating in trade.
542 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COINER.3 (Noah Webster)
2. A counterfeiter of the legal coin; a maker of base money.
543 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMMON.17 (Noah Webster)
Common recovery, a legal process for recovering an estate or barring entails.
544 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPETENCE.6 (Noah Webster)
3. Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as the competence of a witness, which consists in his having the qualifications required by law, as age, soundness of mind, impartiality, etc.
545 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPETENCE.7 (Noah Webster)
4. Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as the competence of a judge or court to examine and decide.
546 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPETENCE.8 (Noah Webster)
5. Fitness; adequacy; suitableness; legal sufficiency; as the competency of evidence.
547 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. COMPETENT.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Qualified; fit; having legal capacity or power; as a competent judge or court; a competent witness. In a judge or court, it implies right or authority to hear and determine; in a witness, it implies a legal right or capacity to testify.
548 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.
549 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 …
550 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.
551 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. CONSTABLE.4 (Noah Webster)
… in legal meeting.
552 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.
553 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.
554 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.
555 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.
556 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 …
557 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 …
558 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.
559 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DAY.4 (Noah Webster)
… a legal instrument is dated, begins and ends at midnight.
560 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. DEFAULTING.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Failing to perform a duty or legal requirement; as a defaulting creditor.