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741 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TAXABLE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. That may be legally charged by a court against the plaintiff or defendant in a suit; as taxable costs.
742 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TENDER.3 (Noah Webster)
… a legal tender, such money must be offered as the law prescribes; the offer of bank notes is not a legal tender. So also the tender must be at the time and place …
743 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TENDER.6 (Noah Webster)
4. The thing offered. This money is not a legal tender.
744 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TIE.17 (Noah Webster)
1. Bond; obligation, moral or legal; as the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance.
745 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TORT.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Mischief; calamity. [Except in the legal sense above explained, it is obsolete.]
746 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TOWN-HOUSE.1 (Noah Webster)
TOWN-HOUSE, n. [town and house.] The house where the public business of the town is transacted by the inhabitants in legal meeting.
747 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. TRIAL.6 (Noah Webster)
… be legally deprived of that privilege.
748 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNDUE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not right; not legal; improper; as an undue proceeding.
749 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNFORBID.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Allowed; permitted; legal; applied to things.
750 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNPARDONED.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Not having received a legal pardon. The convict returned unpardoned.
751 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. UNSETTLED.6 (Noah Webster)
5. Not having a legal settlement in a town or parish.
752 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. USURY.3 (Noah Webster)
[Usury formerly denoted any legal interest, but in this sense, the word is no longer in use.]
753 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VALID.3 (Noah Webster)
… . Having legal strength or force; efficacious; executed with the proper formalities; that cannot be rightfully overthrown or set aside; supportable by law …
754 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VALIDITY.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Legal strength or force; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law or equity; as the validity of a will; the validity of a grant; the validity …
755 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VENDIBLE.1 (Noah Webster)
… such legal fitness.
756 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VERIFICATION.1 (Noah Webster)
VERIFICATION, n. [See Verify .] The act of verifying or proving to be true; the act of confirming or establishing the authenticity of any powers granted, or of any transaction, by legal or competent evidence.
757 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VINDICATION.3 (Noah Webster)
2. The act of supporting by proof or legal process; the proving of any thing to be just; as the vindication of a title, claim or right.
758 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VIRTUE.22 (Noah Webster)
10. Legal efficacy or power; authority. A man administers the laws by virtue of a commission.
759 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOID.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Having no legal or binding force; null; not effectual to bind parties, or to convey or support a right; not sufficient to produce its effect. Thus a deed not duly signed and sealed, is void. A fraudulent contract is void, or may be rendered void.
760 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. VOTE.4 (Noah Webster)
3. Expression of will be a majority; legal decision by some expression of the minds of a number; as, the vote was unanimous.