Taxes levied upon the removal from one state to another ofproperty acquired by succession or testamentary disposition . Frederickson v. Louisiana,23 IIow. 440, 16 L. Ed. 577; In re Strobel’s […]

This term signifies not merely a duty on the act ofimportation, but a duty on the thing imported. It is not confined to a duty levied whilethe article is entering […]

In its use in Jurisprudence , this word is the correlative of right. Thus,wherever there exists a right in any person, there also rests a corresponding duty upon some other […]

A legal requirement in certain systems where the BOARD OF DIRECTORS and executives must make informed decisions in discharging their FIDUCIARY responsibilities. An informed decision is generally based on gathering […]

A legal requirement in certain systems where the BOARD OF DIRECTORS and executives must ensure that any action taken is done in good faith and with the best interests of […]

(From duo, two, and viri, men.) A general appellation among the ancientRomans, given to any magistrates elected in pairs to fill any office, or perform anyfunction. Brande.Duumviri municipalcs were two […]

In Roman law. A leader or military commander. The commander of an army.Dig. 3, 2, 2, pr.In feudal and old European law. Duke; a title of honor, or order of […]

A15 year MORTGAGEBACKED SECURITY issued by the FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION . See also GNOME, MIDGET.

To have an abode; to Inhabit; to live in a place. Gardener v. Wagner, 9 Fed.Cas. 1,154; Ex parte Blumer, 27 Tex. 736; Putnam v. Johnson, 10 Mass. 502; Eatontownv. […]

The house In which a man lives with his family; a residence ;the apartment or building, or group of buildings, occupied by a family as a place of residence.In conveyancing […]

This term is not synonymous with a “place of pauper settlement” Lisbon v. Lyman, 49 N. H. 553. Dwelling-place , or home, means some permanent abode or residence, with intentionto […]

See DECLARATION

Statements made by a person who is lying at the point of death, and is conscious of his approaching dissolution , in reference to the manner in which he received […]

At .common law this phrase imports an indefinite failure ofissue, and not a dying without issue surviving at the time of the death of the first taker.But this rule has […]

An officer who has the care and oversight of the dykes and drains in fenny counties.

Bad legislation ; the enactment of bad laws.

.A state of the stomach In which its functions are disturbed, without thepresence of other diseases, or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minorimportance. Dungl. Med. Diet

In Scotch law. A bankrupt.

In Scotch law. A habit which debtors who are set free on a ccssiobonorum are obliged to wear, unless in the summons and process of ccssio it be libeled,PUB tained, […]