Used in tidal predictions , consist of a period of 24 hours and 50 minutes. Also known as tidal day.

Equal to 29.53 days. Two successive new moons define this period.

A person of deranged or unsound mind ; a person whose mental faculties are in the condition called “lunacy,” (q. v.) Lunaticus, qui gaudet in lucidis in- tervallis. He is […]

In old English law . A silver penny, so called because it was to be coined only at London, (a Londres.) and not at the country mints. Lown. Essay Coins, […]

A bawd or strumpet. 3 Inst. 200.

Lat. To be outlawed, and have one’s head exposed, like a wolf’s, with a reward to him who should take it. Cowell.

Casting any corrupt or poisonous thing into the water. Wharton.

In old English law .A base sort of money, coined beyond sea in the likeness of English coin, and introduced into England in the reign of Edward III. Pro- hibited […]

and in excess of the expenses incidental to the oilice. See Slate v. Kirk, 44 Ind. 405. 15 Am. Rep. 230; Dailey v. State. 8 Blackf. (ind.) 330; Crawford v. […]

Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, Mozambique, Portugal, and SaoTome and Principe are countries where Portuguese is the common language.

Surface illuminance metric (SI) unit. Defined as an illumination of one lumen per square meter. In contrast, sunshine gives 80,000 to 100,000 lux to the surface it hits. Also refer […]

Excess and extravagance which was formerly an offense against the public economy, but is not now punishable. Wharton.

A level above travel class. Most pricey accommodations .

Easter offerings, so called from these words in the hymn of the day. They are also denominated “quadragesimalia.” Wharton.

The gate into a churchyard, with a roof or awning hung on posts over it to cover the body brought for burial, when it rests underneath. Wharton.

Sax. In old records. Lief silver or money; a small fine paid by the customary tenant to the lord for leave to plow or sow, etc. Somn. Gavelkind, 27.

A person who, by his presence and silence at a transaction which affects his interests, may be fairly supposed to acquiesce in it, if he afterwards propose to disturb the […]

A term descriptive of waifs, wrecks, estrays, and the like, which may be seized without suit or action.

A phrase applied to incorporeal rights, incapable of manual tra- dition, and which must pass by mere delivery of a deed.

Lying In ambush; lying hid or concealed for the purpose of making a suddeu and unexpected attack upon a person when he shall arrive at the scene. In some jurisdictions, […]

A term descriptive of the action of unofficial persons, organized bands, or mobs, who seize persons charged with or suspected of crimes, or take them out of the custody of […]

This statute (5 & 6 Wm. IV. c. 54) renders marriages within the prohibited degrees absolutely null and void . Theretofore such marriages were voidable merely.

In Scotch law. The ancient duty of this officer was to carry public messages to foreign states, and it Is still the practice of the heralds to make all royal […]

In old Roman law. A name given to students of the civil law in the fourth year of their course, from their being supposed capable of solving any difficulty in […]

Suits in the ecclesiastical courts for spiritual offenses against conscience, for non-payment of debts, or breaches of civil contracts. This attempt to turn the ecclesiastical courts into courts of equity […]