Those who adhered to the doctrine of Luther; so called because, in 1529, they protested against a decree of the emperor Charles V. and of the diet of Spires, and […]

quent estate, the consent of the protector being made necessary for that purpose.

The title given to an officer who officiates as principal clerk of some courts. Vin. Ahr. See Trehilcox v. McAlpine, 46 Hun (N. Y.) 469; Whitney v. Hopkins, 135 Pa. […]

As appears by the record. In the Latin phraseology of pleading, this was the proper for- mula for making reference to a record.

The first draft or rough minutes of an instrument or transaction ; the original copy of a dispatch, treaty, or other document. Brande. A document serving as the preliminary to, […]

This is a model of the final product that is able to do eveything that the finished product will do. Usually made to show prospective sponsors a product and all […]

This is a plan for retirement that is made available for no charge to the individual . This free because it has been sponsored by an organisation.

Lat. In the civil law . He who, not being the tutor of a minor, has administered his property or affairs as if he had been, whether he thought himself […]

L. Fr. Provable; justifiable ; manifest. Kelham.

To establish a fact or hypothesis as true by satisfactory and sufficient evidence . To present a claim or demand against a bankrupt or insolvent estate, and establish by evidence […]

This is the quantity of a natural resource such as coal, oil and gas that is able to be extracted from the wells and mines that are currently operating with […]

The levels of a resource such as coal, oil and gas that is estimated with an amount of certainty after study of geological and engineering factors that can be removed […]

The quantity of a resource such as oil, coal and gas that is expected from new mining operations or after an injection of new funds is made available for the […]

The official record of origin of a document or work of art where the document was created or received initially or it is the place where the document is now […]

In old English law . A per son who, on being indicted of treason or felony, and arraigned for the same, confessed the fact before plea pleaded, and appealed or […]

1. An act of furnishing or supplying a person with a product. 2. The allocation of resources , being money or goods, to allow a project to proceed to completion […]

The word used in introducing a proviso (which see.) Ordinarily it sig nifies or expresses a condition ; but this is not invariable, for, according to the context, it may […]

a term denoting that something is provided for by an existing law.

This is a person or company who will give goods and /or services to another person. The company is a provider to the customer or buyer of its goods and […]

Sometimes this signifies the district into which a country has been divid ed; as, the province of Canterbury, in England ; the province of Languedoc. in France. Sometimes it means […]

The decrees of provincial synods held under divers archbishops of Canterbury, from Stephen Langton, in the reign of Henry III., to Henry Chichele, In the reign of Henry V., and […]

In English law . The several archi-episcopal courts in the two ecclesiastical provinces of England.

A work on ecclesiastical law , by William Lyndwode, official principal to Archbishop Chichele in the reign of Edward IV. 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 25, p. 117.

Lat. In the civil law . One who has his domicile in a province. Dig. 50, 16, 190.

In Scotch practice. An action for proving the tenor of a lost deed. Bell.