the production cost (1) remains fixed to a certain volume, thenit is variable, (2) total of which responds less to changes in activity volume, and (3) has a fixed element […]

A record of primary value that is referred to occasionally. A record with less than one reference for each linear foot in each month.

Lat. In Roman law. Half-marriage. Concubinage was so called. Tayl. Civil Law, 273.

Lat. In the civil law . Half-full proof; half-proof. 3 BL. Comm. 370. See HALF-PROOF.

A compound or element with crytalline properties that is put between a conductor and the insulator for its ability to conduct an electric current.

A formal presentation by experts where the attendees are encouraged to ask questions and discuss the matter to hand.

Lat. In the civil law . A nursery of trees. Dig. 7, 1, 9, 6.

A place of education. Any school, academy, college, or university in which young persons are Instructed in the several branches of learning which may qualify them for their future employments. […]

Lat. In maritime law . Half-shipwreck, as where goods are cast overboard in a storm; also where a ship has been so much damaged that her repair costs more than […]

of restitution pronounces upon the act as having been not a valid act of capture, but an act of temporary seizure only. Appleton v. Crown- inshield, 3 Mass. 443. In […]

Lat Always. A word which Introduces several Latin maxims, of which some are also used without this prefix. Semper in dnbii

This is said to be an ancient word, which signified “justice.” Co. Litt. 61a.

Money paid for synodals.

In American law . The name of the upper chamber, or less numerous branch, of the congress of the United States . Also the style of a similar body in […]

In Roman law. A member of the senatus. In old English law . A member of the royal council; a king’s councillor. In American law . One who is a […]

The judges of the court of session in Scotland are called ” Senators of the College of Justice .”

Lat. In Roman law. The senate; the great national council of the Roman people. The place where the senate met. Calvin.

In Roman law. A decision or decree of the Roman senate, having the force of law, made without the concurrence of the people. These enact- ments began to take the […]

Lat. In the civil law . Decisions of the senate. Private acts concerning particular persons merely.

In Spanish law. A path; the right of a path. The right of foot or horse path. White, New Itecop. b. 2, tit. 6,

Lat. Old age. In the Bo- man law, the period of senectus, which relieved one from the charge of public office, was officially reckoned as beginning with the completion of […]

In old English law . A seneschal; a steward; the steward of a manor. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 72

In old European law. A title of office and dignity, derived from the middle ages, answering to that of steward or high steward in England. Seneschals were originally the lieutenants […]

A writ addressed to the steward and marshal of England, inhibiting them to take cognizance of an action in their court that concerns freehold. Reg. Orig. 185. Abolished.

In old records. Widowhood. Cowell.