Kent
Cited as Kent. — 16 quotations
Advance
The account was made up with intent to show what advances had been made.
Alienism
The law was very gentle in the construction of the disability of alienism.
Appeal
Every milder method is to be tried, before a nation makes an appeal to arms.
Bail
A. and B. were bail to the arrest in a suit at law.
Balance
One expression . . . must check and balance another.
Charge
When land shall be charged by any lien.
Constructively
A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or constructively by notice to his government.
Contemplate
If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war.
Enjoin
This is a suit to enjoin the defendants from disturbing the plaintiffs.
Equity
I consider the wife's equity to be too well settled to be shaken.
Guilt
A ship incurs guilt by the violation of a blockade.
Infectious
Contraband articles are said to be of an infectious nature.
Lot
The defendants leased a house and lot in the city of New York.
Negotiate
The notes were not negotiated to them in the usual course of business or trade.
Pass
A ship sailing under the flag and pass of an enemy.
Precede
It is usual to precede hostilities by a public declaration.