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.