Injunction is a judicial process, operating in personam, and requiring the person to whom it is directed to do or refrain from doing some particular thing.

"Jeopardy of Life or Limb” was originally used with reference to the danger of the combatants in trial by battle. A person is in legal jeopardy when put upon trial before a court of competent jurisdiction, under an indictment or information sufficient in form and substance to sustain a conviction, and a jury has been charged with his deliverance, that is, empanelled and sworn. Both the Constitution of the United States and of the State of Pennsylvania provide that a person shall not be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb for the same offense. In Pennsylvania this provision applies only to capital cases.

Judgment is the sentence of the law pronounced by the court upon the matter contained in the record. The term is commonly applied to the amount of debt or damages recovered in a suit at law before a court and jury, or before a court alone, or before a justice of the peace or alderman in a case within their jurisdiction. Such judgment, when properly entered on record in the prothonotary's office, becomes a lien upon the real estate of the person against whom it is rendered. A debtor may voluntarily confess a judgment to his creditor for an amount acknowledged to be due, and this, when entered in the prothonotary's office, also becomes a lien upon his land.

Law, Common,is a collection of maxims and customs of higher antiquity than memory or history can reach.

Law, Statute, is the written law made by the law-making power-the legislature

Letters Testamentary or Letters of Administration are respectively the authority given by the register of wills to

an executor or to an administrator, by which the latter takes charge of the estate which he is to settle.

Libel is a malicious defamation of any person, made public by printing, writing, signs or pictures, in order to provoke him to wrath, or expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule.

Major is one who has arrived at the age of twenty-one.

Mandamus is the emphatic word in the Latin form of the writ of that name. A writ of mandamus is a command issuing from a court of competent jurisdiction, in the name of the state or sovereign, directed to some inferior court, officer, corporation or person, requiring them to do some particular thing therein specified, and which appertains to their office or duty. In Pennsylvania the writ issues in the name of the Commonwealth.

Minor is a person under twenty-one.

Misdemeanor is a term usually applied to minor offenses. Mortgage is a pledge of real estate by a debtor to his creditor as security for a debt.

Naturalization is the act of making an alien a citizen of the United States.

Nolle Prosequi is a record entry that the prosecutor does not care to proceed further in the particular case. In Pennsylvania no district attorney shall in any criminal case enter a nolle prosequi, either before or after bill found, without the assent of the proper court in writing first had and obtained.

Non compos mentis signifies not of sound mind, memory, or understanding.

Oath is a solemn calling on God to witness the truth of what is said, to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Perjury is a crime committed when a lawful oath is administered in some judicial proceeding, to a person who swears wilfully, absolutely and falsely in a matter material to the issue or point in question. The law takes no notice of any perjury not committed before a court of justice or officer having the power to administer an oath.

Personal Property is all movable chattels and things thereunto incident; property that may attend a man's person wherever he goes.

Presentment is an accusation by a grand jury made from their own knowledge against a person, without an indictment being laid before them; thus, a presentment may be made of a nuisance in a public building.

Prima Facie means on the face of it or as it appears first; as, the holder of a check endorsed in blank is prima facie its owner.

Proxy is a person appointed in place of another to represent him; as, stockholders can vote by proxy at the election of directors.

Quo Warranto, in England, is a writ in the nature of a writ of right for the King, against him who claims or usurps any office, franchise or liberty, to inquire by what authority he supports his claim in order to determine the right. In Pennsylvania the writ issues in the name of the Commonwealth.

Quorum is the number of persons in any organized body required to do business. When a body consists of a definite number of members, a majority constitutes a quorum, unless the law prescribes another number.

0 Real Property consists of such things as are permanent, fixed, and immovable; as land, tenements and hereditaments of all kinds.

Rule of Court is an order made by a court of record. Rules of Court are of two kinds: special orders, made in particular cases, and standing orders, made by the court to regulate its general practice.

Seal is an impression upon wax, wafer, etc. In Pennsylvania a circular, oval, or square mark, containing the word seal in it and placed opposite the name of the signer, has the same effect as a seal, namely, to make the document authentic.

Search Warrant is a written authority from a court or magistrate for the examination of a designated house or place for articles alleged to be concealed there contrary to law, frequently for stolen property. Both the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Pennsylvania forbid unreasonable searches and seizures, and no warrant to search any place or to seize any person or thing shall issue without describing them as nearly as may be, nor without probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation subscribed to by the affiant.

Sine die without a day for the reassembling of a body or for the appearance of a defendant. When a legislature adjourns at the end of a session, it adjourns sine die; that is, without naming a date for meeting again.

Sinking Fund is a sum of money set apart by a government or a corporation for the redemption of its debts.

Subpoena is a writ requiring a person to appear at a certain time or place, or in default to pay a penalty or undergo a punishment. In courts of common law it is a process for bringing witnesses into court to obtain their testimony.

Suffrage is the act of voting.

Sumptuary Laws relate to personal expenses in eating and drinking and clothing. We have none in this coun

try; such matters are left to every man's own judgment.

Surety is a person who engages to be answerable for the debt, default or miscarriage of another.

True Bill is endorsed on a bill of indictment in case the grand jury finds enough evidence to put the accused on trial.

Viva Voce means with the voice. Viva voce voting is opposed to voting by ballot.

Waiver is a voluntary relinquishment of a right; as, a person arrested may waive a hearing.

Writ of Error is a commission by which the judges of a superior court are authorized to examine a record of a court of inferior jurisdiction upon which a judgment was given, and upon such examination to affirm or reverse the same, according to law.

Yeas and Nays is the name applied to the list of members of a legislative body voting respectively in the affirmative and negative of a question.

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