A

LAW DICTIONARY,

ADAPTED TO THE

CONSTITUTION AND LAWS

OF THE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

AND OF THE

Several States of the American Union:

WITH

REFERENCES TO THE CIVIL AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF FOREIGN LAW.

BY

JOHN BOUVIER.

Ignoratis terminis ignoratur et ars.-CO. LITT. 2 a.

Je sais que chaque science et chaque art a ses termes propres, inconnu au common des hommes.-FLEURY.

FIFTEENTH EDITION, THOROUGHLY REVISED AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:

J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.

1885.