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 commun des hommes.-FLEURY.

FIFTH EDITION, REVISED, IMPROVED, AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

VOL. II.

PHILADELPHIA:
PRINTED FOR THE ESTATE OF JOHN BOUVIER.

1855.