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 commun des hommes.-FLEURY

FIFTH EDITION, REVISED, IMPROVED, AND GREATLY ENLARGED.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-nine,

BY JOHN BOUVIER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, BY JOHN BOUVIER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty-eight, BY JOHN BOUVIER,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, BY ELIZA BOUVIER AND ROBERT E. PETERSON, TRUSTEES,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

DEACON & PETERSON, PRINTERS,

66 SOUTH THIRD STREET.

TO THE HONORABLE

JOSEPH STORY, LL. D.,

ONE OF THE JUDGES OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES,

THIS WORK

18,

WITH HIS PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

AS A TOKEN OF THE

GREAT REGARD ENTERTAINED FOR HIS TALENTS, LEARNING AND CHARACTER,

BY

THE AUTHOR.