Search results for: “montesquieu”
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Civil
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Civil Meaning of Civil Derived from Latin civilis, a citizen as distinguished from a savage or barbarian. Byers v Sun Savings Bank, 139 P. 948, 41 Okl. 728. As opposed to criminal , the term indicates […]
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Comte
(Fr.; Lat. comes). Count. A title of office in the ancient law of France, denoting a governor of a particular territory or district, who united the characters of a military leader and a judge. As a judge, he had an equal jurisdiction with the missiis ‘dominicus, or king’s […]