Excerpt from Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases, Vol. 1: A-Casting VoteFor obvious reasons no attempt has been made to limit the words defined to the technical terms of the law. Legal maxims have been excluded, except those that are so short as to resemble phrases, and where the courts have actually construed, and not merely translated, them. A comparatively small number of English cases have been included, but there has been no effort to bring these in exhaustively.The plan has been to follow the language of the court, so that the definitions in the book will be authoritative, and to set out enough of the context or statement of facts in connection with which the word was used to enable the reader to see how far the definition is applicable to his own case. The reasoning of the court has also been incorporated so far as practicable. The idea has thus been to 'give the definitions themselves, carefully differentiating them where there are a number covering the same word, and not reducing them to any inferential statements of the results of the interpretation. Where the same definition is given ipsissimis verbis in several different cases, however, the cases are cumu lated. Statutory definitions are as a rule given in full.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.