The New American Cyclopedia, Vol. 6

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Excerpt from The New American Cyclopedia, Vol. 6: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Cough-Education Court, in law, an institution having a two fold object, viz. The conservation of public (ruler by the suppression of violence and crime, and the adjudication of disputes on civil mat ters between the individuals constituting a com munity. The first of these is most prominent in a rude state of society, the latter, in an advanced stage of civilization. In the earlier and ruder condition, the laws have principal reference to protection from personal violen and the judicial function is chie¿y exerci in rendering speedy justice to the ofi'enders. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.