Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget.

Peter Mark Roget

Date:: 1894

Credit: Thesaurus of English words and phrases : classified and arranged so as to facilitate the expression of ideas and assist in literary composition / by Peter Mark Roget ; enlarged and improved, partly from the author's notes, and with a full index, by John Lewis Roget. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$MORAL PRACTICE—INSTITUTIONS. 962—965. adultress, advoutress, courtesan, prostitute, strumpet, liarlot, whore, punk, fille de joie ; woman, - of the town; street-walker, Oypnan, miss, piece ; Irail sisterhood; demirep, wench, troUop, trull, baggage, hussy, drab, bitch, jade, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, slut, mmx, harridan ; unlortu- nate - female, - woman; woman -of easy virtue &c. (unchaste) 901 ; wanton,fornicatress; Jezebel, Messalina, Delilah,Thais, Phryne, Aspasia, Lais, lorette, cocotte, petite dame, grisette; demi-monde. concubine, mistress, doxy, chh-e amie, bona roba. pimp ; pand-er, -ar; bawd, conciliatrix, procuress, mackerel; wittol. 5°. Institutions. smuggling. 964b. [Absence or violation of law.] Xllegrality.—3ssr. lawlessness ; breach -, violation- of law; disobedience &c. 742 ; unconformity &c. 83. arbitrariness &c. adj.; antinomy, vio- lence, brute force, despotism, outlawry. mob -, lynch -, club -, Lydford -, martial -, drumhead- law ; coup d^etat; le droit du i^lusfort; argumentum bacu- linum. illegality, informality, xmlawfulness, illegitimacy, bar sinister. trover and conversion; poaching; simony. V. offend against -, violate- the law; set the law at defiance, ride rough-shod over, drive a coach and six through a statute; make the law a dead letter, take the law into one's own hands, smuggle, run, poach. Adj. illegal; prohibited &c. 761; not allowed, imlawful, illegitimate, illicit, contraband, actionable. unchartered, unconstitutional; un- warrant-ed, -able; unauthorized ; in- formal, imofficial; in-, extra-judicial. lawless, arbitrary; despotic,-al; sum- mary, irresponsible; un-answerable, -ac- countable. null and void ; a dead letter. Adv. illegally &c. adj.; with a high hand, in violation of law. 965. Jurisdiction. [Executive.]—W. jurisdiction, judicature, administratioa of justice, soc; executive, commission of the peace; ma- gistracy &c. {authority) jyj. judge &c. 967; tribunal &c. 966 ; mimicipality, corporation, bailiwick, shrievalty; lord lieutenant, sheriff, shrieve, constable ; police, - force ; constabulaiy, bumbledom. officer, bailiff, tipstaff, bum-bailiff, catchpoll, beadle ; police-man, -con- stable, -sergeant; sbirro, alguazil, genday-me, kavass, lictor, macebearer, huissier, bedel. press-gang; exciseman, ganger, custom-house officer, douanier. coroner, edile, sedile, portreeve, paritor ; posse eomitatus. V. judge, sit in judgment. 331 963. lieg-ality.—legality; le- gitima-cy, -teness. legislature ; law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enact- ment, statute, rule ; canon &c. (precept) 697 ; ordinance, institution, regulation by-, bye-law; decree &c. (orde?-) 741; ordonnance ; standing order ; lilebiscite &c. {choice) 609. legal process ; form, -ula, -ality; rite arm of the law ; habeas corpus. [Science of law] Jmisprudence, No- mology; legislation, coditication. equity, common law ; lex -, lex non- seripta; law of nations, international ]siW,jusgentium; jus civile; civil-, canon -, statute -, ecclesiastical- law; lex mei'catoria. constitutional-ism, -ity; justice &c. 922. v. legalize; enact, ordain; decree &c. {order) 741; pass a law ; legislate ; codify, formulate. Adj. legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized ; lawful &c. {im-mitted) 760 ; statut-able, -ory ; legislat-orial, -ive. Adv. legally &c. adj.; in the eye of the law; dejure.$