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: a franchise of trying persons charged with assaulting a person in his own home and receiving the fines or damages imposed

: a franchise of trying persons charged with assaulting a person in his own home and receiving the fines or damages imposed

a (1) : a franchise of trying persons charged with assaulting a person in his own home and receiving the fines or damages imposed

: the assaulting of a person in his or her own house or dwelling place

: the assaulting of a person in his or her own house or dwelling place

1 Scots law : the assaulting of a person in his or her own house or dwelling place

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