the maximum distance between the thumb and the little finger, span, a distance of about nine inches, measure of twelve fingers

equal to a measure of hand, small, short

just, right, expedient, appropriate, proper, due, necessary, incumbent, binding, obligatory, worthy, deserving, convenient, reasonable

open face

that is necessary to be complied with, worthy of compliance, obligatory, an order that must be obeyed

necessary and requisite

due, payable, necessary to be discharged (duties)

right and proper

worth following, worthy to be obeyed

deserving death

self-existent, an attribute of God, whose existence is necessary, the self-existent Being, God

damned, accursed, which is must be damned and accursed

what was presented, was correct

I have submitted it because it was expedient to do so (in conclusion to a petition)

necessary and fit to be disclosed

offence punishable with death

an act which is obligatory or compulsory, necessity

obligatory to act upon, which is mandatory to do

to determine or settle to be right and proper, to justify, to vindicate

obligatory

consider something obligatory

recoverable, realizable, receivable