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Lat. In a different vlew; under a different aspect 4 Rob. Adm. & Pr. 151

Lat In the civil law. Aliments; means of support, including food, (cibaria,) clothing, (veatitua,) and habitation, (habitatio.) Dig. 34, 1, 6

Lat Another’s; belonging to another; the property of another. Alienus homo, another’s man, or slave. Inst. 4, 3, pr. Aliena rea, another’s property. Bract fol. 13b

He who makes a grant, transfer of title, conveyance, or alienation

The state, condition, or character of an alien. 2 Kent, Comm. 56, 64, 69

one of foreign birth; an alien. 7 Coke, 31

Lat Under the control, or subject to the authority, of another person; e. g., an infant who is under the au-thority of his father or guardian; a wife under the power of her husband. The term is contrasted with Sui Juris, (q. v

Lat of another

In real property law. The transfer of tlie property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person to another. Termes de la Ley. It is particularly applied to absolute con-veyances of real property. Conover v. Mu-tual Ins. Co., 1 N. Y. 290, 294

To convey; to transfer the title to property. Co. Lltt. 118b. Alien is very commonly used in the same sense. 1 washb. Real Prop. 53

The condition or state of an alien

Proper to be the subject of alienation or transfer

Lat. ln criminal law. Elsewhere; in another place. A term used to ex-press that mode of defense to a criminal prosecution, where the party accused, in or-der to prove that he could not have commlt-ted the crime with which he is charged, of-fers evidence to show that he was In another place at the time; […]

Lat. otherwise; at another time; in auother manner; formerly

Other wrongs. The name given to a general allegation of injuries caused by the defendant with which the plulntiff in an action of trespass under the common-law practice concluded his declara-tion. Archb. Crim. n. G94

Span. In Spanish law. Prop-erty. white, Nov. Recop. b. 1, tit. 5, c. 3, 8 4

Probably a corruption of Laganuin maris, lagan being a right, in the middle ages, like jetsam and flotsam, by “which goods thrown from a vessel ffi distress became the proi>erty of the king, or tlie lord on whose shores they were strand-ed. Spelmau; Jacob; Du Cange

A cauldron lnto which boiling water was poured, iu which a criminal plunged ids arm up to the elbow, aud there held it for some time, as an ordeal. Du Cange

Fr. In French feudal law. An allodial estate, as distinguished from a feudal estate or benefice

A mutual agreement, of .which the effects, with resist both to the advantages and losses, whether to all the parties or to some of them, depend on an uncertain event. Civil Code La. art. 2982; Moore v. Johnston, 8 La. Ann. 488; Losecco v. Gregory, 108 Iji. 648, 32 South. 985

Lat. (From alca. q. r.) In the civil law. A gamester; oue who plays at games of hazard. Dig. 11, 5; Cod. 3, 43

Lat. In the civil law. A game of chance or hazard. Dig. 11. 5. 1. See Cod. 3, 43. The chance of gain or loss in a con-tract

A maypole or loug stake driven into tlie ground, with a sign on it for the sale of ale. Cowell

A rent or tribute paid annually to the lord mayor of Loudon, by those who sell ale within the liberty of the city

A place where ale is sold to be drunk on the premises where sold

In old EDglish law. An oflicer appointed by the court-leet, sworn to look to the assise and goodness of ale and beer within the precincts of the leet. Eitch. Courts, 46; whishaw

L. Lat. An alder-man, q. v

In medical jurispru-dence. The pathological efTect (as distin-guished from physiological effect) of excessive indulgence in intoxicating liquors. It is acute when induced by excessive potations at one time or in the course of a single debauch. An attack of delirium tremens and alcoholic homicidal mania are examples of this form. It Is chronic when resulting […]

The name of a Judicial of-ficer ln Spain, and in those countries which have received their laws and institutions from Spain. His functions somewhat re-sembled those of mayor in small municipalities on the continent, or justice of the peace in England and most of tbe United States. Castillero v. U. S., 2 Black, 17, 194, […]

In Spanish law. A duty of a certain per cent, paid to the treasury on the sale or exchange of property

The white*book; an ancient book containing a compilation of the law and customs of the city of London. It has lately been reprinted by order of the mas-ter of the rolls

A blank writ; a writ with a blank or omission in it

In old French law. The state or condition of an alien or foreigner

In old French law. A stran-ger, alien, or foreigner

In old French law. The state of alienage; of being a foreigner or alien

In Spanish law. An execu-tor or administrator; one who is charged with fulfilling and executing that which is directed by the testator in his testament or other last dlsposition. Emetic v. Alvarado, 64 CaL 529, 2 Pac. 418, 433

In old English law. white rent; rent payable in silver or white money, as distinguished from that which was anciently paid in corn or provisions, called black mail, or black rent. Spelman; Reg. Orig. 319b

The list of persons liable to military watches, who were at the same

A manager and keeper of dogs for the sport of hawking; from alanus, a dog known to the ancients. A fal-coner. Blount

LS. The wings or side aisles of a chnrch. Blount

A tube, conical ln form, intended to be applied to an aperture through which water passes, whereby the flow of the water is greatly increased. See Schuylkill Nav. Co. v. Moore, 2 whart. (Pa.) 477

In Spanish law. Parapherna-11a. The jewels and furniture which a wlfe brings in marriage

In French law. The document pursuant to which au action or suit is commenced, equivalent to the writ of summons ln England. Actions, however, are ln some cases commenced by requite or petition. Arg. Fr. Merc. Law, 545

In old English law. An easement. Spelman

In English law. A passage for the admission of air into a mine. To maliciously fill up, obstruct, or damage, with in-tent to destroy, obstruct, or render useless the air-way to any mine, is a felony punish-able by penal servitude or imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 24 & 25 Vict. c. OT. 128

In old Scotch crlm-inal iaw. Accessary; contriver and partner

In old Scotch law. The court of the justices itinerant, corresponding with the English eyre, (q. v.) Skene de Verb. Sign, voc. Iter

The healing or remission, by a verdict rendered, of a defect or error in pleading which might have been objected to before verdict

In Engllsh practice. A proceedlng formerly made use of, by way of petitlon In court, praying in ald of the ten-ant for Ufe, etc., from the reversioner or re-malnder-man, when the title to the lnherit-ance was ln question. It was a plea in sus-penslon of the action. 3 Bl. Comm. 300

The klng’s tenant prays this, when rent ls demanded of him by others