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To take or apprehend by com-mandment of a writ or precept. Buckeye Pipe-Line Co. v. Fee, 62 ohio St. 543, 57 N. E. 446, 78 Am. St. Rep. 743

The tackle or rigging of a ship; the harness or tackle of a plow. Spel-man

Hatred or ill-will. See De Odio cr Atia

One who does not believe in the existence of a God. Gibson v. Insurance Co., 37 N. Y. 584; Thurston v. Whitney, 2 Cush. (Mass.) 110; Com. v. Hills, 10 Cush. (Mass.) 530i

In Saxon law. An oath; the pow-er or privllege of exacting aud admlnister-ing an oath. Spelman

out of the limits of any port or harbor on the sea-coast The Harriet, 1 Story, 251, Fed. Cas. No. 6,099. See wales v. Insurance Co., 8 Allen (Mass.) 380; Hub-bard v. Hubbard, 8 N. Y. 199; Ex parte Thompson, 4 Bradf. Sur. (N. Y.) 158; Hut-ton v. Insurance Co., 7 Hill (N. Y.) 325; […]

According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is doue in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at luw, barrister at law, attorney or counsellor at law. See Hooker v. Nichols, 116 N. C. 157, 21 S. E. 208

(1) Not limited to any par-tlcular place, district, person, matter, or ques-tiou. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious animal so free from restraint as to be liable to do mls-chief. (3) Fully; in detail; in an extended form

1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. State v. Bacon, 6 Neb. 291; Cromie v. Institution of Mercy, 3 Bush (Ky.) 391

A house, or place of habita-tion. Bract, fol. 267b; Cowell

A servitude by which grain growing on certain lands or brought within them must he carried to a certaiu mill to be ground, a certaiu multure or price being paid for the same. Jacob

In Scotch law. To assign to a particular mill

In old English law. A house-holder, or occupant of a house or hearth

In old Engllsh iaw. A householder; belonging to the house; a per-son in actual possession of a house

An arraignment, (q. v

An heir ap

A mutual agreement, assent, and consent between parties; also a witness or record

In Scotch law. Dam-ages awarded to the relative of a murdered person from the guilty party, who has not been convicted and punished. Paters. Comp

An insurer against certain perils and dangers; an underwriter; an in-demnifier

A person who has been in-sured by some insurance company, or umler-writer, agaiust losses or perils mentioned ln the policy of insurance. Brockway v. In-surunce Co. (C. C.) 29 Fed. 766; Sanford v. Insurance Co., 12 Cush. (Mass.) 548

In conveyancing. A

Lat He undertook; he promised. A promise or engagement by which one person assumes or undertakes to do some act or pay something to another. It may be either oral or in writing, but ls not under seal. It is express if the promisor puts hls engagement in distinct and definite language; it is implied […]

In Scotch law. To acquit the defendant ln an action; to find a crirni-nal not guilty

To absolve; acquit; to eet free; to deliver from excommunication. SL 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; Cowell

In French Law. In a socidtd en commandite an associd en nom is one who is liable for the engagements of the undertaking to the whole extent of his property. This expression arises from the fact that the names of the associds so liable figure in the firm-name or form part of the socidtd en […]

The act of a number of iiersons who unite or join together for some special purpose or business. The union of a company of persons for the transaction of designated affairs, or the attainment of some common object

A code of feudal jurisprudence prepared by an as-sembly of barons and lords A. D. 1099, after the conquest of Jerusalem

Sessions of the justices or commissioners of assize. See Assise

weregeld or compensation by a pecuniary mulct Coweli

Rented or farmed out for a specified assise; that ls, a payment of a certain assessed rent in money or provisions

To help; aid; Buccor; lend countenance or encouragement to; particl-pate in as an auxiliary. People v. Hayne, 83 Cal. Ill, 23 Pac. 1, 7 L. R. A. 348, 17 Am. St. Rep. 211; Moss v. Peoples. 51 N. C. 142; Comitez v. Parkerson (C. C.) 50 Fed. 170

An assessor; juror; an oflicer who has the care and oversight of weights and measures

To fail in the as-sise; i. e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402

In old Engllsh and Scotch law. An assise; a kind of jury or inquest; a writ; a sitting of a court; au ordinance or statute; a fixed or specific time, number, quantity, quality, price, or weight; a tribute, fine, or tax; a .real action; the name of a writ. See Assise

one who makes an assign-ment of any kind; one who assigns or trans-fers property

In contracts. 1. The

In Scotch law. An assignee

A Scotch law term equivalent to assignment, (q. v

That may he assigned or transferred; transferable; negotiable, as a bill of exchange. Comb. 176; Story, Bills, 5 17

To draw or drain water from marsh grounds. Cowell

An affirmation ; a posi-tive assertion; a solemn declaration. This word is seldom, If ever, used for a declara-tion mnde under oath, hut denotes a declare-tlon accompanied with solemnity or an appeal to conscience

In probate law. Property of a decedent available for the payment of debts and legacies; the estate coming to the heir or personal representative which is charge-able, in law or equity, with the obligations which such heir or representative is required, in his representative capacity, to discharge

An officer chosen or ap-pointed to appraise, value, or assess property

In a .general sense, de-notes the process of ascertaining and adjust-ing the shares respectively to he contributed by several persons towards a common beuefi-cial object according to the benefit received

1. To ascertain, adjust, and settle the respective shares to be contributed by several persons toward an object beneficial to them all, in proportion to the benefit received

one which affirms that a particular state of facts ex-ists; an affirming promise under seal

Compliance; approval of some-thing done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request Norton v. Davis, 83 Tex. 32, 18 8. W. 430; Appeal of Pittsburgh, 115 Pa. 4, 7 Atl. 778; Canal Co.’ v. Railroad Co., 4 Gill & J. (Md.) 1, 30; Baker v. Johnson County, 37 lowa, 189; […]

The concourse or meeting together of a considerable number of persons at the same place. Also the persons so gathered

In Scotch law. An old term, used indiscriminately to signify a lease or feu-right. Bell; Ersk. Inst. 2, 6, 20

In maritime law. An insurer, (aversor periculi.) Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 5, fi 10