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Payment of money by weight Instead of by count. Cowell

The appeudages or ap-purtenances of an estate or house. Cowell

A thing annexed to or belonging to another thing and passing with lt; a thlng of inheritance belonging to an-other inheritance which ls more worthy; as an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in a church to a house, etc. It differs from […]

Something added as an accessory to or the subordinate part of an-other thing. State v. Fertig, 70 Iowa, 272, 30 N. W. 633; Hemme v. School Dist., 30 Kan. 377, 1 Pac. 104; State Treasurer v. Railroad Co., 28 N. J. Law, 26

in old Engllsh law. A criminal who accuses his accomplices, or who challenges a jury

Lat. Iu the civil law. 1 appeal. The form of making an appeal apud acta. Dig. 49, 1, 2

Lat. An appeal

Pertaining to or having cognizance of appeals and other proceedings for the judicial review of adjudications

NT. The party who takes an appeal from one court or jurisdiction to an-other

In Scotch law. An apparent heir. See Apparent Heib

In practice. A com-ing into court as party to a suit, whether as plaintiff or defendant

In old English law the apparura were furniture, implements, tackle, or apparel. Carucaruin upparura, plow-tackle. Cowell

In old English law. Resemblance; likelihood; as apparlement of war. St. 2 Rich. 11. st. 1, c. 0; Cowell

An oflicer or messenger enytloyed to serve the process of the splr-itual courts ln England and summon offenders. Cowell

In old practice. Appearance; an appearance. Apparitio in judicio, an appearance in court. Bract, fol. 344. Post apparitioncm, after api>earance. Fleta, llb. 6, c. 10, S 25

That which is obvious, evident, or manifest; what appears, or has been made manifest. In respect to facts involved in au appeal or writ of error, that which is stated in the record

Any person who keeps a shop or building where medicines are corn-pounded or prepared according to prescriptions of physicians, or where medicines ure sold. Act Cong. July 13, 1866, c. 1S4, $ 9, 14 Stat. 119; woodward v. Ball, 6 Car. & P. 577; westmoreland v. Bragg, 2 Hill (S. C.) 414; Com. v. Fuller, […]

In the clvil law. A re-pository; a place of deposit, as of wine, oil, books, etc. Calvin

A messenger; an ambassador, legate, or nuncio. Spelman

In the civil law. Certifi-cates of the inferior judge from whom a cause is removed, directed to the superior. Dig. 49, 6. See Apostles

In English admiralty practice. A term borrowed from the civil law, denoting brief dismissory letters granted to a party who appeals from an Inferior to a su-perior court, embodying a statement of tbe case and a declaration that the record will be transmitted

In clvll and old Engllsh law. An apostate; a deserter from the faith; one who has renounced the Christian faith. Cod. 1, 7; Reg. orig. 71b

In English law. The total renunciatlon of Christianity, by embracing either a false religion or no religion at all. This offense can only take place in such as have once professed the Christian religion. 4 Bl. Comm. 43; 4 Steph. Comm. 231

In medical jurisprudence. The failure of consciousness aud suspension of voluntary motion from suspension of the functions of the cerebrum

In ecclesiastical law. one who answers for another. An officer whose duty was to carry to the emperor mes-sages relating to ecclesiastical matters, and to take back his answer to the petitioners. An officer who gave advice on questions of ecclesiastical law. An ambassador or legate of a pope or bishop. Spelman

In old com-mercial law. Bills of lading

Lat. In the civil law. A writing acknowledging payments; acquit-tance. It differs front acceptilation in this: that acceptilation Imports a complete dis-charge of the former obligation whether pay-ment be made or not; apocha, discharge only upon payment being made. Calvin

In medical jurisprudence. Loss of the power of articulate speech in consequence of morbld conditions of some of the vocal organs. It may be incomplete, ln which case the patient can whisper. It is to be distinguished from congenital dumbness, and from temporary loss of voice through extreme hoarseness or minor affections of the vocal […]

In the

An overt act

open, unsealed wrlts

An agreement or corn-pact. Du Cange

A part of a house oc-cupied by a person, whlle the rest ls occupied by auother, or others. As to the meaning of thls term, see 7 Man. & G. 95; 6 Mod. 214; McMillan v. Solomon, 42 Ala. 356, 94 Am. Dec. 654; Commonwealth v. Estabrook, 10 Pick, (Mass.) 293; McLellan v. Dalton, 10 […]

In old French law. A provision of lands or feudal superlorlties as-signed by the kings of France for the maln-tenance of their younger sons. An allow-ance assigned to a prince of the reigning house for his proper maintenance out of the public treasury. 1 Hallam, Mid. Ages, pp. ii, 88; wharton.

L. Fr. The Year Books. Kelham

In early feudal law. A confidential vassal. A term applied to the followers or dependents of the ancient Ger-man chiefs, and of the kings and counts of the Franks. Burrlll

In old English law. A man who endeavors to discharge himself of the crime of which he is accused, by re-torting the charge on the accuser. He differs from an approver in this: that the latter does not charge the accuser, but others. Jacob

In old

A term used in logic and law to denote a real or apparent inconsisten-cy or conflict between two authorities or propositions; same as antinomia, (q. v

In Roman law. A real or apparent contradiction or inconsistency in the laws. Merl. Repert. Conflicting laws or provisions of law; inconsistent or conflicting decisions or cases

A copy or counterpart of a deed

In Roman law. An officer whose duty it was to take care of tax money. A comptroller

The act of doing or taking a thing before its proper time

In the civil law. A species of mortgage, or pledge of immovables. An agreement by which the debtor gives to the creditor the Income from the property which he has pledged, In lieu of the interest on hls debt. Guyot, Repert.; Marquise De Portes v. Hurlbut, 44 N. J. Eq. 517, 14 Atl. 891

A term used in international law to denote a proclamation or manifesto published by one of two belliger-ent powers, alleging reasons why the war is defensive on its part

ln criminal law and medical jurisprudence. The measure-inent of the human body; a system of meas-uring the dimensions of the human body, both absolutely and in their proportion to each other, the facial, cranial, and other angles, the shape and size of the skull, etc., for purposes of comparison with correspond-lng measurements of other individuals, […]

Made or done before a marriage. Antenuptial settlements are settlements of property upon the wife, or up-on her and her children, made before and in contemplation of the marriage

To date an instrument as of a time before the time it was written

An ancestor, (q. r

Lat. Formerly; heretofore