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A watch, conslst-ing of a small number of men. (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel is riding at single anchor, to see that the stoppers, painters, cables, and buoy-ropes are ready for immediate use. The Lady Franklin, 2 Lowell, 220, Fed. Cas. No. 7.984

A measure containing ten gallons

Relating to ancestors, or to what has been done by them; as homage anecstrel

one who has preceded an-other in a direct line of descent; a lineal ascendant

In the civil law. Re-peated or doubled interest; compound Inter-est; usury. Cod. 4, 32, 1, 30

To pronounce an-atheina upon; to pronounce accursed by ec-ciesiastical authority; to excommunicate

An ecclesiastical punish-ment by which a person is separated from the body of the church, aud forbidden all intercourse with the members of the same

The destruction of govern-ment; lawlessness; the absence of all pollt-Ical government; b.v extension, confusion in government. See Spies v. People, 122 III. 1, 253, 12 N. E. 865, 3 Am. St. Rep. 320; Lewis AvPaily News Co., 81 Md. 406, 32 Atl. 246, 29 L. R. A. 59; People v. Most. 36 Misc. Rep. 139, […]

Qne who professes and advocates the doctrines of anarchy, q. v. And see Cerveny v. Chicago Dally News Co., 139 111. 345, 28 N. E. 692, 13 L. R. A. 864; United States v. williams, 194 U. S. 279, 24 Sup. Ct. 719, 48 L. Ed. 979

In logic. Identity or similarity of proportion, where there is no precedent ln point, in cases on the same sub-ject, lawyers have recourse to cases ou a different subject-matter, but governed by the same general principle. This is reasoning by analogy, wharton

A register, inventory, or commentary

In medical jurisprudence. (1) Loss of sensatlon, or insensibility to paln, general or local, induced by the ad-ministration or application of certaiu drugs such as ether, nitrous oxide gas. or cocalue. (2) Defect of sensation, or more or less com-plete insensibility to pain, existing In various parts of the hotly as a result of certain […]

In the civil law. An in-vestlgatlon of truth, interrogation of witnesses, and lnquiry made into any fact, especially by torture

In feudal law. Year, day, and waste. A forfeiture of the lands to the crown incurred by the felony of the tenant, after which time the land escheats to the lord. Termes de la Ley, 40

Fr. Year and day; a year and a day

An ancient punishment for a blow given in a superior court; or for assaulting a judge sitting ln the court.

In the Roman law. More; farther; more time. A word which the prse-tor pronounced in cases where there was any obscurity in a cause, and the judices were uncertain whether to condemn or acquit; by which the case was deferred to a day nam-ed. Adam, Rom. Ant. 287

In the civil law. A

The effect, substance, or result; the total or aggregate sum. Hllburn v. Railroad Co., 23 Mont 229. 58 Pac. 551; Connelly v. Telegraph Co., 100 Va. 51. 40 S. E. 618, 56 L. R. A. 663, 93 Am. St. Rep. 919

A putting or turning out; dispossession of lands, onster is an amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 199, 208

To alien lands in mortmain

An alienation of lands or tenements in mortmain. The reduction of the property of lands or tenements to mortmain

The child of a brother or sister; a cousin; one who has the same grandfather, but different father and mother. Calvin

Lat. A paternal aunt. An aunt on the father’s side. Amita magna

Fr. In Freuch maritime law. Admiral, ord. de la Mar. llv. 1, tlt. 1, $ 1

Lat A friend of the court A by-stander (usually a counsel-lor) who Interposes and volunteers lnforma-tion upon some matter of law in regard to which the judge is doubtful or mistaken, or upon a matter of which the court may take judicial cognizance. Counsel ln court fre-quently act in this capacity when they happen to […]

Friendly; mutually for-bearing; agreed or assented to by parties having conflicting Interests or a dispute; as opposed to hostile or adversary

A friend; as alien ami, an alien belonging to a nation at peace with us; prochein ami,’ a next friend suing or defend-ing for an infant, married woman, etc

In French law. A species of agreement which by a fiction gives to immovable goods the quality of movable. Merl. Repert.; 1 Low. Can. 25, 58

In marine insurance. A proviso in a i>olicy to the efTect that, in case of any subsequent insurance

To impose an amercement or fine; to punish by a fine or penalty

L. Lat A naval commander, under the eastern Roman empire, but not of the highest rank; the origin, ac-cording to Spelman, of the modern title aud office of admirnl. Spelman

In medical jurisprudence. Insanity; idiocy. See Insanity

A satisfaction given by a wrong-doer to the party injured, for a wrong committed. 1 Lit Reg. 81

In praotioe. The cor-rection of an error committed in any pro-cess, pleading, or proceeding at law. or in eq-uity, and which is done either of course, or by the consent of parties, or upon motion to the court in which the proceeding is pend-ing. 3 Bl. Comm. 407, 448; 1 Tidd, Pr.. 696. Hardin v. […]

In old English law. A penalty imposed upon a person by way of disgrace or infamy, as a punish-ment for any offense, or for the purpose of making reparation for any injury done to an-other, as tbe walking Into church in a white sheet, with a rope about the neck and a torch in tbe […]

To improve; to make better by change or modification. See Alter

Subject to answer to the .aw; accountable; responsible; liable to pun-ishment. Miller v. Com., 1 Duv. (Ky.) 17

Betterments; lm-proveinents. 6 Low. Can. 294 ; 9 Id. 503

Movable; revocable; subject to change

In the Roman law. A going around; a path worn by going around. A space of at least two aud a half feet in width, between neighboring houses, left for the con-veuience of goiug around them. Calvin

A boundary line, as going around a place; an exterior or inclosing line or limit

Doubtfulness; doubleness of meaning; indistinctness or uncertainty of meaning of an expression used in a written instrument. Nlndle v. State Bank, 13 Neb. 245, 13 N. W. 275; Ellmaker v. Ellmaker, 4 watts (Pa.) 89; Kroner v. Halsey, 82 Cal. 209. 22 Pac. 1137; ward v. Epsy. 6 Humph. (Tenn.) 447

Lat. From atnbiguus, doubtful, uncertain, obscure. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning

Skillful with both hands; one who plays on both sides. Ap-plied anciently to an attorney who took pay from both sides, and subsequently to a juror guilty of the same offense. Cowell

or AMBRA. In old English law. A measure of four bushels

A person sent about in the service of another; a person sent on a service. A word of frequent occurrence in the writers of the middle ages. Spelman

A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman

A collection of sea-laws, compiled about the end of the eleventh century, by the people of Amalphl. It consists of tbe laws on maritime subjects, which were or had been ln force in countries bordering on the Mediterranean; nnd wns for a long time received as authority in those countries. Azuni; wharton

A term applied in England to the merger or consolidation of two incorporated companies or societies