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And this he prays may be inquired of by the country. The conclu-sion of a plaintiff’s pleading, tendering an Issue to the country. 1 Salk. 6. Literally translated in the modem forms

And this he is prepared to verify. Tbe Latin form of concluding a plea in con-fession and avoidance

And he had lt A common phrase in the Year Books, expressive of the allowance of an appllcatlon or demand by a party. Pam. demanda la view. Et habuit, etc. M. 6 Edw. III. 49

And have you then there this writ The formal words directing the return of a writ. The literal translation ls retained in the modern form of a considerable number of writs.

And of this he puts himself upon the country. The formal conclusion of a common-law plea ln bar by way of traverse. The literal translation is retained in the mod-ern form

L. Fr. And of this they put them-selves upon the country

And others; and other things; and so on. In its abbreviated form (etc.) this phrase is frequently affixed to one of a series of artlcles or names to show that others are intended to follow or understood to be included. So, after reciting the initla-tory words of a set formula, or a clause al-ready given […]

And it is allowed

And another. The abbrh-viation et al. (sometimes in the plural writ-ten et als.) ls affixed to the name of the per-sou first mentioned, where there are several plaintiffs, grantors, persons addressed, etc

And others on the other side. A phrase constantly used in the Tear Books, ln describing a joinder in issue. P. 1 Edw. II. Prist; et alii d contra, ct sic ad patriam: ready; and others, d contra, and so to the country. T. 3 Edw. III. 4

And it ls adjourned. A phrase used in the old reports, where the argument of a cause was adjourned to another day, or where a second argument was had. 1 Keb. 692, 754, 773

A species of aggra-vated waste, by stripping or devastating the land, to the injury of the reversioner, and especlally pending a suit for possession

To strip; to despoil; to lay waste; to commit waste upon an estate, as by cutting down trees, removing buildings, etc. To injure the value of a reversionary interest by stripping or spoiling the estate

Straightened, as applied to roads. Cowell

Cattle whose owner ls ur-known. 2 Kent, Comm. 359; Spelman; 29 Iowa, 437. Any beast, not wild, found with-In any lordship, and not owned by any man. Cowell; 1 Bl. Comm. 297

An allowance made to a person out of an estate or other thlng for hls or her support, as for food nnd raiment

A wrlt for a wlfe judicially separated to recover her all-mony or estovers, obsolete

A bar or impedlment rais-ed by the law, which precludes a man from alleging or from denying a certain fact or state of facts, in consequence of his previous allegation or denial or conduct or admission, or in’consequence of a final adjudication of the matter in a court of law. Demarest v. Hopper, 22 N. […]

To stop, bar, or Impede; to pre* vent; to preclude. Co. Litt 352a. See Es-TOPPEL

This word is used to ex-press the mind or judgment of the speaker or writer on the particular subject under con-sideration. It implies a calculation or com-putation, as to estimate the gain or loss of au enterprise. People v. Clark, 87 Hun (N. Y.> 203

L. Fr. To ap

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See Estate in Fee-Tail

An estate in land or other real property, of uncertain duration; that is, either of inheritance or which may possibly last for the life of the tenant at the least, (as distlngulshed from a leasehold;) and held by a free tenure, (as dis-tinguished from copyhold or villelnage

An estate in gage or pledge. 2 Bl. Comm. 157; 1 Steph. Comm. 282

An estate held by a person in his own right only, with* out any other person being joined or connected with him in point of interest, during his estate. This is the most common and usual way of holding an estate. 2 Bl. Comm. 179; Cruise, Dig. tit. 18, c. 1, $ 1

A species of estate in expectancy, created by opera^ tlon of law, being the residue of an estate left in the grantor, to commence in possession after the determination of some particular estate granted out by him. 2 Rl. Comm. 175; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. p. 978, 8 2345. The residue of an estate left […]

An estate whereby a present Interest passes to and resides in the tenant, not depending on any subsequent circumstance or contingency. 2 Bl. Comm. 163. An estate where the ten-ant is in actual pernancy, or receipt of the rents and other advantages arising therefrom

An estate ln lands or tenements granted to two or more persons, to hold ln fee-simple, fee-tall, for life, for years, or at will. 2 Bl. Comm. 180; 2 Crabb, Real Prop. 937. An estate acquired by two or more persons in the same land, by the same title, (not being a title by descent,) […]

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An estate which several persons hold as one heir, whether male or female. This estate has the three unities of time, title, and possession; but the interests of the coparceners may be unequal. 1 washb. Real Prop. 414; 2 Bl. Comm. 188. See Coparcenary

A species of life-estate which a woman ls, by law, entitled to clalm on the death of her husband, in the lands and tenements of whlch he was seised in fee during the marriage, and which, her issue, lf any, might hy possibility have inherited. 1 Steph. Comm. 249 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 129; Cruise, […]

An estate in lands held by two or more persons, wlth interests accruing nnder dlfferent titles; or accruing under the same title, hut at different periods; or conferred by words of limitation Importing that the grantees are to take in distinct shares. 1 Steph. Comm. 323. See Tcnancy in Comuon

A freehold ee-tate, not of inheritance, but which is held by

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A species of es-tate less than freehold, where lands and tenements are let by one man to another, to have and to hold at the will of the lessor; and the tenant by force of thls lease obtains pos-session. 2 Bl. Comm. 145; 4 Kent, Comm. 110; Lltt $ 68. or lt is where lands […]

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In Spanish law. Delay in a voyage, or in the delivery of cargo, caused by the charterer or consignee, for which demurrage is payable

L. Fr. A standard, (of weights and measures.) So called because lt stands constant and immovable, and hath all other measures coming towards it for their conformity. Termes de la Ley

wears or kiddles in rlv-ers

A bridge or stank of stone or timber. Cowell

In Spanish law. In Spanish America this was a measure of land of six-teen square varas, or yards. 2 white, Re-cop. 139

An ordinance or statute. Especlally used of those ordinances or statutes passed in the reign of Edw. I. 2 Inst. 156; Britt. C. 21

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A person who made an essoin

That whlch is indispensable to that of whlch It ls the essence

A writ to he quit of toll; lt lies for citizens and burgesses of any city or town who, by charter or prescription, ought to be exempt-ed from toll, where the same is exacted of them. Reg. orig. 258.

In English law. A tide of dignity next above gentleman, and below knight. Also a title of office given to sher-iffs, serjeants, and barristers at law, justices of the peace, and others. 1 Bi. Comm. 406; 3 Steph. Comm. 15, note; Tomlins, on the use of this term ln American law, particu-iarly as applied to […]

L. Fr. To cut down woods to clear land of trees and underwood; prop-erly to thin woods, by cutting trees, etc., at intervals. Spelman