Category: E

woodlands turned into tillage by uprooting the trees and removing the underwood

Span. In Spanish law. A

A mutual promise be-tween a man and a woman to marry each other at some other time. It differs from a marriage, because then the contract is completed. wood, Inst. 57

ln Spanish law. A junc-tion of all the serrate papers made In the course of any one proceeding and which re-mains ln the office at the close of it. Castillero v. U. S., 2 Black (U. S.) 109, 17 L. Ed. 360

An old term for the products which the ground or land yields; as the hay of the meadows, the herbage of the pasture, corn of arable fields, rent and services, etc. The word has been anciently applied to the land itself. Jacob; Fosgate v. Hydraulic Co., 9 Barb. (N. Y.) 293

L. Fr. Spurs

A period of tlme fixed by law or by a court within which certaln acts are to be performed, e. g., the production of pa-pers, payment of debts, etc

Seniority; the condition or right of the eldest; the prlvilege of the eldest-born. Particularly used of the privilege of the eldest among coparceners to make a first choice of purparts upon a voluntary partition

In old law. A hireling of servile condition

See Eusoas

Sbippage, or passage by sea. Spelled, also, “skippeson” Cowell

To ship

Tackle or furniture ; outfit Certain towns in England were bound to furnish certain ships at their own expense and with double skippage or tackle. Cowell

E, or EGLISE. A church. Ja-cob

To scour or cleanse. Cow-ell

Service of tlie shield, one of tbe varieties of tenure ln knight’s service

A scroll; a writing; a deed. Particularly a deed delivered by the grantor into the hands of a third person, to be held by the latter until the happenlng of a con-tlngency or performance of a condition, and then by him delivered to the grantee. Thorn-as v. Sowards, 25 wis. 631; Patrick v. Mc-Cormlck, 10 […]

Fr. Fraud, swlnd-ling, cheating

In Spanish law. A writ-ten instrument Every deed that is made by the hand of a public escribano, or notary of a corporation or council (concejo,) or sealed wlth the seal of the king or other authorized persons, white, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5

In Spanish law. An offl-cer, resembling a notary in French law, who has authority, to set down ln writing, und verify by hls attestation, transactions and contracts between private persons, and also judlclal acts and proceedings

To build or equip. Du Cange

In old English law. A jnry or inquisition

In English law. The name of an officer who wus appointed ln every county to look after the escheats which fell due to the king ln that particular county

In fendal law. Escheat Is an obstruction of the course of descent, and consequent determination of the tenure, by some unforeseen contingency, in which case the land naturally results back, by a kind of reversion, to the original grantor, or lord of the fee. 2 Bl. Comm. 15; wallace v. Harin-stad, 44 Pa. 501; Marshall […]

A measure of corn. Cowell

That which comes by chance or accident Cowell

In old Engllsh law. Delivered from that punishment which by the laws of the forest lay upon those whose beasts were found upon forbidden laud. Jacob

The departure or deliverance out of custody of a person who was lawfully Imprisoned, before he ls entitled to his liberty by the process of law

An old English law term, signifying exchange

To scald. It is said that to scald hogs was one of the ancient tenures ln serjeanty. wharton

In old law. A cut-ting off the branches or boughs of trees. Cowell; Spelman

In old English law. A meeting of the neighborhood to compromise differences among themselves; a court held on the boundary of two lands

A mistaken judgment or incorrect belief as to the existence or effect of matters of fact, or a false or mistaken concep-tion or application of the law

Lat. Erroneously; through error or mistake.

Involving error; deviat-ing from the law. This term ls never used by courts or law-writers as designating a corrupt or evil act Thompson v. Doty, 72 Ind. 338

In old lnw. A waif or stray; a wandering beast Cowell

The gradual eating away of the soil by the operation of currents or tides. Distinguished from submergence, which ls the disappearance of the soil under the water and the formation of a navigable body over it. Mulry v. Norton, 100 N. Y. 433, 3 N. E. 584, 53 Am. Rep. 206

In old English law. The loose scattered ears of corn that are left on the ground after the binding

By metonymy, this term ls used to describe the ofiice or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain, webster

In the civU law. Under-takers of work; contractors. Cod. 4, 50

Lat. Therefore; hence; because

In the civil law. To be divided. Judicium familia erciscunda, a suit for the partition of an inheritance. Inst. 4, 17, 4. An ancient phrase derived from the Twelve Tables. Calvin

The obliteration of words or marks from a written instrument by rubbing, scraping, or scratching them out. Also the place in a document where a word or words

Tbe followers of Erastus. The sect obtained much influence in England, particularly among common lawyers in the time of Selden. They held that offenses against religion and morality should be pun-lshed by the civil power, and not by the cen-sures of the church or by excommunication, wharton

A maple tree. Not to be confounded with ara bills, (arable land

A horse equip-ped with saddle and furniture

A kind of rack for extort-ing confessions

Having a double or sev-eral meanings or senses. See Ambiguity

1. In its broadest and most general signification, this term denotes the spirit and the habit of fairness, justness, and right dealing w’hich would regulate the inter

In old English law. Travellng furniture, or riding equipments, including horses, horse harness, etc. Reg. orlg. 100b; St westm. 2, c. 39