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A woman

United; combined; undivided; done by or against two or more unitedly; shared by or between two or more

Joining or coupling together; uniting two or more constituents or elements in one; uniting with another per* son ln some legal step or proceeding

In old English practice. A divided game, risk, or hazard. An arrangement which the parties to a suit were anciently sometimes allowed to make by mutual agreement upon a certain hazard, as that one should lose lf the case turned out In a certain way, and, if it did not, that the other should gain. […]

In old English law. A game of hazard. Reg. orig. 290

A little manor or farm. CoweU

In old English law. Jewels. This term was formerly more properly applied to those ornaments which women, al

one who buys and sells goods for others; one who buys or sells on the stock exchange; a dealer ln stocks, shares, or securities

The act of throwing over-board from a vessel part of the cargo, in case of extreme danger, to lighten the ship. The same name is also given to the thing or things so cast out. Gray v. wain, 2 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 254, 7 Am. Dec. 642; Butler v. wildman, 3 Barn. & Aid. […]

A term descriptive of goods which, by the act of the owner, have been voluntarily cast overboard from a vessel, in a storm or other emergency, to lighten the ship. 1 C. B. 113

A large brass candlestlck, usually hung in the middle of a church or choir. Cowell

In Engllsh law. An officer of the custom-house who oversees the wait-era. Techn. Dict

Danger; hazard; peril

L. Fr. I have failed; I am lu error. An error or oversight in plead-ing

In old records. Yeoman. Cow-ell ; Blount

In Scotch law. Jailer or gaoler. 1 Pltc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 33

In old English iaw. Small money

In old English law. A

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In Hindu law. Total amount; collectlon; assembly. The total of a territorial assignment

In old Engllsh and feudal law. Leg-armor. Blount

A keeper or warden of a pris* on or jail

See Gaol

See Gaol

A gaol; a prison; a building designated by law, or regularly used, for the confinement of persons held in lawful cus-tody. State v. Bryan, 89 N. C. 534. See Gaol.

In the clvll law. A throw-lng of goods overboard ln a storm; jettison. Loss from such a cause. Calvin

Lost by default; tossed away. CowelL

A kind of defensive coat-armor worn by horsemen in war; not made of solid iron, but of many plates fastened together. Some tenants were bound by their tenure to find lt upon Invasion. Cowell

A gold coin worth 24s., so called from James I., who was king when it was struck. Enc. Lond

Lat. In old English law. It lies in the mouth. Fleta, lib. 5, c. S, 8 49

Lat In the civil law. Age

In Saxon law. The estimation or valuation of the head; the price or value of a man. By the laws of Athelstan, the life of every man not except-ing that of the king himself, was estimated at a certaln price, which was called the were, or cestimatio capitis. Crabb, Eng. Law, c. 4

In old English law. Es-necy; (he right or privilege of the eldest

Lat. In the Roman liny. The treasury, (/lseus.) Calvln

Lat Equal; even. A provision in a will for the division of the residu-ary estate ex tequus among the legatees means equally or evenly. Archer v. Morris, 61 N. J. Eq. 152, 47 Atl. 275

In the civil law. Equity, as opposed to strictum or summum jus, (q, r.) otherwise called aequum, aequum bonum, trquum et bonum, tequnm et justum. Calvin

Uncompensated, unpaid for, unavenged. From the participle of exdu-slon, a, ae, or ex, (Goth.,) and gild, payment, requital. Anc. Inst. Eng

In the Roman law. The JEdllltian Edict; an edict provid-lng remedies for frauds in sales, the execu-tion of which belonged to the curuie tedlles. Dig. 21. 1. See Cod. 4, 58

In Roman law. An officer who attended to the repairs of the temples and other public buildings; the repairs and clean-llness of the streets; the care of the weights and measures; the providing for funerals and games; and regulating the prices of provl-sions. Ainsw. Lex.; Smith, Lex.; Dn Cange