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The misdemeanor committed by a public officer, who under color of his office, wrongfully inflicts upon .any person any bodily harm, imprisonment, or other injury. 1 Russ. Crimes, 297; Steph. Dig. Crim. Law, 7L See U. S. v. Deaver (D. C.) 14 Fed. 597

An oflicer formerly belong* lng to the green-wax in the exchequer

Lat. In the civii law. To pledge. Calvin

The ancient time of marriage, from Epiphany to Ash-wednesday

1. In the law of evldence, oplnlon is an inference or conclusion drawn by a. witness from facts some of wbicb are known to him and others assumed, or drawn from facts which, though lending probability to the inference, dd not evolve it by a pro-cess of absolutely necessary reasoning. See Lipscomb v. State, 75 […]

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A workman; a laboring man; an artisan; particularly one employed in factories. Cocking v. ward (Tenn. Ch. App.) 48 S. W. 287; In re City Trnst Co., 121 Fed. 706, 58 C. C. A. 126; Rhodes v. Mat-thews, 67 Ind. 131

That part of a conveyance, or of any instrument Intended for the creation of transference of rights, by which the main object of the instrument is carried into effect. It is distinguished from Introductory matter, recitals, formal couclu-slon, etc

In general, the exertion of power; the process of operating or mode of action; an effect brought about in accordance with a definite plan. See Little Rock v. Parish, 36 Ark. 166; Fleming OU Co

Such tenants, under feudal tenures, as held some little portions of land by the duty of performing bodily labor and servile works for their lord

Tbe time after com is car

In American practice. The beginning; the commencement; tbe first ad-dress of tbe counsel

Dutch. Immovable and fast estate, that is, land or real estate. The phrase is used in Dutch wills, deeds, and antenuptial contracts of the early colonial period in New York. See Spraker v. Van Alstyne, 18 wend. (N. Y.) 208.

Lat A burden or load; a weight The lading, burden, or cargo of a vessel. A charge; an incumbrance. Cum onere, (q. v.,) with the incumbrance

A term applied to the signature of an instrument, the body of which is in a different handwriting from that of the signature.. Best, Ev. 315

Lat. In the civil law. The servitude of support; a servitude by which the wall of a house ls required to sustaln the wall or beams of the adjoining house

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In pleading. The name of a plea, in an action of debt, by which the defendant says that he ought not to be charged

Lat A lading; a cargo

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A writ that lay for a joint tenant or tenant in common who was distrained for more rent than his proportion of the land comes to. Reg. orig. 182.

A precautionary stipulation in-serted ln a deed making a good tenant to the praecipe in a common recovery. See 1 Prest. Conv. 110

A phrase used to express the condition of a person charged with crime, who has once already, by legal proceedings, been pat in danger of conviction and punishment for the same offense. See Com. v. Fitzpatrick, 121 Pa. 109, 15 AtL 466, 1 L K. A. 451, 6 Am. St. Rep. 757

L. Fr. Accused. Du Cange

This rule signlfles that an Instrument orlglnally intended as a mort-gage, and not a deed, cannot be converted into anything else than a mortgage by any subsequent clause or agreement

A phrase used ln re-citing the date of an occurrence or convey-ance, to escape the necessity of being bound by tbe statement of an exact date

These words, inserted ln a stipulation to do an act or pay money, entitle the party stipulating to perform at any time before the day; and upon per-formance, or tender and refusal, he is immediately vested with all the rights which would have attached if performance were made on the day. wall v. Simpson, 6 […]

Filed; entered or placed upon the files; – existing aud remaining upon or among the proper files. Slosson v. Hall, 17 Minn. 95 (Gll. 71); Snider v. Methvin, 60 Tex. 487

In case of default; upon failure of stipulated action or performance; upon the occurrence of a failure, omission, or neglect of duty

1. In legislative practice, a hill including ln one act various separate and distinct matters, and particularly one joining a number of different subjects in one measure in such a way as to compel the executive authority to accept provisions which he does not approve or else defeat the whole enactment See Com. ?. Barnett, […]

In mercantlle law. A term used to express the aggregate value of the different stock in which a loan is usually funded. Tomlins

He has done all. In pleading. A good plea ln bar where all the covenants are ln the affirmative. Bailey v. Rogers, 1 Me. 189

To all to whom the present letters shall come, greeting. A form of address with which charters and deeds were anciently commenced.

4 Inst 262. Above all exceptlon

LaL Laylng aside all other busi-nesses. 9 East, 347

Forbearance; omission

In Spanish law. A good man; a substantial person. Las Partidas, pt 6, tit 13,1. 38

A. Grecian epoch! the space of four years

The olo-graphlc testament is that which is written

A form of government wherein the administration of affairs is lodg-ed ln the hands of a few persons

An instrument (e. g., a will) wholly written by the person from whom it emanates

A code of maritime laws published at the island of oleron in the twelfth century by Eleanor of Gui-enne. They were adopted In England suc-cessively under Richard I., Henry III., and Edward III., and nre often cited before the admiralty courts. De Lovio v. Boit, 2 Gall. 398, Fed. Cas. No. 3,116

An artificial imitation of butter, made chiefly from animal fats. Its sale is prohibited or restricted by statute in several of the states. See Cook v. State, 110 Ala. 40, 20 South. 360; Butler v. Chambers, 36 Mlnn. 69, 30 N. W. 308, 1 Am. St Rep. 638; State v. Ransick, 62 ohip St 283, […]

The ancient calendar or method of reckoning time, whereby the year commenced on March 25th. It was super-seded by the new style (that now in use) in most countries of Europe in 1582 and in England in 1752

The title of a treatise written ln the reign of Edward III. containing the writs which were then most in use, annexing to each a short com-ment concerning their nature and the appll-cation of them, with their various properties and effects. 3 Reeve, Eng. Law, 152

In Scotch law. Usury; the taking of interest for money, contrary to law. Bell

A testament by which a testator leaves hls property to his family. Sandars, Just. Iust. 207. See In-officious Testament

An oath where-by a person may be obliged to make any pre-sentment of any crime or offense, or to con-fess or accuse himself of any criminal matter or thlng whereby he may be liable to any censure, penalty, os punishment 3 Bl. Comm. 447

The workshop or office of justice. The chancery was for-merly so called. See 3 Bl. Comm. 273; Yates v. People, 6 Johns. (N. Y.) 363