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Lat In whatever manner

Lat. How long; how far; until. In old conveyances it is used as a word of limitation. 10 Coke, 41

A money ver dict the amount of which is fixed hy the following process: Each Juror writes down the sum he wishes to award by the verdict; these amounts are all added together, and the total is divided by twelve, (the number of the jurors,) and the quotient stands as the verdict of the jury […]

1. The production to a conrt or judge of the exact language of a statute, precedent, or other authority, in support of an argument or proposition ad-vanced

A proportional part or share, the proportional part of a demand or liabll-ity, falling upon each of those who are col lectlvely responsible for the whole

In old Scotch law. A twentieth part of the movable estate of a person dying, which was due to the bishop of the dio-cese within which the person resided. Bell

(Since the attachments.) one of the oldest books ln the Scotch law. So called from the two first words of the volume. Jacob; whishaw

whlch see. A direction to the reader to look to another part of tbe hook, or to another book, there named, for further information

That he recover The ordinary form of judgments for the plaintiff in actions at law. 1 Archb. Pr. K. B. 225; 1 Burrlll, Pr. 246

That lf it happen. words by which a condition might formerly be created in a deed. Litt. | 330

That he do abate. The name of a judgment upon an in-dictment for a nuisance, that the defendant abate such nuisance

That parti-tion be made. The uame of the judgment in a suit for partition, directing that a partition be effected

That he permit In old English law. A writ which lay for the heir of him that was disseised of his common of pasture, against the heir of the disseisor. Cowell

That the parties do replead. The form of the judgment on award of a repleader. 2 Salk. 579

which was not denied. A phrase found ln the old reports, signifying that an argument or prop-osition was not denied or controverted by the court. Latch, 213

LaL In the civil law. The name of an action given to one who had contracted with a son or slave, by order ot the father or master, to compel such father or master to stand to the agreement Halll-fax, Civil Law, b. 3, c. 2, no. 3; InsL 4, 7, 1

In pleading. For that whereas. A form of introducing matter of inducement ln certain actions, as assumpsit and case

‘which was granted. A phrase in the reports, signify-ing that an argument or poiut made was conceded or acquiesced in by the court

That the bill be quashed. The common-law form of a judgment sustaining a plea in abatement, where the proceeding ls by bill, i. e., by a capias instead of by original writ

A writ to exempt a clerk of the chahcery from the contribution to-wards the proctors of the clergy in parlia-ment, etc. Reg. orlg. 261

Lat As to sacred things; for religious purposes

Lat. As to this; with respect to this; so far as this in particular ls concerned

Lat. In old Engllsh prac* tice. A writ which lay for one that had land in which another claimed common, to compel the latter to show bg what title he claimed it CoweU; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 128, F

In English law. A record ln the exchequer, showing the ten-ures for guarding and repairing Dover Cas-tle, and determining the services of the Ctnque Ports. 3 How. State Tr. 868

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In old practice. Called or exacted the fifth tlme. A return made by the sheriff, after a defendant had been proclaimed, required, or exacted in five county courts successively, and falled to appear, upon which he was outlawed by the coroners of the county. 3 BL Comm. 283

E, or QUINZIME. Fif-teenths; also the fifteenth day after a festi-val. 13 Edw. I. See Cowell

Consisting of five parts; divided lnto five parts

In French marine law. Keel; the keel of a vessel. Ord. Mar. liv. 3, tlt 6, art 8

In old English law. The Cinque Ports. Spelman

L. Lat. In old English law. Quitclaim. Bract, fol. 33b

L. Lat To quit-claim or renounce ali pretensions of right and title. Bract fols. 1, 5

L. Lat. To quit, acquit, discharge, or save harmless. A formal word in old deeds of donation and other convey-ances. CowelL

what for what; something for something. Used in law for the giving one valuable thing for another. It is nothing more than the mutual consideration which passes between the parties to a con-tract, and which renders it valid and binding. Cowell

Lat. Somebody. This term ls used in the French law to designate a person whose name is not known

In old Eng-llsh practice. A writ which lay for the grantee of a reversion or remainder, where the particular tenant would not attorn, for the purpose of compelling him. Termes de la Ley; Cowell

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ln medical jurispru-dence. The first motion of the foetus in the womb felt by the mother, occurring usually about the middle of the term of pregnancy. See Com. v. Parker, 9 Metc. (Mass.) 266, 43 Am. Dec. 396; State v. Cooper, 22 N. J. Law, 57, 51 Am. Dec. 248; Evans v. People, 49 N. […]

Lat Because he fears or apprehends. In equity practice. The technical name of a blll filed by a party who seeks the ald of a court of equity, because he fears some future probable injury to his rights or interests. 2 Story, Eq. Jur. | 826

A cavilling or verbal ohjec-tion. A sllght difllculty raised without ne-cesslty or propriety

Because it issued erroneously, or through mis-take. A term in old English practice. Tel. 83

GI. Because lt is given to us to understand. Formal words in old writs,

Lat. Because; whereas; inasmuch as

Lat A writ of nuisance, whicb, by 15 Fdw. I., lay against him to whom a house or other thing that caused a nuisance descended or was alienated ; whereas, before that statute the action lay only against him who first levied or caus-ed the nuisance to the damage of his neigh-bor. Cowell

Lat. In Roman law. Certain officers, two in number, who were deputed by the eomitia, as a kind of commission, to search out and try all cases of parricide and murder. They were proba-bly appointed annually. Maine, Anc. Law, 370

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In old records. A quest; an inquest, inquisition, or inquiry, upon the oaths of an Impaneled jury. Oowell

A method of criminal ex-amination heretofore in use ln some of the countries of continental Europe, consisting of the application of torture to the supposed criminal, by means of the rack or other engines, in order to- extort from him, as the condition of his release from the torture, a confession of his own guilt […]

Lat. A plaintiff; complain-ant; Inquirer

A writ by which one is called to justify a complaint of a trespass made to the king himself, before the king and his council. Reg. orlg. 124