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In India. A peasant, subject, or tenant of house or land, wharton

Lat In the dvil law. Things extracted from land; as sand, chalk, coal, and such other matters

Lat A rude, un-lea rued, or unlettered tribunal; a term some-times applled to arbitrators selected by the parties to settle a dlspute. See Underhill v. Van Cortlandt, 2 Johns. Ch. (N. Y.) 330; Dickinson v. Chesapeake A O. R. Co., 7 W. Va. 429

Lat. In marl-time law. A rough or rude judgment or decision. A judgment in admiralty dividing

Lat In fendal law. Natives of a conquered country

Fr. A trick in war; a stratagem

In English ecclesias-tical la… Very ancient officers of the church, almost grown out of use, until about the middle of the present century, about which time they were generally revived, whose deaneries are as an ecclesiastical di-vision of the diocese or archdeaconry. They are deputies of the bishop, planted all round his diocese, to inspect […]

In the clvll law. A servitude annexed to a rural, estate^ (preedium rusticum

A sllver coin of Indla, rated at 28. for the current, and 2s. 3d. for the Bom-bay, rupee

Lat In the civil law. Broken. A term applied to a wilL Inst 2, 17, 3

Lands in Scotland where the ridges of a field belong alterna-tlvely to dlfferent proprietors. Anciently thls kind of possession was advantageous ln giving a united interest to tenants to resist inroads. By the act of 1695, c. 23, a division of these lands was authorized, with the exception of lands belonging to corporations, wharton

A cov-enant is said to run with the land when either the liability to perform it or the right to tnke advantage of it passes to the assignee of that land. Brown

Days counted in their regular succession on the calendar, in duding Sundays and holidays. Brown v. Johnson, 10 Mees. A W. 334; Crowell v. Bar-reda, 16 Gray (Mass.) 472; Davis v. Pender-gast, 7 Fed. Cas. 162

A metaphorical expres-slon, by whlch is meant that the time mentioned in the statute of limitations is oon-sidered as passing. 1 Bouv. Inst no. 861

This term Is applied to wandering or straying animals

In old English law. A .load-horse; a sumpter-horse or cart-horse

T, or RUNLET. A measure of wine, oil, etc., containing eighteen gallons aud a half. Cowell

In old records. Land full ot brambles and briars. I Inst Oa

Flying or popular report; a current story passing from one person to an* other without any known authority for the truth of it. webster. It is not generally admissible in evidence. State ?. Culler, 82 Mo. 626; Smith v. Moore, 74 Vt 81, 52 Atl. 320

Certain limits without the walls, wlthin which all prison-era ln custody in civil actions were allowed to live, upon glvlng sufficient security to the marshal not to escape

Lat In tbe dvil law. Ruin, the falling of a house. Dig. 47, 0

Roughness; incivilityf vio-lence Touching another with rudeness may constitute a battery

Directions printed in books of law and ln prayer-books, so termed because they were originally distinguished by red lnk

ES. Regalities; royal prop-erty

A payment reserved by tbe grantor of a patent lease of a mlne, or slmil-ar rlght, and payable proportionately to the use made of the right by the grantee. Bee Raynolds ?. Hanna (C. 0.) 55 Fed. 800; Hubenthal v. Kennedy, 76 Iowa, 707, 39 N

Of or pertaining to or proceed-ing from the king oc sovereign in a mon-archlcal government

A rout is an unlawful assembly which has made a motion towards the execu-tion of the common purpose of the persons assembled. It is, therefore, between an un-lawful asembly and a riot. Steph. Crim. Dig. 41

Fr. In French Insurance law

In Scotch law. A sale by auction. Bell

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenant of land on services exigible either in money or in kind. Steph. Lect 229. A free commoner; one who held of a superior, .but could have no inferior below him

A circle divided from the center, like Arthur’s round table, whence its supposed origin. In each compartment Is a signature, so that the entire circle, when filled, exhibits a list, withont priority being given to any name. A common form of round-robin is simply to write the names in a circular form, wharton

Fr. In old French and Canadian law. A free tenure without the privilege of nobility; the tenure of a free commoner

Small boroughs ln England, whlch prior to the reform act, 1832, returned one or more members to parliament

A term which in-cludes oxen, cows, steers, heifers, and such like horned animals. Cowell

Span. In Spanish law. oblit-erated. white, New Recop. ,b. 3, tit. 7, c. 5. I 2

A list of persons who are to perform certain legal duties when called upon in -their turn. In military affairs it ls a table or plan by which the duty of officers ls reg-ulated. See Matthews v. Bowman, 25 Me. 167

Heathy ground, or ground full of ling; also watery-and moorish land. 1 Inst 6

A tract of land in the county of Kent, England, containing twenty-four thousand acres, governed by cer-tain ancient and equitable laws of sewers, composed by Henry de Bathe, a venerable judge in the reign of king Henry III.; from which laws all commissioners of sewers in England may receive light and direction. 3 Bl. Comm. […]

The fourth part of an acre in square measure, or one thousand two hundred and ten square yards

or ROME-FENNY. Pe

The statute 23 & 24 Vict c. 134, providing a method for enjoying estates given upon

This term, in a general sense, comprehends all the laws which pre-valled among the Romans, without regard to the time of their origin, inclnding the col-lections of Justinian

Lat Pilgrims that traveled to Rome on foot

The portable or movable apparatus and machinery of a rallroad, particularly such as moves on the road, viz., engines, cars, tenders, coaches, and trucks. See Beardsley v. Ontario Bank, 31 Barb. (N. Y.) 635; ohlo & M. R. Co. v. weber, 96 111. 448; Pittsburgh, etc., R. Co. v. Backus, 154 U. S. 421, 14 […]

In English criminal law. An idle and disorderly person; a trickster; a wandering beggar; a vagrant or vagabond. 4 Bl. Comm. 169

A schedule of parchment which may be turned up with the hand in the form of a pipe or tube. Jacob

Lat. In Roman law. I ask; I request. A precatory expresslon often used ln wills. Dig. 30, 108, 13, 14

A commission from one judge to another requesting him to examine a wltness. See Letter

Lat. In Roman law. The proposer of a law or rogation

Lat In Roman law. An asking for a law; a proposal of a law for adoption or passage. Derivatively, a law passed by such a form