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In French law. This ls the process by which a witness, who has

He who enters into a recognizance

He to whom one ls bound ln a recognizance

An obllgation of record, entered into before some court of record, or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act; as to appear at the assizes, or crlminal court, to keep the peace, to pay a debt, or the llke. It resembles a bond, but differs from lt ln being an acknowledgment of […]

To try; to examine ln order to determlne the truth of a matter. Also to enter into a recognizance

In Engllsh law. The name by which the jurors impaneled on an assize are known. See Rbcoonitior

A writ to the justices of the common bench for send-ing a record touching a recognizance, which the recognizor suggests was acknowledged by force and duress; that lf lt so appear the recognizance may be annulled. Reg. orlg. 183

In French law and in Louisiana. Incarceration as a punlshment for crime; a temporary, afflictlve, and infamous punishment, consisting in belng con

In Scotch law. A petitlon of appeal or review of a judgment of the lord ordlnary or other Inferior court. Bell

A subdivision of a state created by legislative authority, for the purpose of reclaiming swamp, marshy, or desert lands within Its boundaries and rendering them fit for habitation or cultivation, generally with funds raised by local taxation or the issue of bonds, and sometimes with authority to make rules or ordinances for the regulation of […]

Those that are made tame by art, lndustry, or education, whereby a qualified property may be acquired ln them

Rashness; heedless-ness; wanton conduct. The state of mind accompanying an act. which either pays no regard to its probably or possibly injurious

Mutuality. The term is used in international law to denote the relatlon existing between two states when each of them gives the subjects of the other cer-tain privileges, on condition that its own subjects shall enjoy similar privileges at the hands of the latter state. Sweet

A con-tract, the partles to whlch enter lnto mutual engagements. A mutual or bilateral con-tract

Lat. In old English law. A going back; reliction or retreat of the sea

Ger. Right; justice; equity; the whole body of law; unwritten law; law; also a right

The act of ceding back; the restoration of the title and dominion of a territory, by the government which now holds it, to the government from which it was obtained by cession or otherwise. 2 white, Recop. 516

Lat In the civil law. The name sometimes given to an arbitrator, because he had been received or chosen to set-tie the differences between the parties. Dig. 4, 8; Cod. 2, 56

In old Engllsh law. Fresh suit; fresh pursuit Pursuit of a thief immediately after the discovery of the robbery. 1 Bl. Comm. 297

VER. A receiver is an indifler-ent person between the parties appointed by the court to collect and receive the rents, issues, and profits of land, or the produce ot persoual estate, or other things which it does not Beem reasonable to the court that either party should do; or where a party is lncom-petent to […]

The short name usually given to the offense of

The taking from an en-emy, by a friendly force, a vessel previously taken for prize by such enemy

PT. A receipt is the written ac-knowledgment of the receipt of money, or a thing of value, without containing any affirmative obligation upon either party to It; a mere admission of a fact, ln writing. Krutz v. Craig, 53 Ind. 574

In International law. To summon a diplomatic minister back , to his home court, at the same time depriving him of his office and functions

See Evi-DINCK

The introduction of rebut-ting evidence; the stage of a trial at which such evidence may be introduced; also the rebutting evidence ltself. Lux v. Haggin, 60 Cal. 255, 10 Pac. 674

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Deliberate, organized re-sistance, by force and arms, to the laws or operations of the government, committed by a subject See Hubbard v. Hamden Exp. Co., 10 R. I. 247; State v. McDonald, 4 Port. (Ala.) 455; Crashley v. Press Pub. Co., 74 App. Dlv. 118, 77 N. Y. Supp. 711

In Eng-lish law. A gathering of twelve persons or more, intending, going about, or practicing unlawfully and of their own authority to change any laws of the realm; or to destroy the inclosure of any park or ground inclosed, hanks of fish-ponds, pools, conduits, eic., to the intent the same shall remain void; or that […]

The name of rebels is given to all subjects who unjustly take up arms against the ruler of the society, [or the law-ful and constitutional government,] whether their view be to deprive him of the supreme authority or to resist his lawful commands ln some particular instance, nnd to impose conditions on him. Vatt. Law […]

A second attach-ment of him who was formerly attached, and dismissed the court without day, by the not coinlng of the justlces, or some such casualty. Reg. orlg. 35

Discount; reducing the Interest of money ln consideration of prompt payment. Also a deduction from a stlpulat-ed premium on a policy of insurance, in pursuance of an antecedent contract. Also a deduction or drawback from a stipulated payment, charge, or rate, (as, a rate for the transportation of freight by a railroad,) not taken ont […]

This is where an insurer procures the whole or a part of the sum which he has insured (i. e., contracted to pay in case of loss, death, etc.) to be insured again to him by another person. Sweet

Agreeable to reason; just; proper, ordinary or usual

A person who, in cer-tain cases, is appointed to make a revalua tlon or second appraisement of imported goods at the custom-house

A kingdom; a country. 1 Taunt. 270; 4 Camp. 289

A brief term for real proper-ty; also for anything which partakes of the nature of real property

To convert any kind of prop-erty into money; but especially to receive the returns from an investment. See Bitti-ner v. Gomprecht, 28 Misc. Rep. 218, 58 N

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In common law. Relating to land, as distinguished from personal property. This term is applied to lands, tenements, and hereditaments

In English ecclesiastical law. The title of a person admitted to a rectory or other benefice will be divested unless within two months after actual posses-slon he publicly read in the church of the benefice, upon some Lord’s day, and at the appointed times, the morning and evening service, according to the book of common […]

In Spanish law. Cause, (causa.) Las Partidas, pt. 4, tit. 4, 1. 2

In criminal law. An unlawful taking of a woman, or of an heir ln ward. Rape

To erase. 3 How. State Tr. 156

In criminal practlce. A material word in indictments for rape, whart. Crim. Law, $ 401

In old law. The pleadlngs in a suit. Rationes exereere, or ad rationes stare, to plead

Lat. on account of the soll; wlth reference to the soll. Said to be the ground of ownershlp ln bees. 2 Bl. Comm. 393

L. Lat. By rea-son of tenure; as a consequence of tenure. 3 Bl. Comm. 230

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