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L. Lat. Syn-ods-men (corrupted into sidesmen) were the urban and rural deans, now the church-wardens

A tribute or payment ln money pald to the bishop or archdeacon hy the inferior clergy, at the Easter visitation

The name given by the canonists to deeds of which both partB were written on the 6ame piece of parchment, with some word or letters of the alphabet written between them, through which the parchment was cut in such a manner as to leave half the word on one part and half on the other. […]

one chosen by a college, mh-nicipality, etc., to defend its cause. Calvin

A university committee. A combination of persons or firms nnited for the puriwse of enterprises too large for iridi-vlduals to undertake; or a group of financiers who buy up the shares of a company in order to sell them at a profit by creating a scarcity*. Mozley A whitley

To cut short, or pro-nounce things so as not to be understood. Cowell

In tbe oivil law. An advocate or patron; a burgess or recorder; an agent or attorney who acts for a corporation or university; an actor or procurator; an assignee, wharton. See Minnesota L. & T. Co. v. Beebe, 40 Mlnn. 7, 41 N. W. 232, 2 L. R. A. 418; Mobile & O. R. Co. […]

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The art or cunning rightly to form and make written iustru-ments. It ls either judicial or extrajudicial; the latter being wholly occupied with such instruments as concern matters not yet judi-dally in controversy, such as instruments of agreements or contracts, and testaments or last wills, wharton

Lat. In ecclesiastical law. wood of any klnd whlch was kept on purpose to be cut, and which, being cut, grew again from the stump or root Lynd. Prov. 190; 4 Reeve, Eng. Law, 90

A head-note; a note preflx-ed to the report of an adjudged case, containing an epitome or brief statement of the rulings of the court upon the point or points decided In the case. See Koonce ?. Doolittle, 48 W. Va. 592, 37 S. B. 645

In logic. The full logic-al form of a single argument It conslsts of three propositions, (two premises nnd the conclusion,) and these contain three terms, of which the two occurring ln the conclusion are brought together ln the premises by being referred to a common class

A Saxon form of greet-ing, meaning peace and safety

Certain officers in the English court of chan-cery, whose duties were to keep the records, make copies of pleadings, etc. Their oflices were abolished by St. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103.

A term colloquially applled to a witness who ls unduly zealous or partial for the side which calls him, and who betrays his bias by his extreme readl-ness to answer questions or volunteer infor-mation

Cheating and defrauding grossly with deliberate artifice, wyatt v. Ayres, 2 Port. (Ala.) 157; Forrest v. Hanson, 9 Fed. Cas. 456; Thorpe v. State, 40 Tex. Cr. R. 346, 50 S. W. 383; Chase v. whitlock, 3 Hill (N. Y.) 140; Stevenson v. Hayden, 2 Mass. 408

In old English law. A freeman or freeholder within the forest

Comprehensive; Including in its scope many persons or objects; as a sweeping objection

Showing to a magistrate that one has just cause to be afraid of another in consequence of his mena-ces, ln order to have him bouud over to keep the peace

1. To put on oath; to admlnls-ter an oath to a person

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worth-money; or guard-money paid in lieu of the service of castle-ward. Cowell

See Swein; Swiinmoto

Lat In old. English law. A proper judge; a judge haviug cognizance pf a cause. Literally, one’s own judge. Bract, fol. 40L

L. Fr. In French and feudal law. The Immediate vassal of the king; a crown vassal

LaL In the civil law. Those descendants who were under the power of the deceased at the time of his death, and who are most nearly related to him. Calvin

A person who, as a business, follows an army and sells provisions and liquor to the troops

Lat. To render to every one his own. one of the three fundamental maxims of the law laid down by Justinian

The south door of a church, where canonical purgation was performed, and plaints, etc., were heard and determined. Wharton

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The act of suspecting, or the state of being suspected; imagination, generally of something ill; distrust; mistrust ; doubt. McCalls v. State, 66 Ga. 3

A temporary stop of a right, of a law, and the like Thus, we speak of a suspension ot the writ of habeas corpus) ot a- statute, of the power of alienating ait estate, bf a person ln office, etc

In Scotch law. He in whose favor a suspension is made

The living of one of two or more persons after the death of the other dr others

one who survives another; one who outlives another; one of two or more persons who lives after the death of the other or others

The process by which a parcel of land is measured and its contents ascer-tained; also a statement of the result of such survey, with the courses and distances and the quantity of the land

LaL A surrender

L. Fr. In old English law. Neglect; omission; default; cessation

Lat In old con-veyancing. To render up; to surrender

In Enclisb law. one

Stealthily or fraud-ulently done, taken away, or introduced

The person to whom a surrender is made

one who makes a surreuder. one who yields up a copyhold ee-tate for the purpose of conveying it

A yielding up of an es-tate tor life or years to hlm who has an immediate estate in reversion or remainder, by which the lesser estate ls merged in the greater by mutual agreement. Co. Lltt. 337b. And see Coe v. Hobby, 72 N. Y. 145, 28 Am. Rep. 120; Gluck v. Baltlmore, 81 Md. […]

In equity praetieo. Tbe

In pleading. Allegations of matter wholly foreign aud impertinent to the cause. All matter beyond the circumstances necessary to constitute the action. See State v. whitehouse, 95 Me. 179, 49 Atl. 869; Adams v. Capital State Bank, 74 Miss. 307, 20 South. 881; Bradley v. Rey-nolds, 61 Conn. 271, 23 Atl. 928

In English ecclesias^ tical law. Fees payable on ministerial oflices of the church; such as baptisms, funerals, marriages, etc

The family name; the name over and above the Chrlstlan name. The part of a name which ls not given in baptism; the last name; the name common to all members of a family

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