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A stillborn child ls one born dead or in such an early stage of preg-nancy as to be incapable of living, though not actually dead at the time of birth. Chil-dren born within the first six months after conception are considered by the civil lnw as incapable of living, and therefore, though

Agree-ing, ln conslderatlon of receiving a pecuniary or other advantage, to abstain from prose-cuting a person for an offense not giving rise to a civil remedy; e. g., perjury. Sweet

(1) An Inferior officer who cuts wood within the royal parks of Clarendon. Cowell. (2) An arbltrator. (3) An ob-stinate contender about anything

Certain brothels anciently per-mitted in England, suppressed by Henry VIII. Also, breeding places for tame pheas-ants

This word signlfles a man appointed ln the place or stead of another, and generally denotes a principal oflicer within his jurisdiction. Brown

Stet processus is

Barrenness; incapacity to produce a child

In English law. Current or standard coin, especially silver coin; a standard of coinage

E, or STREBRICH. The

The woman who mar-ries a widower, he having a child by hls former wife, becomes step-mother to such child

The man who mar-ries a widow, she having a child by her former marriage, is step-father to such child

one who is skilled in the art of short-hand writing; one whose business is to write in short-hand. See Ry-nerson v. Allison, 30 S. C. 534, 9 S. E. 656; In re Appropriations for Deputy State of-flcers, 25 Neb. 662, 41 N. W. 643; Chase v. Vandergrift, 88 Pa. 217

Fr. In French law. A party wbo fraudulently mortgages property to whicb he has no title

In Scotch law. Tbe crime of aliening the same subject to differ-ent persons. 2 Kames, Eq. 40

In Scotch law. Corns, cattle, straw, and implements of hus-bandry delivered by a landlord to his tenant, by which the tenant ls enabled to stock and labor the farm; ln consideration of which he becomes bound to return articles equal in quantity and quality, at the expiry of the lease. Bell

In practice. A stopping; the act of arresting a judicial proceeding, by the or-der of a court See In re Schwarz (D. C.) 14 Fed. 788

In old records. A store, or stock of cattle. A term of common occur

Lat In tbe civil law

Lat. In Roman law. Li-censed or registered advocates; members of the college of advocates. The number of these was llmited, and they enjoyed special privileges from the time to Constantine to that of Justinian

Relating to a statute; created or defined by a statute: required by a statute; conforming to a statute

Lat In Louisiana. Slaves for a time, who had acquired the right of being free at a time to come, or on a condition which was not fulfilled, or in a certain event which had not happened, but who in the mean time remained ln a state of slavery. Clv. Code La. (Ed. 1838) art. […]

The status of a person ls hls legal position or condition. Thus, when we say that the status of a woman after a decree nisi for the dissolution of her marriage with her husband has been made, bnt before lt has been made absolute, is that of a married woman, we mean that she has […]

Lat. In Roman law. one who is made free by will under a condition ; one who has hls liberty fixed and ap-polnted at a certain time or on a certain con-dition. Dig. 40, 7

Tiiat part of political science which is concerned in collecting and ar

In English

A statesman; a politician; one skilled in government

In the civil law. A place where shlps may ride in safety. Dig. 50, 16

Exhibiting, or listing in their order, the items which make up an account

That

A freeholder and farmer ln Cumberland, wharton

In a general sense, an allegation; a declaration of matters of fact. The term has come to be used of a variety of formal narratives of facts, required by law hi various jurisdictions as the foundation of judicial or official proceedings

A narrative of the facts upon which the plaintiff relies, sub-stituted for a more formal declaration, in suits in the inferior courts. The phrase is used In New Jersey

Lat. To stand by de-cided cases; to uphold precedents; to main-tain former adjudications. 1 Kent, Comm. 477

Lat. To appear before a tribunal, either as plaintiff or de-fendant

In English law. A mart or market. A place where the buylng and sell-lug of wool, lead, leather, and other artlcles were put under certain terms. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 393

An ensign or flag used in war

A district which in-cludes all parts of Devon and Cornwall where some tin work is situate and in actual opera-tion. The tin miners of the stannaries have certain peculiar customs and privileges

An impression made by public authority, in pursuance of law, upon paper or parchment, upon which certain legal pro-ceedings, conveyances, or contracts are required to be written, and for which a tax or duty is exacted

In Scotch law. A resting place; a field or place adjoining a drove-road, for resting and refreshing sheep and cattle on thelr Journey. 7 6eli, App. Cas. 53, 57, 58

Ih Saxon law. The pratfcctus stabuli, now master of the horse. Sometimes one who has a stall in a fair or market

The liberty or right of pitching or erecting stalls in fairs or markets, or the money paid for the same. 1 Steph. Comm. 664

A deposit made to answer an event, as on a wager. See Harris v. white, 81 N. Y. 539; Porter v. Day, 71 wis. 296, 37 N. W. 259; Mohr v. Miesen, 47 Minn. 228, 49 N. W. 862

In old English law. A pool, or pond. Co. Lltt 5a; Johnson v. Rayner, 6 Gray (Mass.) 110

A resident Cowell

The following of cattle within a forest

Lat. In the civil law. A stable-keeper. Dlg. 4, 9, 4, 1

In old records. A dam or head made to stop a water-course. Cowell

A wound inflicted by a thrust with a pointed weapon. State v. Cody, 18 or. 506, 23 Pac. 891; ward v. State, 56 Ga. 410; Ruby ?. State, 7 Mo. 208

A writ called by that name, founded on a custom ln Normandy, that where a man in power claimed lands in the possession of an inferior, he petitioned the prince that it might be put Into his hands till the right was decided, whereupon he had this writ wharton

As used to designate a certain portion of laud wlthln the limits of a city or