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Lat. In the civil law. A bastard; the offspring of promiscuous cohabl-tatlon

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In Scotch law. The taklng away or meddling with movables ln another’s possession, without the consent of the owner or authority of law. Bell

A fountain of water; an Issue of water from the earth, or the basin of wa-ter at the place of Its issue, webster. A natural chasm in which water has collected, and from wbich it either is lost by percola-tion or rises In a defined channel. Furner v. Seabury, 135 N. Y. 60, 31 N. […]

In old English law. Adultery. Cowell

Lat In Roman law. A largess, dole, or present; a pecuniary dona-tlon; an official perquisite;, something over and above the ordinary fee allowed by law. Inst. 4, 6, 24

In old English law. Mutual promises to marry

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A surety; one who makes a promise or gives security for another, partic-ularly a godfather in baptlsm.

Lat In the civil law. An engagement or undertaking; particularly such as was made in the form of an answer to a formal Interrogatory by the other party. Calvin

In International law. Agreements or engagements made by certain public officers (as generals or admirals in time of war) in behalf of tbeir governments, either withont authority or ln excess of the authority under which they purport to be made, and which therefore require an express or tacit ratification

SPONDEO. Lat Do you

Lat In the civil and common law. A thing violently or unlawfully taken from another

Lat In the civU law. I undertake; I engage. Inst. 3,16, L

Lat. A spoiler or de-stroyer. It ls a maxim of law, hearing chiefly on evidence, but also upon the value generally of the thing destroyed, that every-thlng most to his disadvantage is to be pre* sunted against the destroyer, (spoliator

In Enclisb coclcsias-tioal law. An injury done by one clerk or incumbent to another, in taking the fruits of his benefice without any right to them, but under a pretended title. 3 Bl. Comm. 90, 91

Dividing a single cause of action, claim, or demand into two or more parts, and brlng-lng suit for one of such parts only, intending to reserve the rest for a separate action. The plaintiff who does this is bound by his first judgment, and can recover no more. 2 Black, Judgm. S 734.

or SPITTLE. A charitable foundation; a hospital for diseased people; a hospital. Cowell

These are in-flammable liquids produced by distillation, and forming an article of commerce. See Blankenship v. State, 93 Ga. 814, 21 S. E. 130; State v. Munger, 15 Vt 293; Allred v. State, 89 Ala. 112, 8 South. 56; Clifford ?. State, 29 wis. 329

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The addition given, in legal proceedings, and in conveyancing, to a woman who never has been married

Lat. The hope of recovery or recapture; the chance of re-taking property captured at sea, which pre-vents the captors from acquiring complete ownership of the property until they have definitely precluded it by effectual measures. 1 Kent, Comm. 101

The sealer of the royal writs

Lat. Hope of surviving. 3 Atk. 762 ; 2 Kent, Comm. 424

The formation of words hy letters; orthography. Incorrect spelling does not vitiate a written instrument if the in-tention clearly appears

In criminal law. As secured by constitutional guaranties, a speedy trial means a trial conducted according to fixed rules, regulations, and proceedings of law, free from vexatious, capricious, and op-pressive delays manufactured by the minis-ters of justice. See People v. Hall, 51 App. Div. 57, 64 N. Y. Supp. 433; Nixon v. State, 2 Smedes […]

An execution which, by the direction of the judge at nisi prius, issues forthwith, or on some early day fixed upon by the judge for that pur-pose after the trial of the action. Brown

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A sample; a part of some-thing Intended to exhibit the kind and quali-ty of the whole. People ?. Freeman, 1 Idaho, 322

In commerce. The act or practice of buying lands, goods, etc., in expectation of a rise of price and of selling them at an advance, as distinguished from a regular trade, in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and whole-sale prices, or tbe difference of price in the place where the […]

As used ln the law relating to patents and in building contracts, the term denotes a particular or detailed statement of the various elements involved

Lat In the civil law. Literally, a maklng of form; a givlng of form to materials. That mode of acquiring property through which a persou, by trans-forming a thing belonging to another, es-pecially by working up hls materials into a new species, becomes proprietor of the same. Mackeld. Rom. Law, | 27L

Lat In the civil law. Form; figure; fashion or shape. A form or shape given to materials

Having a certain form or designation; observing-a certain form; particular; precise

1. Coin of the precious met-als, of a certain weight and fineness, and bearing the stamp of the government, de-noting its value as currency. Trebilcock ?. wilson, 12 wall. 695, 20 L. Ed. 460; walkup v. Houston, 65 N. C. 501; Henry v. Bank of Salina, 5 Hill (N. Y.) 536

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Relating to or designating a species, kind, or sort; designed for aparticr-lar purpose; confined to a particular pur

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This is the official deslgna-tion of the president or chairman of certain legislative bodies, particularly of the houst; of representatives in the congress of the Unlted States, of one or both branches of several of the state legislatures, and of the two houses of the British parliament

In old English law. A court for the speedy executlon of Justice upon military delinquents. Cowell

Lat Here and there; scat-‘ tered; at intervals. For instance, trespass to realty by cutting timber sparsim (here and there) through a tract

Lat In the clvll law. Im-potent persons. Those who, on account of thelr temperament or some accident they have suffered, are unable to procreate. Inst 1, 11, 9; Dig. 1, 7, 2, 1

LaL A sword-bearer. Blount

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February; so called In Sonth wales. Cowell

A chief ruler with su-preme power; a king or other ruler with limited power

In old Scotch law. Surety. Skene

The produce of the taxes appropriated to pay the interest of such part of the Euglish national debt as was advanced by the South Sea Company and Ita annuitants. The holders of South Sea an-nultles have been paid off, or have received other stock ln lieu thereof. 2 Steph. Comm. 578

L. Fr. Under. Bendloe, 33