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In English law. one of tlie prlvy council; also an usher, who sees good rule and silence kept in court, whar-ton

Lat. In the Roman and oivil law. A sign; a mark; a seal. The seal of an instrument. Calvin

In Englisb praotioe. The signature or allowance of the proper officer of a court, obtained by the party entitled to judgment in an action, expressing generally that judgment is given ln hls favor, and whlch stands in the place of its actual delivery by the judges themselves. Steph. PL 110, 111; French v. Pease, 10 […]

In French law. The notice given of a decree, sentence, or other judicial act

In ecclesiastical law. when this word is used alone, lt means thp

A seal commonly used for the sign manual of the sovereign, wharton, The signet is also used for the purpose of civil justice in Scotland. Bell

In ocoleaiaatical law

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Lat In old English law. A seal; originally and properly a seal Impressed upon wax

Lat In Roman law. Marks or signs of abbreviation used in writing. Cod. 1, 17, 11, 13

In old English law, a seal, or a contracted or abbreviated signature used as a seal

Span. In Spanlsh law. A slave. Las Partidas, pt. 4, tlt. 21, 1. 1

Span. Seven parts. See Las Partidas

A walk for foot passen-gers at the slde of a street or road. See Kohlhof v. Chicago, 192 111. 249, 61 N. E. 446, 85 Am. St. Rep. 335; Challlss v. Parker, 11 Kan. 391; State v. Berdetta, 73 Ind. 185, 38 Am. Rep. 117; Pequignot v. Detroit (C. C.) 16 Fed. 212

A term sometimes ap-plied to unofficial volumes or series of re-ports, as contrasted witli those prepared hy tlie ofllcial reporter of the court, or to collec-tions of cases omitted from the official re-ports

In mining law, the side lines of a mining claim are those which measure the extent of the claim on each side of the middle of the vein at the surface. They are not necessarily the side lines as laid down on the ground or on a tnap or plat; for if the claim, In […]

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Lat As at another time, or heretofore. This was a second writ sent out when the first was not executed. Cow-ell

A sort of money current among the ancient English, of the value of 2d

Disease; malady; any morbid condition of the body (Including insanity! which, for the time being, hinders or pre-vents the organs from normally discharging their several functions. L. R. 8 Q. B. 295

A little current of water, whlch is dry in summer; a water furrow or gutter. Cowell

Lat. If he ac-knowledge. In old practice. A writ which lay for a creditor against his debtor for money numbered (pecunia numerata) or counted; that is, a specific sum of money, which the debtor had acknowledged in the county court, to owe him, as received in pecuniis numerate. Cowell

Lat In Scotch practice. Ro it is subscribed. Formal words at the end of depositions, Immediately pre-ceding the signature. 1 How. State Tr. 1379

Lat If it appears. In Roman law. words used in the formula by whlch the prsetor appolnted a judge, and instructed hlm how to.decide the cause

Lat. In old practlce. If before. Formal words ln the old writs for summoning juries. Fleta, 1. 2, c. 65, | 12

Lat In Engllsh practice. A writ of association of justices where-by, lf all ln commission cannot meet at the day assigned, It is allowed that two or more may proceed with the business. Cowell: Fitzh. Nat. Brev. Ill C

Lat. If lt be so. Emphatic words ln the old wrlt of mandamus to a judge, commanding him, if the fact alleged be truly stated, (si ita est.) to affix his seal to a bill of exceptions. Ex parte Crane. 5 Peb 192, 8 L. Ed. 92

Lat If lt happen. Words of condition in old conveyances. 10 Coke, 42a

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Lat If it

Lat If he knows anything; if he is not altogether devoid of reason

Lat. The conclusion of a plea to an action when the defendant de-mands judgment, lf the plaintiff ought to have hls action, etc. obsolete

The office of sheriff; the period of that office

To show cause against a rule nisi, an order, decree, execution, etc., Is to appear as directed, and present to the court such reasons and considerations as one has to offer why it should not be con-firmed, take effect, be executed, or as the case may be

An old custom of the city of Exeter. A mode of foreclosing the right of a tenant by the chief lord of the fee, in cases of non-payment of rent Cowell

In practice. Notice of less than the ordinary time; generally of half that time. 2 Tldd, Pr. 757

A process, author-ized in some of the states, to be issued against an absconding, fraudulent, or non-resident debtor, which is returnable wlthln a less number of days than an ordinary writ of summons

A term applied collo-quially, but wlthout much precision, to a lease for a short term, (as a month or a year,) as dlstlngulshed from one running for a long period

Land on the margin of the sea, or a lake or rlver

In old records, a shop. Cowell

In Mohammedan law. Pre-emptlon, or a power of possessing property which has been sold, by paying a sum equal to that paid by the purchaser, whnrtou

A building ln which goods and merchandise are sold at retail, or where mechanics work, and sometimes keep their products for sale. See State v. Morgan, 98 N. C. 641, 3 S. E. 927; State v. o’Connell, 26 Ind. 267; State v. Sprague, 149 Mo. 409, 50 S. W. 901

In medical jurisprudence. A sudden and severe depression of the vltal functions, particularly of the nerves and the circulation, due to the nervous exhaustion following trauma, surgical operatlon, or sud-den and violent emotion, resulting (if not in death) in more or less prolonged prostration; it is spoken of as being either physical or psychical, accordlng […]

In English law. A county. So called because every county or shire ls divided and parted by certain metes and bounds from another. Co. Litt. 50a

Ships in general; ships or vessels of any kind Intended for navigation. Relating to ships; as, shipping interest, shipping affairs, shipping business, shipping con-cerus. Putting ou board a ship or vessel, or receiving on board a ship or vessel, webster; worcester

The demolition or shat-tering of a vessel, caused by her driving ashore or on rocks and shoals in the mid-seas, or by the violence of winds and waves ln tempests. 2 Arn. Ins. p. 734

1. The owner of goods who lntrusts them on board a vessel for delivery abroad, hy charter-party or otherwise

Formerly, a jocose term for a bank-note greatly depredated ln value; also for paper money of a denomlna

In English law. The name of an English coin, of the value of one-twentieth part of a pound. This denomina-tlon of money was also used ln America, ln colonial times, but was not everywhere of unlform value

In Engllsh law. To be qult of attachment ln a court, ln plalnts shewed and not avowed, obsolete