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Sax. In old records. A field. Spelman; CowelL

All the females of the human species. All such females who have arrived at the age of puberty. Dig. 50, 16, 13

Sax. In England. A down or champaign ground, hilly and void of wood. CoweU; Blount

In pleading. Formal words used in pleadings by way of traverse, particularly by way of special trav-erse, (q. v..) importing an express denial of some matter of fact alleged in a previous pleading. Steph. Pl. 168, 169, 179, 180

A term applied to a sale by auction, indicating that no price ls reserved

This phrase, used in making a qualified indorsement of a

An apostate, or perfidious renegade. Cowell

The effect of the Insertion of this clause in a lease for life is to give the tenant the right to cut timber on the estate, without making himself thereby liable to an action for waste

In practice. A taking by way of reprisal; a taking or a reprisal of other goods, in lieu of those that were formerly taken and eloigned or withholden

In pleadlng. A technical phrase Indispensable in describ-ing a forcible entry in an indictment. No other word or circumlocution will answer the same purpose. Rex v. wilson, 8 Term R. 857

In prac-tice. The withdrawing of one of the twelve jurors from the box, with the result that, the jury heing now found to be incomplete, no further proceedings can he had in the cause. The withdrawing of a juror is always by the agreement of the parties, and is frequently done at the recommendation of […]

The chiefs of the Saxon lords or thanes, thelr nobles, and wise men

A taxation of the west Saxons, imposed by the public council of the kingdom

OM. In Saxon law. The judgment of the county court, or other court of competent jurisdiction, on the title to property, real or personal. 1 Spence, Eq. Jur. 22

Sax. A punishment, pain, pen-alty, mulct, or criminal flne. Cowell

Under Sts. 33 Hen. VIII. c. 8, and 1 Jac. I. c. 12, the offense of witchcraft, or supposed Intercourse with evil spirits, was punishable with death. These acts were not repealed till 1736. 4 Bl. Comm. 60, 61

In Saxon law. Half a hide of land, or sixty acres

The purgation from an offense by the oath of the requisite number of wlt-nesses

The name given to a code /of maritime laws promulgated at wisby, then the capital of Gothland, in Sweden, in the latter part of the thirteenth century. This compilation resembled the lawa of oleron ln many respects, and was early adopted, as a system of sea laws, by tbe com-mercial nations of Northern Europe. It

The season be-tween 11th November and 23d April, which is excepted from the liberty of commoning in certain forests. St. 23 Car. II. c. 3

A royal forest founded by Henry VIII

An occasional circuit appointed for the trial of prisoners, in England, and in some cases of civil causes, between Michaelihae and Hilary terms

An opening made in the wall of a house to admit light and air, and to furnish a view or prospect The use of this word ih law is chiefly in connection with the doctrine of ancient lights and other rights of adjacent owners

The name applied in England to the process of settling the ac-counts and’ liquidating the assets of a part-nership or company, for the purpose of mak-ing distribution and dissolving the concern

A stat-ute passed in the thirteenth year of the reign of Edward I., by which the old Saxon law of police was enforced, with many addition-al provisions. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law. 163 j Crabb, Hist Eng. Law, 189

Intentionally. In charg-lng certain offenses, it is required that they should be stated to be willfully done. Archb. Crim. Pl. 51, 58; Leach, 556

In England. 1. The stat-ute 32 Hen. Vlll. c. 1, passed in 1540, by which persons seised in fee-simple of lands holden in socage teuure were enabled to de-vise the same at their will and pleasure, except to bodies corporate; and those who held

Proceeding from a conscious tnotion of the will; intending the result which actually comes to pass; designed; in* tentlonal; malicious

In Hindu law. The relation be*, tween a master or patron and hls freedman, and the relation between two persons who bad made a reciprocal testamentary contract, wharton

A devise to B. and his children or issue, B. having no Issue at the time of the devise, gives him an estate tail; but. lf he have issue at the time, B. and hls children take joint estates for life. 6 Coke, 16b; Tudor, Lead. Cas. Real Prop. 542, 58L

In old English law. The overseer of a wood. Cowell

Land ln a state of nature, as dlstlngulshed from improved or cultl-vated land. Clark ?. Phelps, 4 Cow. (N. Y.) 203

L. LaL In old European law. A mark or sign; a mark set up on land, to: denote an exclusive occupation, or to prohibit entry. Spelman

A man whose wlfe ls dead, and wbo has not remarried

A country house or farm. Cow-elL

A whore is a woman who practices unlawful commerce with men, partlcu-larly one who does so for hire; a harlot; a concubine; a prostitute. Sheehey v. Cokley, 43 lowa, 183, 22 Am. Rep. 236

To sell by wholesale ls to sell by large parcels, generally in original packages, and not by retail

In old English law. ? class of offenders who whitened stolen ox-hldes and horse-hides so that they could not be known and identified

See Blood

The feast of Pentecost, being the fiftieth day after Easter, and the first of the four cross-quarter days of the year, wharton

Pentecostals

A mulct on certain lands ln or near to the forest of

A kind of eequlres. Cowell

A place ln London be-tween the Temple nnd Blackfrlars, which was formerly a sanctuary, and therefore privileged from arrest wharton

In Scotch law. A flctltlous offerer or bidder at a roup or auc-tlon sale. Bell

A fictitious name glven to a piece of land, ln the Engllsh books, for purposes of illustration

A mode of punlshment, by the lnflictlon of stripes, occasionally used ln England and ln a few of the American states

Technical words in pleading, formerly necessary ln making full defense to certain actions

Duty or toll paid for carts, etc., passing over certain ground. Cowell

Money pald for landing wnree at a wharf, or for shlpping or taking goods into a boat or barge from thence. Cowell