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A perpendicular bank or mound of timber, or stone and earth, raised on the shore of a harbor, river, canal, etc., or ex-tending some distance into the water, for the convenience of lading and unlading ships and other vessels, webster

A vessel employed in the whale fishery

The laws of the west Saxons, whlch obtained in the counties to the south and west of England, from Kent to Devonshire. Blackstone supposes these to have been much the same with the laws of Alfred, being the municipal law of the far most considerable part of hls domln-ions, and particularly Including Berkshire, the seat […]

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A city immediately adjoining London, and forming a part of the metropolis; formerly the seat of the superior courts of the kingdom

Belg. In European iaw. Contribution for jettison; average

In old Scotch law. A snm paid by an offender as a compensation or

D, or WERGILD. This was the price of homicide, or other atrocious per-sonal ofTense, paid partly to the king for the loss of a subject, partly to the lord for the loss of a vassal, and partly to the next of kin of the Injured person. In the Anglo* Saxon laws, the amount of compensation […]

A purging from a crime by the oaths of several persons, according to the degree and quality of the accused. Cow-ell

Sax. In old Eng-lish law. A robber who might be ransomed

ND. In old records. A large extent of ground, comprising several juga; a perambulation; a circuit. Spelman; Cowell

A phrase used in pleading as the technical expression in iay-lng a scienter, (q. v

See Mobtgage

A fence or an lnclosure of twigs, set in a stream to catch fish. Pub. St. Mass, p. 1297; Treat v. Chipman, 35 Me. 38

A measure of heaviness or ponderosity; and in a metaphorical sense influence, effectiveness, or power to influence judgment or conduct

In old European law. The judicial combat, or duel; the trial by battel

A period of seven consecutive days of time; and, in some uses, the period beginning with Sunday and ending with Snt-urday. See Leach v. Burr, 188 U. S. 510, 23 Sup. CL 393, 47 L. Ed. 567; Ronkendorff v. Taylor, 4 Pet 361, 7 L. Ed. 882; Evans v. Job, 8 Nev. 324; Bird v. […]

Sax. In old English law. A customary service which tenants paid to their lords, in cutting down their corn, or doing other harvest duties; as lf a covenant to reap for the lord at the time of hls bidding or commanding. Cowell

or WEIR. A great dam or fence made across a river, or against water, formed of stakes interlaced by twigs of osier, and accommodated for the taking of fish, or to convey a stream to a mill. Cowell; Jacob

All material objects, capable of satisfying human wants, desires, or tastes, having a value in exchange, and upon which human labor has been expended; i. e., which have, by such labor, been either reclaimed from nature, extracted or gathered from the earth or sea, manufactured from raw materials, improved, adapted, or cultivated

In old English law. The robbing of a dead man in his grave

Sax. A wood; the woody part of a country

The English highway acts provide that In every parish forming part of a highway district there shall an-nuaily be elected one or more waywardens. The waywardens so elected, and the justices for the county residing within the district, form the highway board for the district. Each waywarden also represents his parish in regard to the […]

Implements of husband-ry. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, c. 5, p. 268

A writing in which is set down the names of passengers who are car-ried ln a public conveyance, or the description of goods sent with a common carrier by land, wharton

A crop of grain sown hy a tenant for a term certain, during hls tenancy, but which wiil not ripen until after the expiration of his lease; to this, by custom in some places, the tenant is entitled

A duty anciently paid twice a year towards the charge of wax candles ln churches. Spelman

In old records. Such goods as, after a wreck, swim or float on the waves. Jacob

In the language of brokers, adding to the capital stock of a corporation hy the Issue of new stock, with* out increasing the real value represented by the capital

A natural stream of water fed from permanent or periodical nat-ural sources and usually flowlng ln a particular direction in a defined channel, hav-ing a bed and hanks or sides, and usually discharging itself Into some other stream or body of water. Los Angeles v. Pomeroy, 124 Cal. 597, 57 Pac. 587; Chamberlain v. Hem-lngway, […]

A mark indicating the highest point to which water, rises, or the lowest polnt to whlch it sinks

An officer ln many cities and towns, whose dnty lt is to watch during the night and take care of the property of the inhabitants

In old statutes. A kind of thieves

Spoil or destruction, done or permitted, to lands, houses, gardens, trees, or other corporeal hereditaments, hy the tenant thereof, to the prejudice of the heir, or of him in reversion or remainder. 2 Bl. Comm. 281

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The sounding of a horn for washing before dinner. The custom was formerly observed in the Temple

A shallow part of a river or arm of the sea

In the language of the stock exchange, this is the operation per-formed by a broker who fills an order from one customer to buy a certain stock or commodity by simply transferring to him the stock or commodity placed in his bands (or ordered to be sold) by another customer, in-stead of going upon the […]

In old English law. A cus-tomary payment, supposed to be the same with ward-penny. Spelman; Blount

In Saxon law. A custom-ary or usual tribute or contribution towards armor, or the arming of the forces

A term ln English law for a place in which birds, fishes, or wlld beasts are kept

In real property law

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A persou to whom a warranty is made

icularly, a writ or precept issued by a magistrate, justice, or other competent authority, addressed to a sheriff, constable, or other officer, requiring him to arrest the body of a person therein named, and bring him before the magistrate or court, to an-swer, or to be examined, touching some of-fense which he Is charged with […]

In old English law. Au ancient custom, whereby, if any tenant hold-ing of the Castle of Dover failed in paying hls rent at the day, he should forfeit double, aud, for tbe second failure, treble, etc. Cowell

A rope attached to some fixed point, used for moving a ship. Pub. St Mass. 1882, p. 1297

In old records. Gar-niture; furniture; provision. Cowell

The owner of a warehouse; one who, as a business, and for hire, keeps and stores the goods of others