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A place adapted to tho reception and storage of goods and mer

L. Lat. In old English law. To fallow ground; or plow up land (deslgned for wheat) ln the spring, ln order to let it lie fallow for the better improvement. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 33; Cowell

In Englisb law. The title of the governor or presiding officer of the Cinque Ports, (q. v.)

In English law. The title of a court of record, estab-llshed ln the relgn of Henry VIII. See Coubt op wards and Livebies

A guardian; a keeper. This is the name given to various ofilcers

L. Lat. In old English law. ward; guard; protection; keeping; custody. Spelman

A reckless or malicious and intentional disregard of the property, rights, or safety of others, Implying, active-iy, a licentious or contemptuous willingness to injure and disregard of the consequences to others, and, passively, more than mere negligeuce, that is, a conscious and lnten-tional disregard of duty. See Brasington v. South Bound R. Co., 62 S. […]

SS. An ancient customary ten-ure of lands; i. e., to drive deer to a stand that the lord may have a shot. Blount, Ten. 140

In marlne insurance. Ul-lage; deficiency in the contents of a cask or vessel caused by leaking. Cory v. Boyl-ston Fire & Marine Ins. Co., 107 Mass. 140, 0 Am. Rep. 14

In Scotch law. A wand or staff carried by the messenger of a court, and which, when deforced, (that Is, hindered from executing process.) he breaks, as a symbol of the deforcement; and protest for remedy of law. 2 Forb. Inst. 207

UM. Beads made of shells, used iis money by the North American Indians, and which continued current in New York as late as 1693

Iu old English law. A wall; a sea-wall; a mound, bank, or wall erected in marshy districts as a protection against the sea. Spelman

An erection of stone, brick, or other material, raised to some height, and in-tended for purposes of security or lnclosure. In law, this term occurs in such compounds

Foresters who have the care of a certaln space of ground assigned to them. Cowell

In Saxon law. A servant, or any ministerial officer. Cowell

The belng a welsh-man. Six?) man

In old English law. A welshman

In old Lombardic law. The disguising the head or face, with the in-tent of committing a theft

The chief magistrate of Ripon, in Yorkshire

The renunciation, repudia-tiou, abandonment, or surreuder of some claim, right, privilege, or of the opportunity to take advantage of some defect, irregular-ity, or wrong

officers whose duty it formerly was to wait in attendance upon tlie court of chaucery. The ofiice was abolished in 1842 by St. 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103. Mozley & whitley

In old English law. The team and instruments of husbandry belong-lng to a countryman, and especially to a vil-lein who was required to perform ngricul-tural services

what is necessary to the farmer for the cultivatlon of his land. Bar-ring. ob. St. 12

In feudal and old English law. Timber for wagons or carts

A common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchan-dlse of all descriptions. The term does not include a hackney-coach. Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cat 418, 63 Am. Dec. 139

The compensation agreed upon by a master to be paid to a servant, or any other person hired to do work or business for him

In old Engllsh law. A weigh; a measure of cheese, salt, wool, etc., contain-lng two hundred and fifty-six pounds avoir-dnpois. CoweU; Spelman

Conductors of vessels at sea. Cowell

In Scotch law. A creditor to whom a wadset is made, corresponding to a mortgagee

In Scotch law. The old term for a mortgage. A right by which lands or other heritable subjects are impignorated by the proprietor to his creditor in security of his debt, wadsets are usually drawn in the form of mutual contracts, in which one par-ty sells the land, and the other grants the rlght of […]

L. Fr. A vagabond, or vagrant Britt, c. 29