Category: Z

Lat A liquor or beverage-made of wheat or barley. Dlg. 33, 6, 9, pr

In the civil law. A weigher; an officer who held or looked to the balance ln weighing money between buyer and seller; an oflicer appointed to determine controversies about the weight of money. Spelman

In the civil law. A measure or quantlty of land. Nov. 17, c. 8. As much land as a yoke of oxen could plow-in a day. Calvin

A union of German states for uniformity of customs, established in 1819. It continued until the unification of the German empire, including Prussia, Saxony, Bavaria, wnrtemberg, Baden, Hesse-Cassel, Brunswick, and Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and all intermediate principalities. It has-now been superseded by the German empire;. and the federal council of the empire has taken the place of […]

Proceeding by Inquiry. Enc. Lond

O. Sc. Year. “Zeir ahd day.” Bell

An untechnical term denoting a witness, on the trial of a cause, who manlfests a partiality for the side calling him, and an eager readiness to tell anything which he thlnks may be of ad-vantage to that side

Span. A water commission-er or superintendent, or supervisor of an irrigation system. See Pico v. Colimas, 32 Cal. 578

This word is commonly taken in a bad sense, as denoting a separatist from the Church of England, or a fanatic. Brown

Span. A water ditch or artlfi-dal canal, and particularly one used for pur-poses of irrigation. See Pico v. Colimas, 32 Cal. 578