Category: K

Fortified or embattled. Co. Litt. 5a.

An English advocate who holds, in the courts in which the rules of the canon and civil law prevail, a similar position to that which the attorney general holds in the ordinary

In Hindu law. A stated payment; installment of rent.

A Welsh term for a waster, rhymer, minstrel, or other vagabond who makes assemblies and collections. Barring. Ob. St 300.

In Swedish law. Jettison; a literal translation of the Latin “jactus.”

In English law. Idlers; vagabonds.

The supreme court of common law in England, being so called be- cause the king used formerly to sit there in person, the style of the court being “coram ipso rege.” It

A rascal; a false, tricky, or deceitful person. The word originally meant a boy, attendant, or servant, but long-continued usage has given it its present signifi- cation.

Sax. Kin or kindred. I > L. 691