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The condition or state of an alien.

A person ought not to be judge in his own cause, because he cannot act as judge and party. Co. Litt. 141; 3 Bl. Comm. 59.

An allegation contrary to the deed (or fact) is not admissible.

Owners of allodial lands. Owners of estates as large as a subject may have. Co. Litt 1; Bac. Abr. “Tenure,” A.

A publication, in which Is recounted the days of the week, month, and year, both common and particular, distinguishing the fasts, feasts, terms, etc., from the common days by proper marks, pointing

L. Lat. Interchangeably. Litt

In old English law. A measure of four bushels.

To improve; to make better by change or modification. See ALTER.

The child of a brother or sister; a cousin; one who has the same grandfather, but different father and mother. Calvin.

An ancient punishment for a blow given in a superior court; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the court

A watch, consisting of a small number of men. (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel is riding at single anchor, to see that the stoppers, painters, cables,

In Saxon law. The single value of a man or other thing: a single were- gild; the compensation of a thing according to its single value or estimation. Spelman. The double gild

The intention to take or capture. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 120, 155.

The intention of restoring. Fleta. lib. 3, c. 2.

A child a year old. Calvin.

Lat. In old English law. A ring; the ring of a door. Per haspam vel annulum hostii exterioris; by the hasp or ring of the outer door. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 15,

Annoyance; nuisance. Cowell; Kelharn.

The act of doing or taking a thing before its proper time. In conveyancing, anticipation is the act of assigning, charging, or otherwise dealing with income before it becomes due. In patent

In the civil law. A form of proving a will, by the witnesses acknowledging before a magistrate their having sealed it

L Fr. An addition; a marginal note or observation. Kelham.