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An ancient English coin, of the value of ten shillings sterling. Jacob.

Lat. Mind; intention; disposition; design; will. Animo, (

The intention of recovering. Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2. c. 4.

Lat. Years and terms. An old title of the Year Books.

A yearly sum stipulated to be paid to another in fee, or for life, or years, and chargeable ohly on the person of the grantor. Co. Litt. ‘1446. An annuity is different

Abbreviations for anonymous.

A term used in International law to denote a proclamation or manifesto published by one of two belligerent powers, alleging reasons why the war Is defensive on its part.

Open, unsealed writs.

In civil and old English law. An apostate; a deserter from the faith; one who has renounced the Christian faith. Cod. 1, 7; Reg. Orig. 716.

In civil practice. The complaint to a superior court of an injustice done or error committed by an inferior one, whose judgment or decision the court above is called upon to correct

The appendages or appurtenances of an estate or house. Cowell.

The charging them with money received upon their account in the exchequer. St 22 & 23 Car. II.; Cowell.

The act of a judge or magistrate in sanctioning and accepting as satisfactory a bond, security, or other instrument which is required by law to pass bis inspection and receive his approbation

In the civil and old English law. Water; sometimes a stream or water-course.

In feudal law. To make oath in the church or some other holy place. All oaths were made in the church upon the relics of saints, according to the Ripuarian laws. Cowell;

A private, disinterested person, chosen by the parties to a disputed question, for the purpose of hearing their contention, and giving judgment between them; to whose decision (award) the litigants submit themselves

In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the “Dean of the Arches,” because his court was anciently held in

In heraldry. Silver.

An argument drawn from an impossibility is forcible in law. Co. Litt. 92a.

A vessel is “armed” when she is fitted with a full armament for fighting purposes. She may be equipped for warlike purposes, without being “armed.” By “armed” it is ordinarily meant that