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A government in which a class of men rules supreme. A form of government which is lodged in a council composed of select members or nobles, without a monarch, and exclusive of

The armed forces of a nation intended for military service on land. “The term ‘army’ or ‘armies’ has never been used by congress, so far as I am advised, so as to

Pleading in arrest of taking the inquest upon a former issue, and showing cause why an inquest should not be taken.

In feudal law. The vassal of a vassal.

In Scotch law. Articulate averments setting forth the facts relied upon. Bell. That part of the proceedings which corresponds to the charge in an English bill in chancery to set aside a

Persons created and devised by human laws for the purposes of society and government, as distinguished from natural persons. Corporations are examples of artificial persons. 1 HI. Comm. 123. Chapman v. Brewer,

One whose business it is to make assays of the precious metals.

In old English and Scotch law. An assise; a kind of jury or inquest; a writ; a sitting of a court; an ordinance or statute; a fixed or specific time, number, quantity,

In Scotch law. Damages awarded to the relative of a murdered person from the guilty party, who has not been convicted and punished. Paters. Comp.

In English law. A process by which a man, by virtue of his privilege, calls another to litigate in that court to which he himself belongs, and who has the privilege to

The one whose name is entered on the record of an action or suit as the attorney of a designated party thereto. De- laney v. Husband, 64 N. J. Law, 275, 45

The empress or queen is not privileged or exempted from subjection to the laws. 1 Bl. Comm. 219; Dig. 1, 3, 31.

In right of another, e. g., a trustee holds trust property in right of his cestui que trust. A prochein amy sues in right of an infant. 2 Bl. Comm. 176.

In feudal and old English law. Aid; compulsory aid, hence a tax or tribute; a kind of tribute paid by the vassal to his lord, being one of the incidents of the

In pleading. A positive statement of facts, in opposition to argument or inference. 1 Chit. PI. 320. In old pleading. An offer to prove a plea, or pleading. The concluding part of

A pleading In the action of replevin, by which the defendant avoivs, that is, acknowledges, the taking of the distress or property complained of, where lie took It in his own right,

A term used in heraldry, signifying blue.

In life insurance. A company in which a death loss is met by levying an assessment on the surviving mem- bets of the association. Mutual Ren. L. Ins. Co. v. Marye. 85

A writ of assise which lay for the recovery of lands or tenements, where the claimant had been lately disseised.

In the civil law. An original instrument or writing; the original of a will or other instrument, as distinguished from a copy. Dig. 22, 4, 2; Id. 29, 3, 12.