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In old English law. A plow of land ; a plow-land; as much land as could be tilled with one plow. Whis- haw.

An award is a judgment Jenk. Cent. 137.

The Rolls; any place where ancient records, charters, and evidences are kept. In libraries, the private depository. Cowell; Spelman. The derivative meaning of the word (now the more common) denotes the writings

An old French coin, answering nearly to the English shilling. Spelman.

In feudal law. A fine for not setting out to join the army in obedience to the summons of the king.

A suspending or cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations or forces for a considerable time.

In Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land, (lieredad.) White, Recop. b. 2, tit. 14, c. 1.

In English and Scotch law. Indefinite services formerly deinandable from tenants, but prohibited by statute, (20 Geo. II. c. 50,

A separate aud distinct part of an instrument or writing comprising two or more particulars; one of several things presented as connected or forming a whole. Carter v. Railroad Co., 126 N.

One who buys goods in order to reduce them, by his own art or industry, into other forms, and then to sell them. Lansdale v. Brashear, 3 T. B. Mou. (Ky.) 335.

Murder committed for hire, without provocation or cause of resentment given to the murderer by the person upon whom the crime is committed. Ersk. Inst. 4, 4, 4.”i. A murder committed treacherously,

Ascertaining a widow’s right of dower by laying out or marking off one-third of her “deceased husband’s lands, and setting off the same for her use during life. Bettis v. Mc- Nider,

A term or condition in a contract of employment, either express or implied from the circumstances of the employment, by which the employ^ agrees that dangers of injury ordinarily or obviously incident

A person attached to the Buite of an ambassador or to a foreign legation.

In the most general sense this term denotes an agent or substitute, or one who is appointed and authorized to act in the place or stead of another. In re Ricker, 60

A public officer whose function is to examine and pass upon the accounts and vouchers of officers who have received and expended public money by lawful authority. In practice. An officer (or

Queen’s gold. A royal revenue belonging to every queen consort during her marriage with the king.

Another’s life. A person holding an estate for or during the life of another is called a tenant “pur autre vie,” or “pur terme d’autre vie.” Litt.

In old English law. This term was applied to working cattle, such as horses, oxen, etc.

In pleading. To acknowledge and justify an act done. To make an avowry. For example, when replevin Is brought for a thing distrained, and the party taking claims that he had a