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An argument drawn from things commonly happening is frequent in law. Broom, Max. 44.

To dub or make a knight.

In criminal practice. To bring a prisoner to the bar of the court to answer the matter charged upon him in the indictment. The arraignment of a prisoner consists of calling upon

In Scotch law. The person in whose hands the movables of another, or a debt due to another, are arrested by the creditor of the latter by the process of arrestment. 2

Store-houses for arms; dock-yards, magazines, and other military stores.

In English ecclesiastical law. Commonly called the “Thirty- Nine Articles;” a body of divinity drawn up by the convocation in 1502. and confirmed by James I.

Passage upwards; the transmission of an estate from the ancestor to the heir in the ascending line. See 4 Kent, Comm. 393, 397.

Compliance; approval of something done; a declaration of willingness to do something in compliance with a request. Norton v. Davis, 83 Tex. 32, 18 S. W. 430; Appeal of Pittsburgh, 115 Pa.

In Scotch law. Jurors; the persons who formed that kind of court which in Scotland was called an “assise,” for the purpose of inquiring into and judging divers civil causes, such as

Before the court “The case at bar,” etc. Dyer, 31.

One who owes a duty or service to another, or in some sort depends upon him. Termes de la Ley. One who follows and waits upon another.

A person authorized or licensed by law to sell lands or goods of other persons at public auction; one who sells at auction. Crandall v. State, 28 Ohio St. 481; Williams v.

In Indian law. Trustee; commissioner; a temporary collector or supervisor, appointed to the charge of a country on the removal of a zemindar, or for any other particular purpose of local investigation

The name of an unlimited monarchical government. A government at the will of one man, (called an “autocrat,”) unchecked by constitutional restrictions or limitations.

In French law. The guaranty of a bill of exchange; so called because usually placed at the foot or bottom (aval) of the bill. Story, Bills,

A term used in the Scotch law, signifying to abet or assist.

In the civil law. A grandfather Inst. 3, 6, 1.

To fail in the assise ; i. e., to be nonsuited. Cowell; 3 Bl. Comm. 402.

To witness the execution of a written instrument, at the request of him who makes it, and subscribe the same as a witness. White v. Magarahan, 87 Ga. 217, 13 S. E.

In the civil law. A Latin translation of the Novels of Justinian by an anonymous author; so called because the Novels were translated entire, in order to distinguish it from the epitome