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Burnt and weighed. A term formerly applied to money tested or assayed by fire and by weighing.

The instrument by which a private corporation is formed and organized under general corporation laws. People v. Golden Gate Lodge, 128 Cal. 257, 00 Pne. S65.

Persons with whom one is related in the ascending line; one’s parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc

The highest ecclesiastical court in Scotland, composed of a repre sentation of the ministers and elders of the church, regulated by Act 5th Assem. 1694.

The assise of salable commodities, or of things exposed for sale.

Beyond the reach of personal influence or control. Parties are said to deal “at arm’s length” when each stands upon the strict letter of his rights, and conducts the business in a

In criminal law. An effort or endeavor to accomplish a crime, amounting to more than mere preparation or planning for it, and which, if not prevented, would have resulted in the full

A public sale of land or goods, at public outcry, to the highest bidder. Russell v. Miner, 61 Barb. (N. Y.) 539; Hibler v. Hoag, 1 Watts & S. (Pa.) 553; Crandall

See ALNAGEB.

Spanish colonial law. An order emanating from some superior tribunal, promulgated in the name and by the authority of the sovereign. Schm. Civil Law, 93.

Profits, or proceeds. This word seems to have been construed only in reference to wills, and in them it means the corpus or proceeds of the estate after the payment of the

Goods, property, substance; a beast of burden. Spelman.

In the civil law. A mother’s brother. 2 Bl. Comm. 230. Avunculus magnus, a great-uncle. Avunculus major, a great-grandmother’s brother. Avunculus maxim-us, a great-great-grandmother’s brother. See Dig. 38, 10, 10; Inst. 3,

The name of the instrument embodying the compact made between the thirteen original states of the Union, before the adoption of the present constitution.

The list or roll of taxable persons and property, completed, verified, and deposited by the assessors, not as it appears after review and equalization. Rank v. Genoa, 28 Misc. Rep. 71, 59

In old English practice. A writ which lay by the usage and custom of a city or borough, where a man was disseised of his lands and tenements in such city or

An action of fraud ; an action which lay for a defrauded person against the defrauder and his heirs, who had been enriched by the fraud, to obtain the restitution of the

A beneficial action or equitable action. An action founded on equity instead of strict law, and available for those who had equitable rights or the beneficial ownership of property. Actions are divided

In Scotch law. All actions which are not rescissory. Ersk. Inst. 4, 1, 18.

In Roman law. A notary or clerk. One who drew the acts or statutes, or who wrote in brief the public acts.