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The taking in of another person’s cattle to be fed, or to pasture, upon one’s own land, in consideration of an agreed price to be paid by the owner. Also the profit

The only difference between an agreed order and one which is made in the due course of the proceedings in an action is that in the one case it is agreed to.

A Norman French term signifying “grandmother.” Kelham.

In old English law. White rent; rent payable in silver or white money, as distinguished from that which was anciently paid in corn or provisions, called black mail, or black rent. Spelman;

Fr. In French feudal law. An allodial estate, as distinguished from a feudal estate or benefice.

In real property law. The transfer of the property and possession of lands, tenements, or other things, from one person to another. Terines de la Ley. It is particularly applied to absolute

To sell is one thing; to consent to a sale (seller) is another thing. Dig. 50, 17, 160.

Stated; recited; claimed; asserted ; charged.

When the indorsements on a bill or note have filled all the blank space, it is customary to annex a strip of paper, called an “allonge,” to receive the further Indorsements. Fountain

Charitable donations. Any species of relief bestowed upon the poor. That which is given by public authority for the relief of the poor.

Where a new remedy is created in addition to an existing one, they are called “alternative” if only one can be enforced; but if both, “cumulative.”

Lat. From ambiguua, doubtful, uncertain, obscure. Ambiguity; uncertainty of meaning. Ambiguitas latcns, a latent ambiguity; ambiguitas patens, a patent ambiguity. See AMBIGUITY.

In real property law. Such circumstances, In regard to situation, outlook, access to a water-course, or the like, as enhance the pleasantness or desirability of an estate for purposes of residence, or

Intermingled with. “A thing which is among others is intermingled with them. Commerce among the states cannot stop at the external boundary line of each state, but may be introduced into the

In feudal law. Year, day, and waste. A forfeiture of the lands to the crown incurred by the felony of the tenant, after which time the land escheats to the lord. Termes

Lights or windows in a house, which have been used in their present state, without molestation or interruption. for twenty years, and upwards. To these the owner of the house has a

An Englishman domiciled in the Indian territory of the British crown.

The intention of abandoning. 4 C. Rob. Adm. 210. Rhodes v. Whitehead, 27 Tex. 304, 84 Am. Dec. 031.

An intention to make a testament or will. Farr v. Thompson, 1 Speers (S. C.) 105.

In the year of the Lord. Commonly abbreviated A. D. The computation of time, according to the Christian era, dates from the birth of Christ. This phrase has become Anglicized by adoption,