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For a term of years.

In the Roman law. The giving up to a creditor of his debtor’s person by a magistrate; also the transfer of the debtor’s goods to one who assumes his liabilities.

In the civil law. The welding together of iron; a species of adjunctio, (q. v.) Called also ferruminatio. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

The appointment of a day when the justices in eyre mean to sit again. Cowell; Spelman.

In old Italian law. Persons chosen by the consent of contending parties, to decide questions between them. Literally, mediators. Spelman.

The reduction of property of lands or tenements to mortmain, in the feudal customs.

An abbreviation for ad. scetam, which means “at the suit of.” Bowen v. Sewing Mach. Co., 80 111. 1L

Moneys paid before or in advance of the proper time of payment; money or commodities furnished on credit; a loan or gift, or money advanced to be repaid conditionally. Vail v. Vail,

Deliberation, consideration, consultation; the consultation of a court, after the argument of a cause by counsel, and before delivering their opinion. Clark v. Read, 5 N. J. Law, 4S6.

An advowson annexed to a manor, and passing with it, as incident or appendant to it, by a grant of the manor only, without adding any other words. 2 Bl. Comm. 22;

To swear faith to; to pledge one’s faith or do fealty by making oath. Cowell.

To fix or fasten upon, to attach to, inscribe, or impress upon, as a signature, a seal, a trade-mark. Pen. Code N. Y.

When time is to be computed “after” a certain date, it is meant that sut-h date should be excluded in the computation. Bigelow v. Wilson, 1 Pick. (Mass.) 4S5; Taylor v. Jaeoby.

Acting and consenting parties are liable to the same punishment 5 Coke, 80.

[From agnati, q. v.] Derived from or through males. 2 Bl. Comm. 230.

A concord of understanding and intention, between two or more parties, with respect to the effect upon their relative rights and duties, of certain past or future facts or performances. The act

In French feudal law. The right or privilege of the eldest born; primogeniture; esnecy. Guyot, Inst Feud. c. 17.

In Spanish law. An executor or administrator; one who is charged with fulfilling and executing that which is directed by the testator in his testament or other last disposition. Emeric v. Alvarado,

A cauldron into which boiling water was poured, in which a criminal plunged his arm up to the elbow, and there held it for some time, as an ordeal. Du Cange.

One to whom an alienation, conveyance, or transfer of property Is made.