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L. Fr. Another; other.

L. Fr. At another time; formerly; before; heretofore.

Beasts of the plow

One who makes an avowry.

In old Scotch law. Eyre; a circuit, eyre, or iter.

A real action which lay to recover land of which a person had been deprived on the death of his ancestor by the abatement or intrusion of a stranger. 3 Bl. Comm.

In the civil law. An act which has been executed before a notary or other public officer authorized to execute such functions, or which is testified by a public seal, or has

An officer chosen or appointed to appraise, value, or assess property. In civil and Scotch law. Persons skilled in law, selected to advise the judges of the inferior courts. Bell; Dig. 1,

A term employed to designate a locum tennis who is performing the duties of an office to which he does not himself claim title; c. g., “Acting Supervising Archi

An action given against a master, founded on some business done by his slave, acting under his order, (jussu.) Inst. 4, 7, 1; Dig. 15, 4; Cod. 4, 20.

The breach or nonperformance of a legal duty, through neglect or carelessness, resulting in damage or injury to another. Roddy v. Missouri Pac. R. Co.. 104 Mo. 234. 15 S. W. 1112.

Legal memoranda made in the admiralty courts in England, in lhe nature of pleas.

Acts required to be done by law do not admit of qualification. Hob. 153; Branch, Princ.

At common law. The name of a writ of entry (now obsolete) brought by the reversioners after the death of the life tenant, for the recovery of lands wrongfully alienated by him.

To fee farm. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 50,

In the mean time. An officer ad interim is one appointed to fill a temporary vacancy, or to discharge the duties of the office during the absence or temporary incapacity of its

At the door of the church. One of the five species of dower formerly recognized by the English law. 1 Washb. Real Prop. 149; 2 Bl. Comm. 132.

For studying and praying; for the promotion of learning and religion. A phrase applied to colleges and universities. 1 Bl. Comm. 407; T. Raym. 101.

In the civil law. To adjudge or condemn; to assign, allot, or deliver; to sell. In the Roman law, addico was one of the three words used to express the extent of

In the civil law. To be present; the opposite of abesse. Calvin.