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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.

A different or foreign mode of trial. 1 Hale; Com. Law, 38.

Ry allegiance is meant the obligation of fidelity and obedience which the individual owes to the government under which he lives, or to his sovereign in return for the protection he receives.

To apportion, distribute; to divide property previously held in common among those entitled, assigning to each his ratable portion, to be held in severalty; to set apart specific property, a share of

A sworn officer of the king whose duty it was to look to the assise of woolen cloth made throughout the land, and to the putting on the seals for that purpose

A writ commanding the person against whom it is issued to do a specified thing, or show cause to the court why he should not be compelled to do it. Allee v.

A latent ambiguity in the language may be removed by evidence; for whatever ambiguity arises from an extrinsic fact may be explained by extrinsic evidence. Bac. Max. Reg. 23.

L. Lat A naval commander, under the eastern Roman empire, but not of the highest rank; the origin, according to Spelman, of the modern title and office of admiral. Spelman.

An alienation of lands or tenements in mortmain. The reduction of the property of lands or tenements to mortmain. In Its modern sense, amortization is the operation of paying off bonds, stock,

In the civil law. An investigation of truth, interrogation of witnesses, and inquiry made into any fact especially by torture.

Wills, deeds, or other documents upwards of thirty years old. These are presumed to be genuine without express proof, when coming from the proper custody.

Great or extreme pain, agony, or distress, either of body or mind; but, as used In law, particularly mental suffering or distress of great intensity. Cook v. Railway Co., 19 Mo. App.

The intention of obtaining delay.

It is to the intention that all law applies. Law always regards the intention.

Grain; food. An old English and civil law term to denote a yearly contribution by one person to the support of another.

In old English law. Year, day, and waste. See YEAR, DAY, AND WASTE.

Lat. Before. Usually employed in old pleadings as expressive of time, as prw (before) was of place, and coram (before) of person. Townsh. PI. 22. Occurring in a report or a text-book,

A term used in logic and law to denote a real or apparent inconsistency or conflict between two authorities or propositions; same as antinomia, (q. v.)

In medical jurisprudence. Loss of the faculty or power of articulate speech; a condition in which the patient while retaining intelligence and understanding and with the organs of speech unimpaired, is unable