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An ancient name for students at law, and afterwards applied to counsellors, apprentici ad barrast, from which conies the more modern word “barrister.”

To take to one’s use or profit. Cowell.

Salt water

The award or decision of arbitrators upon a matter of dispute, which has been submitted to them. Termes de la Ley.

[That which is] a tree while it grows, [is] wood when it ceases to grow. Cro. Jac. 100; Hob. 77&, in marg.

A surface measure in the French law, in the form of a square, equal to 1070.441 square feet.

In arguing; in the course of the argument. A statement or observation made by a judge as a matter of argument or illustration, but not directly bearing upon the ease at bar,

A form of government where the power Is divided between the nobles and the people.

A word formerly used for a grocer. 1 Vent. 142.

In practice. The act of staying a judgment, or refusing to render judgment in an action at law, after verdict, for some matter intrinsic appearing on the face of the record, which

In marine insurance. The arrival of a vessel means an arrival for pur- ]>oses of business, requiring an entry aud clearance and stay at the port so long as to require some

A committee of the Scottish parliament, which, in the mode of its election, and by the nature of its powers, was calculated to increase the influence of the crown, and to confer

Also called “legal presumptions;” those which derive their force and effect from the law, rather than their natural tendency to produce belief. 3 Starkie, Ev. 1235. Gulick v. I/Oder. 13 N. J.

In European law. Assurance; insurance of a vessel, freight, or cargo. Ferriere.

An ancient writ addressed to the justices of assise for the continuation of a cause, when certain facts put in issue could not have been proved in time by the party alleging

An arraignment, (

That extinction of civil rights and capacities which takes place whenever a person who has committed treason or felony receives sentence of death for his crime. 1 Steph. Comm. 408; 1 Bish.

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In old English law. A hall, or court; the court of a baron, or manor; a court baron. Spelman.

Genuine; true; having the character and authority of an original; duly vested with all necessary formalities and legally attested; competent, credible, and reliable as evidence. Downing v. Brown, 3 Colo. 590.