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In Spanish and Mexican law. Taxes imposed by municipalities on certain articles of merchandise, to defray the general expenses of government, in default of revenues from “proprios,” 1. e., lands owned by

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In the Roman law, a money lender or broker; a dealer in money; a banker. Argcntarium, the instrument of the loan, similar to the modern word “bond” or “note.”

An argument drawn from what Is inconvenient is good in law, because the law will not permit any inconvenience. Co. Litt. 66a, 258.

An armor-bearer; an esquire. A title of dignity belonging to gentlemen authorized to bear arms. Cowell. In its earlier meaning, a servant who carried the arms of a knight. Spelman. A tenant

Money unpaid at the due time, as rent behind; the remainder due after payment of a part of an account; money in the hands of an accounting party. Cowell; Ilollingsworth v. Willis,

In the civil law. Earnest; money given to bind a bargain. Calvin.

In Scotch law. The offense committed by one who aids and assists the commission of a crime, but who is not the principal or chief actor in its actual commission. An accessary.

Article by article; by distinct clauses or articles; by separate propositions.

In old Welsh law. An oath made by compurgators. Brown.

An affirmation ; a positive assertion; a solemn declaration. This word Is seldom, if ever, used for a declaration made under oath, but denotes a declaration accompanied with solemnity or an appeal

Lat He undertook; he promised. A promise or engagement by which one person assumes or undertakes to do some act or pay something to another. It may be either oral or in

The tackle or rigging of a ship; the harness or tackle of a plow. Spelman.

In feudal law. To transfer or turn over to another. Where a lord aliened his seigniory, he might with the consent of the tenant, and in some cases without attorn or transfer

A .Tit or commission to certain persons to appease and punish any insurrection or great riot. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 110.

In medical jurisprudence. A term used to designate the sensation of a cold vapor frequently experienced by epileptics before the loss of consciousness occurs in an epileptic fit. Aureutz v. Anderson, 3

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In old English and French. Property; substance, estate, and particularly live stock or cattle; hence a working beast; a horse or bullock.

The calling upon a warrantor of lands to fulfill his undertaking.

In logic. A self-evident truth; an indisputable truth.