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A written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the party making it, taken before an officer having authority to administer such

To add to; to increase; to strengthen; to add force to.

This word has two senses. It may mean the whole time from noon to midnight; or it may mean the earlier part of that time, as distinguished from the evening. When used

Any circumstance attending the commission of a crime or tort which increases its guilt or enormity or adds to its injurious consequences, but which is above and beyond the essential constituents of

Lat. An additional name or title; a nickname. A name or title which a man gets by some action or peculiarity; the last of the four names sometimes given a Roman. Thus,

In Roman law. Lauds belonging to the state by right of conquest, and granted or sold in plots. Sandars, Just. Inst. (5th Ed.) 98. In modern civil law. Lands whose boundaries are

In old Scotch criminal law. Accessary ; contriver and partner. 1 I’itc. Crim. Tr. pt. 1, p. 133; 3 Ilow. State Tr. G01. Now written urt and part, (

In old French law. The droit d’aubaine in France, whereby the king, at an alien’s death, was entitled to all his property, unless he had peculiar exemption. Repealed by the French laws

Other wrongs. The name given to a general allegation of injuries caused by the defendant with which the plaintiff in an action of trespass under the common-law practice concluded his declaration. Archb.

One of foreign birth; an alien. 7 Coke, 31.

A comprehensive; term often employed in conveyances, wills, and the like, which includes the aggregate or whole and also each of the separate items or components. McClaskoy v. Ilarr (C. C.) 54

L. Lat. In old records. To levy or pay an accustomed fine or composition; to redeem by such payment. Cowell.

One to whom an allotment Is made, who receives a ratable share under an allotment; a person to whom land under an inclosure act or shares in a public undertaking are allotted.

In Scotch practice. An abbreviation of Alter, the other; the opposite party; the defender. 1 Broun, 330, note.

L. Lat. In old English law. The high sea, or seas. Co. Litt 2006. The deep sea. Super altum mare, on the high seas. Hob. 2120.

An ambiguous contract is to be interpreted against the seller.

In marine insurance. A proviso in a policy to the effect that, in case of any subsequent insurance, the Insurer shall nevertheless be answerable for the full extent of the sum subscribed

A putting or turning out; dispossession of lands. Ouster is an amotion of possession. 3 Bl. Comm. 399, 208. A moving or carrying away; the wrongful taking of personal chattels. Archb. Civil

In logic. Identity or similarity of proportion. Where there is no precedent in point, in cases on the same subject. lawyers have recourse to cases on a different subject-matter, but governed by

When a decedent leaves property in a foreign state, (a state other than that of his domicile.) administration may be granted in such foreign state for the purpose of collecting the assets