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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

In the civil law. A repository; a place of deposit, as of wine, oil, books, etc. Calvin.

The day for appearing: that on which the parties are hound to come into court. Cru- ger v. McCracken (Tex. Civ. App.) 26 S. W. 282.

Application is the life of a rule. 2 Bulst. 79.

A person, usually a minor, bound in due form of law to a master. to learn from him his art, trade, or business, and to serve him during the time of his

In criminal law. An accomplice in crime who accuses others of the same offense, and is admitted as a witness at the discretion of the court to give evidence against his companions

In Roman law. Daily water; water that might be drawn at all times of the year, (qua quis ‘ quotidic possit uti. si vcllet.) Dig. 43, 20, 1

A person chosen to decide a controversy; an arbitrator, referee. A person bound to decide according to the rules of law and equity, as distinguished from an arbitrator, who may proceed wholly

A table, formed in the shape of a tree, showing the genealogy of a family. See the arbor civilis of the civilians and canonists. Hale, Com. Law, 335.

In old English law. An incendiary; a house burner.

God’s money; God’s penny; money given as earnest in making a bargain. Cowell.

A government in which a class of men rules supreme. A form of government which is lodged in a council composed of select members or nobles, without a monarch, and exclusive of

The armed forces of a nation intended for military service on land. “The term ‘army’ or ‘armies’ has never been used by congress, so far as I am advised, so as to

Pleading in arrest of taking the inquest upon a former issue, and showing cause why an inquest should not be taken.

In feudal law. The vassal of a vassal.

In Scotch law. Articulate averments setting forth the facts relied upon. Bell. That part of the proceedings which corresponds to the charge in an English bill in chancery to set aside a