ARATRUM TERRA
In old English law. A plow of land ; a plow-land; as much land as could be tilled with one plow. Whis- haw.
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In old English law. A plow of land ; a plow-land; as much land as could be tilled with one plow. Whis- haw.
An award is a judgment Jenk. Cent. 137.
The Rolls; any place where ancient records, charters, and evidences are kept. In libraries, the private depository. Cowell; Spelman. The derivative meaning of the word (now the more common) denotes the writings
An old French coin, answering nearly to the English shilling. Spelman.
In feudal law. A fine for not setting out to join the army in obedience to the summons of the king.
A suspending or cessation of hostilities between belligerent nations or forces for a considerable time.
In Spanish law. The contract of letting and hiring an estate or land, (lieredad.) White, Recop. b. 2, tit. 14, c. 1.
In English and Scotch law. Indefinite services formerly deinandable from tenants, but prohibited by statute, (20 Geo. II. c. 50,
A separate aud distinct part of an instrument or writing comprising two or more particulars; one of several things presented as connected or forming a whole. Carter v. Railroad Co., 126 N.
One who buys goods in order to reduce them, by his own art or industry, into other forms, and then to sell them. Lansdale v. Brashear, 3 T. B. Mou. (Ky.) 335.
Murder committed for hire, without provocation or cause of resentment given to the murderer by the person upon whom the crime is committed. Ersk. Inst. 4, 4, 4.”i. A murder committed treacherously,
See ERROR.
In conveyancing. A deed or instrument of conveyance. The legal evidences of the transfer of property are in England called the “common assurances” of the kingdom, whereby every man’s estate is assured
A distress formerly taken upon goods and chattels, by the legal attachiators or bailiffs, as security to answer an action for personal estate or debt.
In old practice. An attorney who practised in all the courts. Cowell.
Officers in the English exchequer, who formerly had the charge of auditing the accounts of the customs, naval and military expenses, etc.. now performed by the commissioners for auditing public accounts.
L. Fr. Another; other.
L. Fr. At another time; formerly; before; heretofore.
Beasts of the plow
One who makes an avowry.