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A civil law easement or servitude, consisting in the right of one whose house is surrounded with other buildings to cast waste water upon the adjacent roofs or yards. Similar to the

That punishment which is left to the decision of the judge, in distinction from those defined by statute.

In English ecclesiastical law. The chief of the clergy in his province, having supreme power under the king or queen in all ecclesiastical causes.

Lat. To rent; to let out at a certain rent. Cowell. Arcntatio. A renting.

An argument from division [of the subject] is of the greatest force in law. Co. Litt. 2136; 6 Coke, 60.

Sharp weapons that cut, in contradistinction to such as are blunt, which only break or bruise. Fleta, lib. 1, c. 33, par. 6.

In criminal practice. Calling the defendant to the bar of the court, to answer the accusation contained in the indictment.

In Scotch law. Securing a criminal’s person till trial, or that of a debtor till he give security juilicio sisti. The order of a judge, by which he who is debtor in

Burning in the hand. The punishment by burning or branding the left thumb of lay offenders who claimed and were allowed the benefit of clergy, so as to distinguish them in case

In Scotch law. The terms and conditions under which property is sold at auction.

To fix ; to render certain or definite; to estimate and determine; to clear of doubt or obscurity. Brown v. Lyd- dy, 11 Hun, 456; Bunting v. Speek, 41 Kan. 424, 21

One which affirms that a particular state of facts exists ; an affirming promise under seal.

TO help; aid; succor; lend countenance or encouragement to; participate in as an auxiliary. People v. Hayne, 83 Cal. Ill, 23 Fac. 1, 7 L. R. A. 348, 17 Am. St. Rep.

(1) Not limited to any particular place, district, person, matter, or question. (2) Free; unrestrained; not under corporal control; as a ferocious animal so free from restraint as to be liable to

In English law. Terms, (usually mortgages,) for a long period of years, which are created or kept outstanding for the purpose of attending or waiting upon and protecting the inheritance. 1 Steph.

In the civil law. Authority. In old European law. A diploma, or royal charter. A word frequently used by Gregory of Tours and later writers. Spelman.

In Indian law. Agent; officer; native collector of revenue; superintendent of a district or division of a country, either on the part of the government zemindar or renter.

The handwriting of any one.

L Fr. Chance; hazard; mischance.

In the civil law. A grandmother. Inst. 3, 6, 3.