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Done before. A Roman law term for a previous act, or thing done before.

Also called “Vetera Statuta.” English statutes from the time of Richard I. to Edward III. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 227.

Extremely fine points, or subtleties of litigation. Nearly equivalent to the modern phrase “sharp practice.” “It is unconscionable in a defendant to take advantage of the apices litigandi, to turn a plaintiff’around

A furnisher or provider. Formerly the sheriff, in England, had charge of certain county affairs and disbursements, in which capacity he was called “apparator eomitutus,” and received therefor a considerable emolument. Cowell.

In Scotch law. An apparent heir. See APPARENT HEIB.

1. To make a formal request or petition, usually in writing, to a court, officer, board, or company, for the granting of some favor, or of some rule or order, which is

A contract by which one person, usually a minor, called the “apprentice,” is bound to another person, called the “master,” to serve him during a prescribed term of years in his art,

In the civil law. A driving to, as of cattle to water. Dig. 8, 3, 1, 1.

Water follows the land. A sale of land will pass the water which covers it. 2 Bl. Comm. 18; Co. Litt. 4.

A plea to an action brought for the same cause which had been submitted to arbitration and on which an award had been made. Wats. Arb. 256.

Lat. In the civil law. A chest or coffer; a place for keeping money. Dig. 30, 30, 0; Id. 32, 64. Brissonius.

An inclosed yard or opening in a house: an open place adjoining a house. 1 Chit. Pr. 170. In the civil law. A vacant space in a city; a place not built

In rhetoric and logic, an inference drawn from premises, the truth of which is Indisputable, or at least highly probable. The argument of a demurrer, special case, appeal, or other proceeding involving

Earnest. Used in Yorkshire in the phrase “Aries-penny.” Cowell. In Scotland it has the same signification. Bell.

A measure of land of uncertain quantity mentioned in Domesday and other old books; by some called an “acre,” by others “half an acre,” and by others a “furlong.” Spelman; Cowell; Blount.

In old English law. A writ which lay for a person whose cattle or goods were taken by another, who during a contest was likely to make away with them, and who

In the civil law. The adoption of a person who was of full age or sui juris. 1 Browne, Civil & Adm. Law, 119; Dig. 1, 7, 5; Inst. 1, 11, 3.

The name of the instrument embodying the compact made between the thirteen original states of the Union, before the adoption of the present constitution.

The succession between predecessors and successors in a corporation aggregate or sole. Thomas v. Dakin, 22 Wend. (N. Y.) 100.

In maritime law. An insurer, (aversor periculi.) Locc. de Jure Mar. lib. 2, c. 5,