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To improve; to make better by change or modification. See ALTER.

The child of a brother or sister; a cousin; one who has the same grandfather, but different father and mother. Calvin.

An ancient punishment for a blow given in a superior court; or for assaulting a judge sitting in the court

A measure containing ten gallons.

A strong passion of the mind excited by real or supposed injuries; not synonymous with “heat of passion,” “malice.” or “rage or resentment,” because these are all terms of wider import and

The intention of destroying or canceling, (applied to wills.)

The intention to republish.

A woman’s marriageable years. The age at which a girl becomes by law fit for marriage; the age of twelve.

To cancel; make void ; destroy. To annul a judgment or judicial proceeding is to deprive it of all force and operation, either a6 initio or prospectively as to future transactions. Wait

Nameless; wanting a name or names. A publication, withholding the name of the author, is said to be anonymous. Cases are sometimes reported anonymously, t. e., without giving the names of the

In the civil law. A species of mortgage, or pledge of immovables. An agreement by which the debtor gives to the creditor the income from the property which he has pledged, in

An overt act.

An obsolete English writ which issued against an apostate, or one who had violated the rules of his religious order. It was addressed to the sheriff, and commanded him to deliver the

The bond given on taking an appeal, by which the appellant binds himself to pay damages and costs if he fails to prosecute the appeal with effect. Omaha Hotel Co. v. Kountze,

A printed volume, used on an appeal to the English house of lords or privy council, containing the documents and other evidence presented in the inferior court and referred to in the

An officer in the exchequer, clothed with the duty of examining the sheriffs in respect of their accounts. Usually called the “foreign apposer.” Termes de la Ley.

To take to one’s proper and separate use. To improve; to enhance the value or profits of anything. To inclose and cultivate common or waste land. To approve common or waste land

In Roman law. Summer water; water that was used in summer only Dig. 43, 20, 1, 3, 4.

Plow-lands. Land fit for the plow. Denoting the character of land, rather than its condition. Spelman.

In Spanish and Mexican law. Taxes imposed by municipalities on certain articles of merchandise, to defray the general expenses of government, in default of revenues from “proprios,” 1. e., lands owned by