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An argument arising from the inconvenience which the proposed construction of the law would create.

A portion of the sea projecting inland, in which the tide ebbs and flows. 5 Coke, 107. An arm of the sea is considered as extending as far into the interior of

A measurer or surveyor of land. Cowell; Spelman.

In old English law. A writ which issued for apprehending a person who had taken the king’s prest money to serve in the wars, and then hid himself in order to avoid

In France, one of the subdivisions of a department.

A formal written allegation of the causes for impeachment; answering the same office as an indictment in an ordinary criminal proceeding.

One skilled in some kind of mechanical craft or art; a skilled mechanic. O’Clair v. Hale, 25 Misc. Rep. 31, 54 N. Y. Supp. 386; Amazon Irr. Co. v. Briesen, 1 Kan.

The concourse or meeting together of a considerable number of persons at the same place. Also the persons so gathered. Popular assemblies are those where the people meet to deliberate upon their

An obsolete writ, which was directed to the judges assigned to take assises, to stay proceedings, by reason of a party to them being employed in the king’s business. Reg. Orig. 208.

1. A sanctuary, or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be taken without sacrilege. State v. Bacon, 6 Neb. 291; Cromie

In French law. The gain of a suit.

In feudal and old English law. A turning over or transfer by a lord of the services of his tenant to the grantee of his seigniory. Attornment is the act of a

See ALNAGEB.

In contracts. The lawful delegation of power by one person to another. In the English law relating to public administration, an authority is a body having jurisdiction in certain matters of a

This phrase, among mercantile men, is a term well understood to be anything which can readily be converted Into money; but it is not necessarily or primarily money Itself. McFad- den v.

A turning away of peril. Used of a contract of insurance. 3 Kent, Comm. 263.

The removal of a considerable quantity of soil from the land of one man, and its deposit upon or annexation to the land of another, suddenly and by the perceptible action of

A claim set up by a stranger to goods upon which the sheriff has levied an execution ex attachment

The list or roll of taxable persons and property, completed, verified, and deposited by the assessors, not as it appears after review and equalization. Rank v. Genoa, 28 Misc. Rep. 71, 59

In old English practice. A writ which lay by the usage and custom of a city or borough, where a man was disseised of his lands and tenements in such city or