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An argument from the greater to the less is of no force negatively; affirmatively it is. Jenk. Cent. 281.

Reversed arms, a punishment for a traitor or felon. Cowell.

In English law. An assistant to the clerk of assise.

In Scotch law. A process to bring a foreigner within the jurisdiction of the courts of Scotland. The warrant attaches a foreigner’s goods within the jurisdiction, and these will not be released

Arson, at common law, is the act of unlawfully and maliciously burning the house of another man. 4 Steph. Comm. 99; 2 Ituss. Crimes, 896; Steph. Crim. Dig. 298. Arson, by the

In Scotch law. An agreement for a lease. Paters. Comp.

In Roman law. A foreigner who had been registered and naturalized in the colony in which he resided. Cod. 11, 47.

In taxation. Any subdivision of territory, whether the whole or part of any municipality, in which by law a separate assessment of taxable property is made by the officers elected or appointed

Rented or farmed out for a specified assise; that is, a payment of a certain assessed rent in money or provisions.

According to law; by, for, or in law; particularly in distinction from that which is done in or according to equity; or in titles such as sergeant at law, barrister at law,

In old English law. To put off to a succeeding term; to prolong the time of payment of a debt. St Westm. 2, c. 4; Cowell; Blount.

The opinions of philosophers, physicians, and poets are to be alleged and received in causes. Co. Litt 264.

In Indian law. Agent; the holder of an office; an intendant and collector of the revenue, uniting civil, military, and financial powers under the Mohammedan government.

In medical jurisprudence, this term is applied to actions or conduct of an individual apparently occurring without will, purpose, or reasoned intention on his part; a condition sometimes observed in persons who,

Average; the loss and damage suffered in the course of a navigation. Poth. Mar. Louage, 105.

In the civil law. A grandson.

To grant, concede, adjudge to. Thus, a jury awards damages; the court awards an injunction. Starkey v. Minneapolis, 19 Minn. 206 (Gil. 166).

In the civil law. Against (contra.) Advcrsus Ixmos mores, against good morals. Dig. 47, 10, 15.

The assise of Clarendon. A statute or ordinance passed in the tenth year of Henry II., by which those that were accused of any heinous crime, and not able to purge themselves,

An action employed in behalf of a buyer to compel a seller to perform his obligations or pay compensation: also to enforce any special agreements by him, embodied in a contract of