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Signifies those periods in the lives of persons of both sexes which enable them to do certain acts which, before they had arrived at those periods, they were prohibited from doing. The

Under statutes granting the right of appeal to the party aggrieved by an order or judgment, the party aggrieved is one whose pecuniary interest is directly Affected by the adjudication; one whose

In Roman law. The term included “all the cognates who trace their connection exclusively through males. A table of cognates is formed by taking each lineal ancestor in turn and including all

In criminal law. That kind of connection with the commission of a crime which, at common law, rendered the person guilty as a principal in the second degree. It consisted in being

In Spanish law. Paraphernalia. The jewels and furniture which a wife brings in marriage.

A judicial or administrative magistrate. Originally the word was synonymous with “elder,” but was also used to designate an earl, and even a king. In English law. An associate to the chief

The subject of a nation with which we are at peace; an alien amy.

Lat. In a different view; under a different aspect. 4 Rob. Adm. & Pr. 151. With another view or object. 7 East. 558: 0 Maule & S. 234.

That ought not to be alleged which, if proved, is not relevant. 1 Ch. Cas. 45.

In old English practice. In proceedings in outlawry, when there were but two county courts holden between the delivery of the writ of exigi facias to the sheriff and its return, a

Lat. In the civil and old English law. The washing up of the sea; formation of soil or land from the sea; maritime increase. Hale, Anal.

Variation; changing; making different. See ALTER. An alteration is an act done upon the instrument by which its meaning or language is changed. If what is written upon or erased from the

A messenger; a servant sent about; one whose services his master hired out. Spelman.

Movable; revocable; subject to change. Ambulatoria voluntas (a changeable will) denotes the power which a testator possesses of altering his will during his life-time. Hattersley v. Bissett, 50 N. J. Eq. 577,

The words “arbitration” and “amicable lawsuit,” used in, an obligation or agreement between parties, are not convertible terms. The former carries with it the idea of settlement by disinterested third parties, and

In Spanish-American law. A document issued to a claimant of land as a protection to him, until a survey can be ordered, and the title of possession issued by an authorized commissioner.

In the civil law. Repeated or doubled interest; compound interest; usury. Cod. 4, 32, 1, 30.

L. Lat. Spelled also wsnccius, enitius, wncus, cncyus. The eldest-born ; the first-born: senior, as contrasted with the puis-ne, (younger.) Spelman.

By the mind, and by the body; by the intention and by the physical act. Dig. 50, 17, 153; Id. 41, 2 3, 1; Fleta, lib. 5, c. 5,

The intent with which.