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In civil practice. The complaint to a superior court of an injustice done or error committed by an inferior one, whose judgment or decision the court above is called upon to correct

The appendages or appurtenances of an estate or house. Cowell.

The charging them with money received upon their account in the exchequer. St 22 & 23 Car. II.; Cowell.

The act of a judge or magistrate in sanctioning and accepting as satisfactory a bond, security, or other instrument which is required by law to pass bis inspection and receive his approbation

In the civil and old English law. Water; sometimes a stream or water-course.

In feudal law. To make oath in the church or some other holy place. All oaths were made in the church upon the relics of saints, according to the Ripuarian laws. Cowell;

A private, disinterested person, chosen by the parties to a disputed question, for the purpose of hearing their contention, and giving judgment between them; to whose decision (award) the litigants submit themselves

In English ecclesiastical law. A court of appeal belonging to the Archbishop of Canterbury, the judge of which is called the “Dean of the Arches,” because his court was anciently held in

In heraldry. Silver.

An argument drawn from an impossibility is forcible in law. Co. Litt. 92a.

A vessel is “armed” when she is fitted with a full armament for fighting purposes. She may be equipped for warlike purposes, without being “armed.” By “armed” it is ordinarily meant that

The whole body of jurors summoned to attend a court, as they are arrayed, or arranged on the panel. Dane, Abr. Index; 1 Chit. Crim. Law, 5.1

Charged; charging. The convening a person charged with a crime before a judge. Staundef. P. C. 45. It is used sometimes for imputed or laid unto; as no folly may be arretted

Words used in a technical sense; words scientifically fit to carry the sense assigned them.

In Scotch law. Where the creditor holds several distinct debts, a separate adjudication for each claim is thus called.

The removal of things from one place to another. Hie carrying away of goods; one of the circumstances requisite to constitute the offense of larceny. 4 Bl. Comm. 231. Wilson v. State,

In probate law. Property of n a decedent available for the payment of debts LI and legacies; the estate coming to the heir or personal representative which is chargeable, in law or

To absolve; acquit; to set free; to deliver from excommunication. St. 1 Hen. IV. c. 7; CoweU.

Hatred or ill-will. See DE ODIO ET ATIA.

In Scotch practice. A person who attests the sufficiency of a cautioner, and agrees to become subsidiarie liable for the debt. Bell.