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A soldier’s quarters in a civilian’s house; or the ticket which authorizes him to occupy them. In French law. A bill or promissory note. Billet A ordre, a bill payable to order.

In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge whereof is the bishop’s chancellor, who judges by the civil canon law; and, if the diocese be

A person who gets his living by frequenting race-courses and places where games of chance are played, getting the best odds, and giving the least he can, but not necessarily cheating. That

In old English law. Grain; particularly corn.

See EQUALIZATION.

Heirs begotten or borne by the person referred to; lineal descendants. This term is equivalent to “heirs of the body.” Turner v. Hause, 101) 111. 404, 05 N. E. 445; Craig v.

Goods; property; possessions. In the Roman law, this term was used to designate all species of property, real, personal, and mixed, but was more strictly applied to real estate. In modern civil

In the Roman law. By mutual consent; voluntarily. A term applied to a species of divorce where the parties separated by mutual consent; or where the parties renounced their marital engagements without

A creditor whose debt is secured by a bond.

In Roman law. A species of equitable title to things, as distinguished from a title acquired according to the strict forms of the municipal law; the property of a Roman citizen in

The books in which merchants, traders, and business men generally keep their accounts. Parris v. Bellows. 52 Vt. 351; Com. v. Williams, 9 Mete. (Mass.* 273; Wilson v. Wilson, 6 N. J.

The demesnes which the lords keep in their hands for the maintenance of their board or table. Cowell. Also lands held in bordage. Lands which the lord gave to tenants on condition

In old Scotch law. A pledge.

The word “boulevard,” which originally indicated a bulwark or rampart, and was afterwards applied to a public walk or road on the site of a demolished fortification, is now employed in the

As much land as one ox can cultivate. Said by some to be thirteen, by others eighteen, acres in extent Skene; Spelman; Co. Litt 5a.

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Forcibly removing the fastenings of a house, so that a person may enter.

A named writ. A writ stating the circumstances or details of the cause of action, with the time, place, and demand, very particularly.

Choice or selected writs or processes. Often abbreviated to Brev. Sel.

A writ to the bishop which, in quare impedit, shall go to remove an incumbent, unless he recover or be presented pendente lite. 1 Keb. 386.