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A metaphorical expression, signifying the conscience, discretion, or recollection of the judge. During the term of a court, the record is said to remain “in the breast of the judges of the

A written memorandum introduced to perpetuate the tenor of the conveyance and investiture of lands. 2 Bl. Comm. 307. In Scotch law. A similar memorandum made out at the time of the

Another name for the Brevarium Alaricianum, (q. v.) Anian was the referendery or chancellor of Alaric, and was commanded by the latter to authenticate, by his signature, the copies of the breviary

In ecclesiastical law. The pope’s letter upon matters of discipline.

Bruised, or Injured with blows, wounds, or other casualty. Cowell.

See LINE.

(Lat. onus probandi.) In the law of evidence. The necessity or duty of affirmatively proving a fact or facts in dispute on an issue raised between the parties in a cause. Willett

Yearly payments to the crown of Scotland, introduced by Malcolm III., and resembling the English fee-farm rents.

A burroch, dam, or small wear over a river, where traps are laid for the taking of fish. Cowell.

The bounding lines of land at the end; abuttals, which see.

Incidentally; without new process. A term used in former English practice to denote the method of filing a declaration against a defendant who was already in the custody of the court at

back, or plainly suggests the answer which the party wishes to get from him. People v. Slather, 4 Wend. (N. Y.) 229, 247, 21 Am. Dec. 122.

Conservator of the peace. See