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To free an estate from the limitations imposed by an entailand permit its free disposition, anciently by means of a fine or common recovery, butnow by deed in which the tenant and

(2D ED.)

In English practice. Where it became necessary to revive a REVOCABLE 1036

The right to possession which may reside in one man, while another has the actual possession, being the right to enter and turu out such ac- tual occupant; e. g

See PETITION.

In old Engl ish law. A writ which lay where a great- grandfather died seised of lands and tenements in fee-simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated, or

Common property ; those things which, not being the private property of any person, are open to the use of all, such as the air, rain, water, the sea and its beaciies.

An old form of process similar to a capias, issued out of the court of king’s bench in personal actions, directed to the sheriff of the county of Middlesex, (hence the name,)

In French maritime law. Any written instrument which contains a contract of bottomry, respondentia, or any other kind of maritime loan. There is no corresponding English term. Hall, Marit. Loans, 182. n.

To place one under a legal obligation to serve another; as to bind out an apprentice.

A book of the highest authority in admiralty matters, generally supposed to have been compiled during the reign of Edward III. with additions of a later date. It contains the laws of

An acceptance of a bill of exchange written on the paper before the bill is made, and delivered by the acceptor.

The governing body of a private corporation, generally selected from among the stockholders and constituting in effect a committee of their number or board of trustees for their interests.

A person. Used of a natural body, or of an artificial one created by law, as a Corporation. Also the main part of any instrument; in deeds it is spoken of as

In the civil law. The separate property of a married woman other than that which is included in her dowry; more particularly, her clothing, jewels, and ornaments. Whi- ton v. Snyder, 88

Slavery; involuntary personal servitude; captivity. In old English law, villenage, villein tenure. 2 Bl. Comm. 92.

A good judge decides according to what is just and good, and prefers equity to strict law. Co. Litt 34.

Property captured from the enemy in war, on land, as distinguished from “prize,” which is a capture of such property on the sea. U. S. v. Bales of Cotton, 28 Fed. Cas.

In old Scotch law. A pledge or surety given by the seller of goods to the buyer, to make the goods forthcoming as his own proper goods, and to warrant the same

In maritime law. A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship borrows money for the use, equipment or repair of the vessel, and for a