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In Scotch law. A writ issued in the name of the sovereign in the election of tutors to minors, the cognoscing of lunatics or of idiots, and the ascertaining the widow’s terce;

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

A lease of land for a long term of years, usually 99, at a rent called a “ground rent,” the lessee covenanting to erect certain edifices thereon accordiug to specification, and to

One who breaks into houses or inclosed places, as distinguished from one who committed robbery in the open country. Spelman.

In Scotch law. Laws made by neighbors elected by common consent in the burlaw courts. Skene.

A measure of liquid capacity, equal to one hundred and eight gallons; also a measure of land.

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

An abbreviation for “before Christ.” “bail court,” “bankruptcy cases,” and “British Columbia.”

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In English law and practice. An auxiliary court of the court of queen’s bench at Westminster, wherein points connected more particularly with pleading and practice are ar- pued and determined. Holthouse.

In Scotch law. A known term, used to denote one’s whole issue. Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 48. But it is sometimes used in a more limited sense. Bell.

In medical jurisprudence. A test for pregnancy by palpation with the finger inserted in the vagina to the mouth of the uterus. The tip of the finger being quickly jerked upward, the

1. A bench or seat; the bench or tribunal occupied by the judges; the seat of judgment; a court. The full bench, or full court; the assembly of all the judges of

In old English law. A proclamation. Bannus regis; the king’s proclamation, made by the voice of a herald, forbidding all present at the trial by combat to interfere either by motion or

In linear measure. The third of an inch.

In criminal law. The act or offense of a barretor, (q. v.;) usually called “common barretry.” The offense of frequently exciting and stirring up suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise.

In old English law. A kind of money or coin abolished by Henry II.

A house of prostitution ; a brothel. A house or dwelling maintained for the convenience and resort of persons desiring unlawful sexual connection. Davis v. State, 2 Tex. App. 427; State v.

In English law. Hares, coneys, and roes. Co. Litt. 233 ; 2 Bl. Comm. 39.

Manner of behaving, whether good or bad; conduct; manners; carriage of one’s self, with respect to propriety and morals; deportment. Webster. State v. Roll, 1 Ohio Dec. 2S4. Surety to be of