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An organized and systematic collection of rules of jurisprudence; as, particularly, the body of the civil law, or corpus juris civilis.

Good memory. Generally used in the phrase sance mentis et bonce memories, of sound mind and good memory, as descriptive of the mental capacity of a testator.

It is the part of a good judge to enlarge (or use liberally) his remedial authority or Jurisdiction. Ch. Prec. 329; 1 Wils. 284.

A term applied to the records of a surrogate’s court. 8 East 187.

In old English law. Tenants of a less servile condition than the villani. who had a bord or cottage, with a small parcel of land, allowed to them, on condition they should

Borough- holders, bors-holders, or burs-holders.

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

A conspiracy formed and intended directly or indirectly to prevent the carrying on of any lawful business, or to Injure the business of any one by wrongfully preventing those who would be

Any act done by a trustee contrary to the terms of his trust, or in excess of his authority and to the detriment of the trust; or the wrongful omission by a

A writ of right, or license for a person ejected out of an estate, to sue for the possession of it.

Judicial writs. Auxiliary writs issued from the court during the progress of an action, or in aid of the judgment.

In general. A written document; a letter; a writing in the form of a letter. A summary, abstract, or epitome. A condensed statement of some larger document, or of a series of

An agent employed to make bargains and contracts between other persons, in matters of trade, commerce, or navigation, for a compensation commonly called “brokerage.” Story, Ag.

An organization created for the purpose of accumulating a fund by the monthly subscriptions and savings of its members to assist them in building or purchasing for themselves dwellings or real estate

A tenure by which lands in royal boroughs in Scotland were held of the sovereign. The service was watching and warding, and was done by the burgesses within the territory of the

Murder committed with the object of selling the cadaver for purposes of dissection, particularly and originally, by suffocating or strangling the victim. So named from William Burke, a notorious practitioner of this

In English law. A law for the heir to punish waste in the life of the ancestor. “Though it be on record iu the parliament book of Edward I., yet it never

The statute law of New Jersey recognizes three different kinds of roads: A public road, a private road, and a byroad. A by-road is a road used by the inhabitants, and recognized

A legislative act, directed against a designated person, pronouncing him guilty of an alleged crime, (usually treason,) without trial or conviction according to the recognized rules of procedure, and passing sentence of

In Scotch law. A deed attaching a qualification or condition to the terms of a conveyance or other instrument. This deed is used when particular circumstances render it necessary to express in