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(A true bill.) In old practice. The indorsement anciently made on a bill of indictment by a grand jury, when they found it sufficiently sustaiued by evidence. 4 Bl. Comm. 306.

In English law. An ecclesiastical dignitary, being the chief of the clergy within his diocese, subject to the archbishop of the province in which his diocese is situated. Most of the bishops

In England, the title of a chief officer of the king, deriving his name from the Black Rod of office, on the top of which reposes a gofden lion, which he carries.

Kindred; consanguinity; family relationship; relation by descent from a common ancestor. One person is “of the blood” of another when they are related by lineal descent or collateral kinship. Miller v. Speer,

In Saxon law. A book or writing; a deed or charter. Boc land, deed or char ter land. Land boc, a writing for conveying land; a deed or charter; a land-book.

The desertion by one or more persons from the political party to which he or they belong; the permanent withdrawal before adjournment of a portion of the delegates to a political convention.

In civil and Scotch law. Those contracts in which equity may interpose to correct inequalities, and to adjust all matters according to the plain intention of the parties. 1 Kames, Eq. 200.

A writ addressed to the sheriff, when a writ of error has been brought commanding that the person against whom judgment has been obtained be not suffered to remove his goods till

In English law. Land, also called “charter-land,” which was held by deed under certain rents and free services, and differed in nothing from free socage land. 2 Bl. Comm. 90.

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

Wood-houses, or ox-houses.

In the English law of mines, the trespass committed by a person who excavates minerals under-ground beyond the boundary of his laud is called “working out of bounds.”

An offshoot, lateral extension, or subdivision. A branch of a family stock is a group of persons, related among themselves by descent from a common ancestor, and related to the main stock

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

A coat of mail or ancient armour, consisting of numerous jointed scale-like plates, very pliant and easy for the body, mentioned in 4 & 5 P. & M. c. 2.

In old English law. A heath ground; ground where heath grows. Spelman.

In ecclesiastical law. An instrument granted by the pope of Rome, and sealed with a seal of lead, containiug some decree, commandment, or other public act, emanating from the pontiff. Bull, in

In English law. An inhabitant or freeman of a borough or town; a person duly and legally admitted a member of a municipal corporation. Spelman; 3 Steph. Comm. 188. 1S9. A magistrate