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In New York law and practice. A power which has for its object the donee of the power, and which is to be executed solely for his benefit; as distinguished from a

Under this and several similar names, in various states, corporations exist to receive periodical payments from members, and hold them as a fund to be loaned or given to members needing pecuniary

The ancient name of the court now called “bar- mote,” (q. v.)

Beyond the limits of the kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; outside the United States; out of the state. Beyond sea, beyond the four seas, beyond the seas, and out of the

A term used in Louisiana, derived from the French. A book in which bankers, merchants, and traders write a statement of all they owe and all that is due them; a balance-sheet.

In English law. An act of parliament, passed every session until 1S09, but discontinued in and after that year, as having been rendered unnecessary by the passing of the promissory oaths act,

(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