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The statutory lien of a material-man or contractor for the erection of a building. Lumber Co. v. Holt, GO Neb. SO, 82 N. W. 112, S3 Am. St. Rep. 512; June v.

In old English law. A term applied to a contribution towards the repair of castles or walls of defense, or of a borough.

To consume with fire. The verb “to burn,” in an indictment for arson, is to be taken in its common meaning of “to consume with fire.” Hester v. State, 17 Ga. 130.

The bounding lines of land at the end; abuttals, which see.

Charity, as used in the Massachusetts Sunday law, includes whatever proceeds from a sense of moral duty or a feeling of kindness and humanity, and is intended wholly for the purpose of

A contract of letting lands.

An abbreviation for “Baron of the Court of Exchequer.”

In English law. A term formerly used in conveyances and also In pleading; it imports a yard at the back part of or behind a house, and belonging thereto.

A contract by which one of the parties gives to the other cattle to keep, feed, and care for, the borrower receiving half the profit of increase, and bearing half the loss.

In Scotch law. Children’s part; a third part of the defunct’s free movables, debts deducted, If the wife survive, and a half if there be no relict.

In the Roman law. Those who stole the clothes of bathers in the public baths. 4 Bl. Comm. 230.

A sum of money placed with a bank or banker, on deposit, by a customer, and subject to be drawn out on the lat- ter’s check. The statement or computation of the

A bench; the table or counter of a trader, merchant, or banker. Banque route; a broken bench or counter; bankrupt

Courts held in certain mining districts belonging to the Duchy of Lancaster, for regulation of the mines, and for deciding questions of title and other matters relating thereto. 3 Steph. Comm. 347,

In mining law and the usage of miners, is a wall of coal left between two mines.

In admiralty law and marine insurance. A part of the sea inclosed in rocks. U. S. v. Morel, 13 Am. Jur. 286, 26 Fed. Cas. 1,310.

A pond-head made of a great height to keep in water for the supply of a mill, etc., so that the wheel of the mill may be turned by the water rushing

In Suffolk, England, imports land and common for one beast. Bennington v. Goodtitle, 2 Strange, 1084; Rosa Real Act 485.

In Spanish law. Lands situated in places where the inhabitants had the right to select their own lords.

The enjoyment which a man has of an estate in his own right and for his own benefit, and not as trustee for another. 11 H. L. Cas. 271.