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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

Lat A purse.

A phrase used in conveyancing, to describe the end lines or circumscribing lines of a certain piece of land. The phrase “metes and bounds” has the same meaning.

That given by a defendant who intends to bring a writ of error on the judgment and desires a stay of execution in the mean time.

Bancus Superior, that is, upper bench.

A rod, staff, or wand, used in old English practice in making livery of seisin where no building stood on the land, (Bract. 40;) a stick or wand, by the erection of

In a general sense, a person to whom some authority, care, guardianship, or jurisdiction is delivered, committed, or intrusted; one who is deputed or appointed to take charge of another’s affairs; an

The standard-bearer of the Knights Templar.

In Canadian law. The right by virtue of which a lord subjects his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, etc. Used also of the region within which this

A person who has committed an act of bankruptcy; one who has done some act or suffered some act to be done in consequence of which, under the laws of his country,

1. A partition or railing running across a court-room, intended to separate the general public from the space occupied by the judges, counsel, jury, and others concerned in the trial of a

A lord or nobleman; the most general title of nobility in England. 1 Bl. Comm. 398, 399. A particular degree or title of nobility, next to a viscount. A judge of the

In old English law. The demesne land of a manor; a farm distinct from the mansion.

A bastard is nobody’s son, or the son of the people.

This term, in its ordinary signification, when applied to a place on tide waters, means the space between ordinary aigh and low water mark, or the space over which the tide usually

1. The hollow or channel of a water-course ; the depression between the banks worn by the regular and usual flow of the water. “The led is that soil so usually covered

In international law. A term used to designate either of two nations which are actually in a state of war with each other, as well as their allies actively cooperating; as distinguished

One for whose benefit a trust is created; a cestui que trust. 1 Story, Eq. Jur.