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The success of a defendant depends on a perfect case; his loss arises from some defect 11 Coke, USa.

In English law. Certain days in the year (sometimes called “due days”) on which tenants in copyhold were obliged to perform corporal services for the lord. Whishaw.

In Saxon law. A pledge, pledge giver, or surety. The name given among the Saxons to the head of each family composing a tithing or decennary, each being the pledge for the

In old English law. A booth, stall, or tent to stand in, in fairs or markets. Cowell.

In the French law. An aggregation, sanctioned by government, of merchants, captains of vessels, exchange agents, and courtiers, the two latter being nominated by the government, in each city which has a

Malt

The name given to the ancient system of law of Ireland as it existed at the time of its conquest by Henry II.; and derived from the title of the judges, who

In military law. A commission by which an officer is promoted to the next higher rank, but without conferring a right to a corresponding increase of pay. In French law. A privilege

In criminal law. The receiving or offering any undue reward by or to any person whomsoever, whose ordinary profession or business relates to the administration of public justice, in order to influence

In French maritime law. Literally, breaking; wreck. Distinguished from naufrage, (q. v.)

An empty noise; an empty threat

Gold and silver intended to be coined. The term is usually applied to a quantity of these metals ready for the mint, but as yet lying in bars, plates, lumps, or other

In Saxon law. A court of justice held semi-annually by the bishop or lord in a burg, which the thanes were bound to attend without summons.

In Saxon and old English law. Seamen or marines. Spelman.

The purchase of the rights or claims to real estate of a person who is not in possession of the land or is disseised. Void, and an offense, at common law. Whitaker

In practice. Persons who undertake that a defendant arrested upon mesne process in a civil action shall duly appear to answer the plaintiff; such undertaking being in the fonn of a bond

A contract of letting houses.

The holder of the first or lowest degree conferred by a college or university, e. g., a bachelor of arts, bachelor of law, etc. A kind of inferior knight; an esquire. A

A mark or cognizance worn to show the relation of the wearer to any person or thing; the token of anything; a distinctive mark of office or service.

In LJnglish law. Officers appointed over hundreds, by the sheriffs, to collect fines therein, and summon juries; to attend the judges and justices at the assises and quarter sessions; and also to