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In feudal law. Such services as were unworthy to be performed by the nobler men, and were performed by the peasants and those of servile rank. 2 Bl. Comm. 61.

Trial by combat; wager of battel.

An animal; a domestic animal; a quadruped, such as may be used for food or in labor or for sport.

To solicit alms or charitable aid. The act of a cripple in passing along the sidewalk and silently holding out his hand and receiving money from passers-by is “begging for alms,” within

In ecclesiastical law. In its technical sense, this term includes ecclesiastical preferments to which rank or public office is attached, otherwise described as ecclesiastical dignities or offices, such as bishoprics, deaneries, and

The original name for what is now more commonly called a “building society,” (g. v.)

To give personal property by will to another. Lasher v. Lasher, 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 106. This word is the proper term for a testamentary gift of personal property only, the word

Bestiality is the carnal knowledge and connection against the order a of nature by man or woman in any manner Is with a beast Code Ga. 1882,

Those things which, as to property, pertain to the people or nation, and, as to their use, to the individuals of the territory or district, such as rivers, shores, ports, and public

exceptions. A formal statement in writing of the objections or exceptions taken by a party during the trial of a cause to the decisions, rulings, or instructions of the trial judge, stating

When an importer of goods is ignorant of their exact quantity or quality, so that he cannot make a perfect entry of them, he may give to the customs officer a written

Consisting of, or divisible into, two parts. A term in conveyancing descriptive of an instrument in two parts, and executed by both parties.

The head-dress worn by the judge in pronouncing the sentence of death. It is part of the judicial full dress, and is worn by the judges on occasions of especial state. Wharton

An incendiary.

A board or commission created by the sovereign authority or by municipalities, invested with certain powers and charged with certain duties in relation to the preservation and improvement of the public health.

A county at large, as distinguished from any particular place within it. A county considered as a territorial whole. State v. Arthur, 30 Iowa, 632; People v. Dunn, 31 App. Div. 139,

Good abearance or behavior.

In old English law. Good men, (of the jury.)

A detailed statement, kept in writing in a book, in the nature of debits and credits between persons, arising out of contract or some fiduciary relation; an account or record of debit

In old English law. A species of base tenure, by which certain lands (termed “bord lands,”) were anciently held in England, the tenants being termed “bordarii;” the service was that of keeping