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The method provided by statute of proceeding” against the putative father to secure a proper maintenance for the bastard.

A light-house, or sea-mark, formerly used to alarm the country, in case of the approach of an enemy, but now used for the guidance of ships at sea, by night, as well

In old French law. The seat or throne upon which the king sat when personally present in parliament; hence it signified the parliament itself.

Things acquired in war belong or go to the state. 1 Kent, Comm. 101; 5 C. Rob. Adm. 173, 181; The Joseph, 1 Gall. 558, Fed. Cas. No. 7,533. The right to

In English law. An ancient writ, which was addressed by the king to the lord chancellor, to bestow the benefice that should first fall in the royal gift, above or under a

Philanthropic; humane; having a desire or purpose to do good to men; intended for the conferring of benefits, rather than for gain or profit. This word is certainly more indefinite, and of

A villa or Stat of habitation of a nobleman; a dwelling or mansion house; a sanctuary.

One is said to “bid off” a thing when he bids for it at an auction sale, and it is knocked down to him in immediate succession to the bid and as

A term, used originally in the civil law, but now generally adopted, denoting a contract in which both the contracting parties are bound to fill fill obligations reciprocally towards each other; as

A written obligation by which a debtor acknowledges himself indebted in a certain sum, and binds himself for the payment thereof, in a larger sum, called a “penalty.”

A soldier’s quarters in a civilian’s house; or the ticket which authorizes him to occupy them. In French law. A bill or promissory note. Billet A ordre, a bill payable to order.

In English law. An ecclesiastical court, held in the cathedral of each diocese, the judge whereof is the bishop’s chancellor, who judges by the civil canon law; and, if the diocese be

A person who gets his living by frequenting race-courses and places where games of chance are played, getting the best odds, and giving the least he can, but not necessarily cheating. That

See PRECIPITIN TEST.

Sax. A scribe, notary, or chancellor among the Saxons.

Regulations passed for the presidency of Bombay, and the territories subordinate thereto. They were passed by the governors in council of Bombay until the year 1S34, when the power of local legislation

A possessor in good faith. One who believes that no other person has a better right to the possession than himself. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In Roman law. A species of equitable title to things, as distinguished from a title acquired according to the strict forms of the municipal law; the property of a Roman citizen in

An inclosure formed upon the surface of a stream or other body of water, by means of piers and a chain of spars, for the purpose of collecting or storing logs or

A tenure of bord- lands.