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The opinion of a court of law on a special case.

The contents of a promissory note or other commercial instrument or chose in action means the specific sum named therein and payable by the terms of the Instrument. Trading Co. v. Morrison,

Possible, but not assured ; doubtful or uncertain, conditioned upon the occurrence of some future event which is itself uncertain, or questionable. Verdier v. Roach, 96 Cal. 467, 31 Pac. 554. This

Against all people. Formal words in old covenants of warranty. Fleta, lib. 3, c. 14,

This term is strictly applicable to any person who enters into a contract, (Kent v. Railroad Co., 12 N. Y. 628,) but is commonly reserved to designate one who, for a fixed

In the civil and old English law. Touching; handling; meddling. The act of removing a thing from its place in such a manner that, if the thing be not restored, it will

One accused of a crime who refuses to appear and answer to the charge. An outlaw.

The name of a writ for the breach of any covenant in writing, whether real or personal. Reg. Orig. 115; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 145.

In ecclesiastical law. The general assembly of the clergy to consult upon ecclesiastical matters.

A chapman, (q. v.)

Before our lord the king. Coram domino rege ubicumque tunc fu- crit Anglix, before our lord the king wherever he shall then be in England

The crown. Placita corona; pleas of the crown; criminal actions or proceedings, in which the crown was the prosecutor.

This term, or its equivalent “body corporate,” is applied to private corporations aggregate; not including municipal corporations. Cedar County v. Johnson, 50 Mo. 225; East Oakland Tp. v. Skinner, 94 U. S.

In old records. Body for body. A phrase expressing the liability of manucaptors. 3 How. State Tr. 110. CORPUS CHRISTI DAY. In English law. A feast instituted in 1204, in honor of

A court or yard before a house. Blount

When an order is made by an appellate court reversing a judgment, with “costs to abide the event,” the costs intended by the order include those of the appeal, so that, if

Lying down; squatting. Couch ant and levant (lying down and rising up) is a term applied to animals trespassing on the land of one other than their owner, for one night or

The name of two prisons formerly standing in London, but now demolished. They were the Poultry Counter and Wood Street Counter.

To counterbalance; to avail against with equal force or virtue; to compensate for, or serve as an equivalent of or substitute for.

An order or warrant drawn by some duly authorized officer of the county, directed to the county treasurer and directing him to pay out of the funds of the county a designated