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A fortress in a town; the principal mansion of a nobleman. 3 Inst. 31.

In practice. The nominal defendant in an action of ejectment; so called because, by a fiction of law peculiar to that action, he is supposed to come casually or by accident upon

An old name for an archdeaco

In the civil law. An innkeeper. Dig. 4. 9, 4, 5.

The reason of the knowledge is evident A technical phrase in Scotch practice, used in depositions of witnesses

In Scotch law. Security given by oath. That which a suspender swears is the best he can afford in order to obtain a suspension. Ersk. Pract. 4, 3, G.

In Scotch law. An assignor. One who transfers a chose in action.

In the Roman law. To ordain ; to decree. Dig. 50, 16, 111.

In Roman law. The hundredth part.

In pleading. Distinctness ; clearness of statement; particularity. Such precision and explicitness iu the statement of alleged facts that the pleader’s averments and contention may be readily understood by the pleader on

A mound, fence, or inclosure.

An assessment, or tax.

1. To object or except to; to prefer objections to a person, right, or instrument; to formally call Into question the capability of a person for a particular function, or the existence

In French law. The grant of a piece of land by the owner to another, on condition that the latter would deliver to him a portion of the crops. 18 Toul- lier,

An officer formerly belonging to the king’s mint, in England, whose business was chiefly to exchange coin for bullion brought in by merchants and others

The title of a diplomatic representative of inferior rank. He has not the title or dignity of a minister, though he may be charged with the functions and offices of the latter,

(Literally, a deed divided.) A charter-party. 3 Kent, Comm. 201. Charta non est nisi vestimentum do- nationis. A deed is nothing else than the vestment of a gift. Co. Litt. 36.

In old English law. A plow. Bestes des charues; beasts of the plow.

A book containing blank checks on a particular bank or banker, with an inner margin, called a “stub,” on which to note the number of each check, its amount and date, and

The judge of the London bankruptcy court is so called. In general, the term is equivalent to “presiding justice” or “presiding magistrate.” Beau v. l