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A chief pledge; a head borough. Townsh. PI. 35.

In military law. The surrender of a fort or fortified town to a besieging army; the treaty or agreement between the commanding officers which embodies the terms and conditions on which the

The head or upper part of a place.

In criminal law. Small papers or pasteboards of an oblong or rectangular shape, on which are printed figures or points, used in playing certain games. See Estes v. State, 2 Humph. (Tenn.)

In pleading. A technical phrase essential in an indictment to charge the defendant with the crime of rape.

Wood or timber which a tenant is allowed by law to take from an estate, for the purpose of repairing instruments, (Including necessary vehicles,) of husbandry. 2 Bl. Comm. 35.

In old English law. A house with land sufficient for the support of one family. Otherwise called “hida,” a hide of land, and by Bede, “familia.” Spelman.

To quash; to render void; to break.

Where the votes of a deliberative assembly or legislative body are equally divided on any question or motion, it is the privilege of the presiding officer to cast one vote (if otherwise

An inevitable accident, a chance occurrence, or fortuitous event A loss happening in spite of all human effort and sagacity. 3 Kent. Comm. 217. 300; Whart. Neg.

In English ecclesiastical law. All deaneries, archdeaconries, and eanonries, and generally all dignities and offices in any cathedral or collegiate church, below the rank of a bishop.

In the civil law. Consideration given and not followed, that is, by the event upon which it was given. The name of an action by which a thing given in the view

Celebrated cases. A work containing reports of the decisions of interest and importance in French courts in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Secondarily a single trial or decision is CAUSIDICUS 179 CAVEAT

Let the buyer take care. This maxim summarizes the rule that the purchaser of an article must examine, judge, and test It for himself, being bound to discover any obvious defects or

The condition or state of life of an unmarried person

In old European law. A species of oblati or voluntary slaves of churches or monasteries; those who, to procure the protection of the church, bound themselves to pay an annual tax or

In Anglo Saxon law. The freemen were divided into two classes,

A form of obligation sometimes issued by public or private corporations having practically the same force and effect as a bond, though not usually secured on any specific prop- CERTIFICATE 184 CESS

Neglect; a ceasing from, or omission to do, a thing. 3 Bl. Comm. 232. The determination of an estate. 1 Coke, 84; 4 Kent, Comm. 33, 90, 105, 295. The “cesser” of

A horse for the chase, or a hound, dog, or courser