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In old English law. Certain poor Irish scholars, clothed in mean habit, and living under no rule; also beggars banished from England. (1 Hen. V. cc. 7, 8.) Wharton.

In English ecclesiastical law. One of the quatuor persona, or four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation. The duties assigned to the office by the statutes of the different

A summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, justices of assise, or of the peace, in their sessions. Also articles delivered by the justice in his

One administering a public or private charity; an eleemosynary institution. See People v. Fitch, 10 Misc. Rep. 464, 39 N. Y. Supp. 920; Balch v. Shaw. 174 Mass. 144, 54 N. 10.

Ancient English records of royal charters, granted between the years 1199 and 1516

An instrument of sale of personalty conveying the title of the property to the mortgagee with terms of defeasance; and, if the terms of redemption are not complied with, then, at common

A sum of money paid by villeins to their lords in acknowledgment of their bondage. Chevagc seems also to have been used for a sum of money yearly given to a man

In English law. Were the annual payments of freeholders of manors; and were also called “quit-rents,” because by paying them the tenant was freed from all other rents or services. 2 Bl.

In English law. The title of the officer of the common pleas who engrossed lines in that court so as to be acknowledged into a perpetual record. Cowell.

Statutes passed in England in and since the year 1S18, with the object of extending the accommodation afforded by the national church, so as to make it more commensurate with the wants

In Scotch law. A closing of the period for lodging papers, or doing any other act required in a cause. Paters. Comp.

The status of being a citizen, (q. v.)

In admiralty practice. The name given to a person who lays claim to property seized on a libel in rem. and who is authorized and admitted to defend the^ action. The Conqueror.

A clause; a sentence or part of a sentence in a written instrument or law. Clausula generalis de residuo non ea complectitur qua; non ejusdem sint generis cum iis quae speciatim dicta

One which is not subject to any incumbrance. Roberts v. Bassett, 105 Mass. 409.

A writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who was taken aud incarcerated upon the breach of a statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 147.

There are four of these officers, who attend the ford privy seal, or. in the absence of the lord privy seal, the principal secretary of state. Their duty is to write and

Bolls containing the record of the close writs (Uteris clausw) and grants of the king, kept with the public records. 2 Bl. Comm. 346

Tide waters navigable from the ocean by sea-going craft, the term embracing all waters opening directly or indirectly into the ocean and navigable by ships coming in from the ocean of draft

A code or collection of laws; particularly the Code of Justinian. Also a roll or volume, and a book written on paper or parchment.