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A naval force, under the command of an officer appointed by government, for the protection of merchant-ships and others, during the whole voyage, or such part of it as is known to

A merchant; a partner in merchandise.

Before the king himself. The old name of the court of king’s bench, which was originally held before the king in person. 3 Bl. Comm. 41

In old records. To give the tonsure, which was done on the crown, or in the form of a crown; to make a man a priest. Cowell

The right to exist and do business as a corporation, the right or privilege granted by the state or government to the persons forming an aggregate private corporation, and their successors, to

A body of law. A term used to signify a book comprehending several collections of law. There are two principal collections to which this name is given; the Corpus Juris Civilis, and

In old records. A yard adjoining a country farm.

In Spanish law. Custom ; an unwritten law established by usage, during a long space of time. Las Partidas, pt. 1, tit 2, 1. 4.

A factor who continues abroad for traffic, (37 Edw. III. c. 16;) also the general book wherein any corporation, etc., register their acts, (3 & 4 Edw. VI. c. 10.)

Adverse; antagonistic; opposing or contradicting; contrary. Silli- man v. Eddy, 8 How. Prac. (N. Y.) 122.

At common law, a release was a form of transfer of real estate where some right to it existed in one person but the actual possession was in another; and the possession

Interest and dividend certificates ; also those parts of a commercial instrument which are to be cut, and which are evidence of something connected with the contract mentioned in the instrument. They

A court erected by act of congress under the articles of confederation which preceded the adoption of the constitution. It had appellate jurisdiction in prize causes.

In American law. Though this term is frequently used as a general designation of any court exercising general, original jurisdiction in civil cases, (being used interchangeably with “trial-court,”) it belonged as a

Custom ; duty ; toll; tribute. 1 Bl. Comm. 314.

The phrase “covered into the treasury,” as used in acts of congress C and the practice of the United States treas- ury department, means that money has actually been paid into the

A foreign merchant, but generally taken for one who has a stall in a fair or market. Blount.

A female creditor.

Such crimes as are punishable by the force of the common law, as distinguished from crimes created by statute. Wilkins v. U. S., _ 96 Fed. 837, 37 C. C. A. 588;

An action or proceeding instituted in a proper court on behalf of the public for the purpose of securing the conviction and punishment of one accused of crime. Harger v. Thomas. 44