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In practice. A commission issued out of the court in which an action is pending, to direct the taking of the depositions of witnesses who are beyond the territorial jurisdiction of the

In Scotch law. A gratuitous loan for use. Ersk. Inst. 3, 1, 20. Closely formed from the Lat. comnwdatum, (q. v.)

One who by practice and habit is a thief; of. in some states, one who has been convicted of three distinct larcenies at the same term of court. World v. State, 50

Staying or abiding; dwelling temporarily in a place

In the civil law. A term signifying a community (q. v.) of goods.

An English statute, (8 Vict c. 16,) passed in 1845, which consolidated the clauses of previous laws still remaining in force on the subject of public companies. It is considered as incorporated

An adversary or accuser. Compendia rant dispendia. Co. Lltt. 305. Abbreviations are detriments.

A literary production, composed of the works of others and arranged in a methodical manner

In Louisiana. The maker of a composition, generally called the “amicable compounder.”

That which takes place where the consent of one of the parties is enforced by statutory provisions. Wood v. Seattle, 23 Wash. 1, 62 Pac. 135, 52 L. R. A. 369.

In medical jurisprudence, the beginning of pregnancy, (g. v.)

To finish; determine; to estop; to prevent.

In Roman law. An informal, unsanctioned, or “natural” marriage, as contradistinguished from the justw nuptial, or jus turn matrimonium, the civil marriage.

An action arising where the law gave a remedy, but provided no appropriate form of action. Calvin

In the civil law. A person who engages to perform a piece of work for another, at a stated price.

Confinement may be by either a moral or a physical restraint, by threats of violence with a present force, or by physical restraint of the person. U. S. v. Thompson, 1 Sumn.

In this conflict certain rules are applicable, viz.: (1) Special take precedence of general presumptions; (2) constant of casual ones; (3) presume in favor of innocence; (4) of legality; (5) of validity;

Lawful; permissible; allowable. “Disseisin is properly where a man entereth into any lands or tenements where his entry is not congcable. and 1/ putteth out him that hath the freehold.” Litt.

In old English law. A swearing together; an oath administered to several together; a combination or confederacy under oath. Cowell. In old European law. A compact of the inhabitants of a commune,

In civil and feudal law. A half-brother by the father’s side, as distinguished from frater uterinus, a brother by the mother’s side. Consanguineus est quasi eodem sanguine natus. Co. Litt. 157. A