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In the action of account render, after judgment of quod computet, if the defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may issue

The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and guardian of the realm in the king’s absence. This ofiice originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was greatly diminished by Magna

A register of mortgages made to the Jews. 2 1?1. Comm. 343; Crabb, Eng. Law, 130, et seq.

In Saxon law. The estimation or value of the head, that is, the price or value of a man’s life.

A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe-keeping, and not of punishment. Co. Litt. 620.

Life and annuity tables, compiled at Carlisle, England, about 1780. Used by actuaries, eta

A verdict is said to carry costs when the party for whom the verdict is given becomes entitled to the payment of his costs as incident to such verdict.

One who held lands in car cage, or plow-tenure. Cowell.

The cash value of an article or piece of property is the price which it would bring at private sale (as distinguished from a forced or auction sale) the terms of sale

In Saxon and old English law. Castle work. Service and labor done by inferior tenants for the building and upholding castles and public places of defense. One of the three necessary charges,

Inevitable accident; an event not to lie foreseen or guarded against. A loss from such an event or cause; as by fire, shipwreck, lightning, etc. Story, Bailm.

A name formerly given to a sheriff’s deputy, or to a constable, or other officer whose duty it is to arrest persons. He was a sort of Serjeant The word Is not

A meeting of the legal voters of any political party assembled for the purpose of choosing delegates or for the nomination of candidates for office. Pub. St. N. II. 1901, p. 140,

Books kept In the central office of the English supreme court, in which are entered all writs of summons issued in the oflice. Rules of Court, v 8

In French law. The same as becoming surety in English law.

In medical jurisprudence. Concealment of pregnancy or delivery

A redeemable annuity; otherwise called “censo redimible.” Trevino v. Fernandez, 13 Tex. 630.

This word is used to express the system of government prevailing in a country where the management of local matters is in the hauds of functionaries appointed by the ministers of state,

The certificate of a notary public, justice of the peace, or other authorized officer, attached to a deed, mortgage, or other instrument, setting forth that the parties thereto personally appeared before him

In Spanish law. An assignee. White, New Recop. b. 3, tit. 10, c. 1,