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The statement in a pleading or affidavit that one is “credibly informed and verily believes” such and such facts, means that, having no direct personal knowledge of the matter in question, he

In the civil law. A certain number of days allowed an heir to deliberate whether he would take the inheritance or not Calvin.

In criminal law. The crime of lese-majesty, or injuring majesty or royalty; high treason. The term was used by the older English law- writers to denote any crime affecting the king’s person

Pilgrims; so called as wearing the sign of the cross on their upper garments. Britt. c. 122. The knights of the order of St John of Jerusalem, created for the defense of

The criminal department of the court of king’s bench; the civil department or branch being called the “plea side.” 4 Bl. Comm. 205

(To whom in life.) A writ of entry for a widow against him to whom her husband aliened her lands or tenements in his life-time; which must contain in it that during

(Fr. the bottom of a sack.) A blind alley; a street which is open at one end only. Bartlett v. Bangor, 07 Me. 407; Perrin v. Railroad Co., 40 Barb. (Ji. Y.)

Lat With copulation, i. e., sexual intercourse. Used in speaking of the validity of a marriage contracted “per verba de futuro cum copula,” that is, with words referring to the future (a

Equity never counteracts the laws.

An abbreviation for cum testa- mento annexo, in describing a species of administration.

Relating to or of the nature of escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation, 2 Bl. Comm. 245.

In English practice. A list kept by the sheriffs containing the names of all the prisoners in their custody, with the several judgments against each in the margin. Staundef. P. C. 182

In Spanish law. Exchange. Schm. Civil Law, 148.

In old English law. The fighting of two champions or combatants in the field; the judicial combat or duellum. 3 Inst. 221.

That duty which a clergyman owes to the bishop who ordained him, to the bishop in whose diocese he is beneficed, and also to the metropolitan of such bishop. Wharton.

A judicial writ, (usually simply termed a “capias,”) by which actions at law were frequently commenced; and which commands the sheriff to take the defendant, and him safely keep, so that he

Chief justice for holding pleas before the king. The title of the chief justice of the king’s bench, first assumed in the latter part of the reign of Henry III. 2 Reeve,

Articles of inquiry which were anciently delivered to the justices in eyre when they set out on their circuits. These schedules were designed to include all possible varieties of crime. 2 Reeve,

The first day of the year.

A prison should be used for keeping persons, not for puuish- ing them. Co. Litt. 200a.