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That which produces an effect; whatever moves, impels, or leads. The origin or foundation of a tiling, as of a suit or action; a ground of action. Corning v. Mc- Cullough, 1

In Scotch law. A surety ; a bondsman. One who binds himself in a bond with the principal for greater security. He is still a cautioner whether the bond be to pay

In French law. The technical name of an act under private signature. Campbell v. Nicholson, 3 La. Ann. 458.

In Spanish and Mexican law. An annuity. A ground rent. The right which a person acquires to receive a certain annual peusion, for the delivery which he makes to another of a

The central office of the supreme court of judicature in England Is the office established in pursuance of the recommendation of the legal depart CENTRALIZATION 182 CERTA DEBET ESSE INTENTIO ments commission

In English practice. This is a document containing the opinion of the common-law judges on a question of law submitted to them for their decision by the chancery court

In old records. An ale-house keeper. A beer or ale brewer. Blount

He who has a right to a beneficial interest in and out of an estate the legal title to which is vested in another. 2 Waslib. Real Prop. 163. The person who

A room or apartment in a house. A private repository of money; a treasury. Sometimes used to designate a court, a commission, or an association of persons habitually meeting together in an

An ancient officer, whose duty it was to ride armed cap-a-pie. into Westminster Hall at the coronation, while the king was at dinner, and, by the proclamation of a herald, make a

A church or chapel endowed with lands for the maintenance of priests to say mass daily for the souls of the donors. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.

This word, in its ordinary acceptation, as applicable to the imposition of a duty or burden, signifies capable of being charged, subject to be charged, liable to lie charged, or proper to

In French marine law. A charter-party.

Purity; continence. That virtue which prevents the unlawful intercourse of the sexes. Also the slate of purity or abstinence from unlawful sexual connection. People v. Brown, 71 Hun, 601, 24 N. Y.

In Anglo-Norman law. Were or weregild; the price of the head or person, (icapitis prctium.)

In England. The presiding judge in the court of common pleas, and afterwards in the common pleas division of the high court of justice, and one of the ex officio judges of

In old English law. A tax upon trade; a toll imposed upon traffic, or upon goods brought to a place to be sold.

Under the municipal organization of the state of New Jersey, each county has a board of officers, called by this name, composed of representatives from the cities and townships within its limits,

The name of a system of courts of the United States, invested with general original jurisdiction of such matters and causes as are of Federal cognizance, except the matters specially delegated to

A summons to take up the cause. A process, in the civil law, which issued when one of the parties to a suit died before its determination, for the plaintiff against the