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A vehicle used for the transportation of persons either for pleasure or business, and drawn by horses or other draught animals over the ordinary streets and highways of the country; not including

An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters. Also a written challenge to fight a duel.

A statement in writing of the facts proved on the trial of a cause, drawn up and settled by the attorneys and counsel for the respective parties under the supervision of the

A garment worn by a priest.

Lat In Roman law. A camp. In old English law. A castle. Bract, fol. 696. A castle, including a manor. 4 Coke, 88.

An obsolete writ that lay where a house was within a borough, for rent issuing out of the same, and which warranted the taking of doors, windows, etc., by way of distress

A term which includes the domestic animals generally; all the animals used by man for labor or food. Animals of the bovine genus. In a wider sense, all domestic animals used by

The reason is open, obvious. plain, clear, or manifest. A common expression in old writers. Perk. c. 1,

Security given by pledge, or deposit, as plate, money, or other goods.

In old English law. Cay- age or kayage; a toll or duty anciently paid for landing goods at a quay or wharf. Cowell.

A notice given by a buyer to a seller that the things which had been sold were claimed by another, in order that he might appear and justify the sale. Blount; Whishaw.

A coin of the United States, the least in value of those now minted. It is the one-hundreth part of a dollar. Its weight is 72 gr., and it is composed of

In old English law. A payment to provide candles in the church. Blount

In Scotch practice. This is the assurance given to a party of the course to be followed In case he does not appear or obey the order of the court CERTIFICATION OF

In Roman law. Cession of goods. A surrender, relinquishment, or assignment of all his property and effects made by an insolvent debtor for the benefit of his creditors. The effect of this

A term applied metaphorically to the series of conveyances, or other forms of alienation, affecting a particular parcel of land, arranged consecutively, from the government or original source of title down to

In old English law. Change, or exchange. Bract, fols. 117, 118

in England, is an officer who seals the commissions and the mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the

The aggregate of the moral qualities which belong to and distinguish an individual person ; the general result of the-one’s distinguishing attributes. That moral predisposition or habit, or aggregate of ethical qualities,

In old English law. A common or mutual charter or deed; one containing mutual covenants, or involving mutuality of obligation; one to which both parties might have occasion to refer, to establish