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In old English law. Admitting of clergy, or benefit of clergy. A CLERICAL 208 CLERK clergyable felony was one of that class in which clergy was allowable. 4 Bl. Comm. 371- 373.

In English law. Officers who officiate as associates on the circuits. They record all judicial proceedings done by the judges on the circuit.

In old English law. Cli- entship, the state of a client; and, correlative^, protection, patronage, guardianship.

Rule of violence; regulation by force; the law of arms.

In English law. A seal belonging to the custom-house, or rather a scroll of parchment, sealed and delivered by the officers of the custom-house to merchants, as a warrant that their merchandises

Mutual purchase. One of the modes in which marriage was contracted among the Romans. The man and the woman delivered to each other a small piece of money. The man asked the

(He has confessed the action.) A defendant’s written confession of an action brought against him. to which he has no available defense. It is usually upon condition that he shall be allowed

That which is made over and above the principal assurance or deed itself.

In the civil law. The guild of a trade.

In America, this term designates the body of law in force in the thirteen original colonies before the Declaration of Independence. In England, the term signifies the laws enacted by Canada and

A trust, pool, or other association of two or more individuals or corporations having for its object to monopolize the manufacture or traflic in a particular commodity, to regulate or control the

In French law. A writ served by the huissier pursuant to a judgment or to an executory notarial deed. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does

The same as a “mercantile” agency. In re United States Mercantile Reporting, etc.. Co., 52 Hun. 011. 4 N. Y. Supp. 910. See MERCANTILE.

A term which is synonymous with “factor.” It means one who receives goods, chattels, or merchandise for sale, exchange, or other disposition, and who is to receive a compensation for his services,

An instrument in writing on paper or parchment, which charges a person, already in prison, in execution at the suit of the person who arrested him. 2 Chit. Arclib. Pr. (12th Ed.)

A court in the city of I^ondon, at which all the citizens, or such as are free of the city, have a right to attend

The public or common weal or welfare. This cannot be regarded as a technical term of public law, though often used in political science. It generally designates, when so employed, a republican

In ordinary years; on the annual average

See JUSTICE.

In Scotch law. To appear