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Physical punishment as distinguished from pecuniary punishment or a fine; any kind of punishment of or inflicted on the body, such as whipping or the pillory; the term may or may not

The dead body of a human being.

Ancient armor which covered the body

A joint promisor

A species of tenancy in Ireland, constituted by an agreement in writing, and subject to the following terms: That the tenement consist of a dwellinghouse with not more than half an acre

Certain general counts or forms inserted in a declaration in an action to recover a money debt, not founded on the circumstances of the individual case, but intended to guard against a

In conveyancing. The corresponding part of an instrument; a duplicate or copy. Where an instrument of conveyance, as a lease, is executed in parts, that is, by having several copies or duplicates

One which lies wholly within one county, and which is thereby distinguished from a state road, which is a road lying in two or more counties. State v. Wood County, 17 Ohio,

This court was established by St. 20 & 21 Vict. c. So, which transferred to it all jurisdiction then exercisable by any ecclesiastical court in England, in matters matrimonial, and also gave

An assembly of the members of the Court of Brotherhood (supra) together with other representatives of the corporate members of the Cinque I’orts, invited to sit with the mayors of the seven

A court of record, established in England in the reign of Henry VIII. For the survey and management of the valuable fruits of tenure, a court of record was created by St.

The party to whom a covenant Is made. Shep. Touch. 100.

Gross neglect; absence of ordinary care and diligence. Hun v. Cary, 82 N. Y. 72, 37 Am. Rep. 546.

A person to whom a debt Is owing by another person, called the “debtor.” Mohr v. Elevator Co., 40 Minn. 343, 41 N. W. 1074; Woolverton v. Taylor Co., 43 111. App.

In maritime law. A list of the crew of a vessel; one of a ship’s papers. This instrument is required by act of congress, and sometimes by treaties. Rev. St. U. S.

That which pertains to or is connected with the law of crimes, or the administration of penal justice, or which relates to or has the character of crime. Charleston v. Beller, 45

The products of the harvest in corn or grain. Emblements. Insurance Co. v. Deliaven (Pa.) 5 Atl. 65; Goodrich v. Stevens. 5 Lans. (N. Y.) 230.

In old Scotch law. Coroner ; a coroner. “Crowner’s quest,” a coroner’s inquest.

He who has the right of giving has also the right of selling and granting. Dig. 50, 17, 163.

Lat A term of the civil law, meaning fault, neglect, or negligence. There are three degrees of culpa,