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In English parliamentary law. Forty members form a house of commons; and, though there be ever so many at the beginning of a debate, yet, if during the course of it the

See PLEA.

In England, the court of general quarter sessions Of the peace held in every county once in every quarter of a year. Mozley & Whitley.

Domains or lands kept in the lord’s hands to serve his family.

In English law. The supreme court of common law in the kingdom, now merged in the high court of justice under the judicature act of 1873,

See CUBTESY.

In Pennsylvania practice. This is the name of a plea to the action of covenant whereby the defendant, upon informal notice to the plaintiff, may give anything in evidence which he might

An iron gate before a prison. 1 Vent. 304.

A term sometimes applied to creditors of a failing debtor who furnished him with the tneans of obtaining credit to which his real circumstances did not entitle him, thus involving loss to

An abbreviation for “criminal conversation,” of very frequent use, denoting adultery. Gibson v. Cincinnati Enquirer. 10 Fed. Cas. 311.

The intent to commit a crime: malice, as evidenced by a criminal act; an intent to deprive or defraud the true owner of his property. People v. Moore. 3 N. Y. Cr.

A mark made by persons who are unable to write, to stand instead of a signature; usually made in the form of a Maltese cross. As an adjective, the word is applied

In old English law. Signed or marked with a cross. Pilgrims to the holy land, or crusaders; so called because they wore the sign of the cross upon their garments. Spelman.

Any one may waive or renounce tlie benefit of a principle or rule of law that exists only for bis protectiou.

2 Inst. 208. It is a fault for any one to meddle in a matter not pertaining to him.

One who frequently excites and stirs up groundless suits and quarrels, either at law or otherwise. State v. Chit- ty, 1 Bailey, (S. C.) 379; Com. v. Davis, 11 Pick. (Mass.) 432.

The advisory board or council of a king or other chief executive. In the government of the United States the cabinet is composed of the secretary of state, the sec- cretary of

A surgical operation whereby the foetus, which can neither make its way into the world by the ordinary and natural passage, nor be extracted by the attempts of art, whether the mother

In Scotch practice. See this described in Bell. Diet.

In mercantile law. A person skilled in exchanges; one who trades in promissory notes and bills of exchange.