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In the civil and French law. Security given for the performance of any thing; bail; a bond or undertaking by way of surety. Also the person who becomes a surety. In Scotch

Let the traveler beware. This phrase has been used as a concise expression of the duty of a traveler on the highway to use due care to detect and avoid CAVEATOR 180

A place of burial, differing from a churchyard by its locality and incidents,

A dead rent, like that which is called “mortmain.” Blount; Cowell.

In civil practice. He took. This was the characteristic word employed in (Latin) writs of trespass for goods taken, and in declarations in trespass and replevin. Replevin in the ecpit is a

The same as “certificate of purchase,” supra, (q. v.)

(Let execution stay.) In practice. A stay of execution; or an order for such stay; the entry of such stay on record. 2 Tidd, Pr. 1104.

An ancient term for goods, wares, and merchandise

Keeper of the chamber. Originally the chamberlain was the keeper of the treasure chamber (camera) of the prince or state; otherwise called “treasurer.” Cowell. The name of several high officers of state

In English law. The official head of a university. Ilis principal prerogative is to hold a court with jurisdiction over the members of the university, in which court the vice- chancellor presides.

An ecclesiastic who performs divine service in a chapel; but it more commonly means one who attends upon a king, prince, or other person of quality, for the performance of clerical duties

Subjectively, the sentiment or motive of benevolence and philanthropy; the disposition to relieve the distressed. Objectively, alms-giving; acts of benevolence; relief, assistance, or services accorded to the needy without return. Also gifts

Formerly a convent of Carthusian monks in London; now a college founded and endowed by Thomas Sutton. The governors of the charter-house are a corporation aggregate without a head, president, or superior,

A homicide committed in the heat of an affray and while under the influence of passion; it is thus distinguished from chancc-mcdlcy, which is the killing of a man in a casual

In old records. A loan or advance of money upon credit. Cowell.

In English feudal law. All the land in the kingdom was supposed to be hnlden mediately or immediately of the king, who was styled the “Lord Paramount.” or “Lord Above All:” and

In Roman law. A handwriting; that which was written with a person’s own hand. An obligation which a person wrote or subscribed with his own hand; an acknowledgment of debt, as of

The statute 3 & 4 Vict. c. 86, containing regulations for trying clerks in holy orders charged with offenses against ecclesiastical law, and for enforcing sentences pronounced in such cases. Phillim. Ecc.

In Scotch practice. The sentence of a judge, declaring the time elapsed within which a proof ought to have been led, and precluding the party from bringing forward any further evidence. Bell.

Ill England. An incorporated town or borough which is or has been the see of a bishop. Co. Litt. 10S; 1 Bl. Comm. 114; Cowell. State v. Green, 126 N. C. 103’2,