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When upon the same label one seal was set on the back or reverse of the other. Wharton.

An assemblage or society of men united for some useful purpose or business, with power to act like a single individual. 2 Kent, Comm. 2G9. Collegium est societas plurium eor- porum simul

That which has or gives color. That which is In appearance only, and not in reality, what it purports to be.

Lat Comity, courtesy, civility. Comitas inter communitates; or comi- tas inter gentcsj comity between communities or nations; comity of nations. 2 Kent Comm. 457

A boundary; the con- lines of land.

Where an agent simply exhibits samples of goods kept for sale by his principal, and takes orders from purchasers for such goods, which goods are afterwards to be delivered by the principal

An oflicer of L the United States government, being at the head of the bureau of the patent-office.

In the civil law. He who lends to another a tiling for a definite time, to be enjoyed and used under certain conditions, without any pay or reward, is called “commodans;” the

As distinguished from the Roman law, the modern civil law, the canon law, and other systems, the common law is that body of law and juristic theory which was originated, developed, and

Half a cantred or hundred In Wales, containing fifty vilages. Also a great seignory or lordship, and may include one or divers manors. Co. Litt 5.

In old English law. A common scold, (q. v.) 4 Bl. Comm. 168

In the civil law. Comparison of writings, or handwritings. A mode of proof allowed in certain cases. COMPARATIVE Proceeding by the method of comparison; founded on comparison; estimated by comparison.

(Set-off of crime or guilt.) In practice. The plea of recrimination in a suit for a divorce; that is. that the complainant is guilty of the same kind of offense with which

One who is united with others in an ill design; an associate; a confederate; an accomplice.

An arrangement arrived at, either in court or out of court, for settling a dispute upon what appears to the parties to be equitable terms, having regard to the uncertainty they are

A term sometimes used to characterize the transfer of title to property under the exercise of the power of eminent domain. In re Barre Water Co., 62 Vt. 27, 20 Atl. 109,

Lat We have granted. A term used in conveyances, the effect of which was to create a joint covenant on the part of the grantors

An inference drawn from the subordinate or evidentiary facts

Having the same authority ; acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act; contributing to the same event; contemporaneous. As to concurrent “Covenants,” “Jurisdiction,” “Insurance,” “Lease,” “Lien,” and “Writs,” see those titles

In the civil law. The rank, situation, or degree of a particular person in some one of the different orders of society. An agreement or stipulation in regard to some uncertain future