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An expression applied especially to tlie court of exchequer chamber and the bouse of lords, as taking cognizance of error brought. Mozley & Whitley. It is applied in some of the United

Courts of criminal jurisdiction existing In California, New York, and one or two other of the United States.

A covenant by one who had a right of action at the time of mak ing it against another person, by which he agrees not to sue to enforce such right of

A liberty to use a crane for drawing up goods and wares of burden from ships and vessels, at any creek of the sea, or wharf, unto the land, and to make

Worthiness of belief; that quality in a witness which renders his evidence worthy of belief. After the competence of a witness is allowed, the consideration of his credibility arises, and not before.

In old records. A sudden stream or torrent; a rising or inundation.

In the civil law. The crime of falsifying; which might be committed either by writing, as by the forgery of a will or other instrument; by words, as by bearing false witness,

A little close adjoining a dwelling-house, and inclosed for pasture and tillage or any particular use. Jacob. A small place fenced off in which to keep farm-cattle. Spelman. The word Is now

A paper containing the list of criminal cases which await the hearing or decision of the court, and particularly of the court of king’s bench; and it then includes all cases arising

For whose good; for whose use or benefit “Cui bono is ever of great weight in all agreements.” Parker, C. J., 10 Mod. 135. Sometimes translated, for what good, for what useful

The chiefest part of everything is the beginning. Dig. 1, 2, 1; 10 Coke, 49a.

When the proofs of facts are present, what need is there of words? 2 Bulst 53.

An abbreviation for curia regis; also for chancery reports.

In the civil law. Property of an inheritable quality; property such as descends to an heir. Also the lapse of a testamentary disposition or legacy. Also an escheat ; escheated property. BL.LAW

The calendar year is composed of twelve months, varying in length according to the common or Gregorian calendar. In re Parker’s Estate, 14 Wkly. Notes Cas. (Pa.) 506. 2. A list or

A chamberlain. Spelman.

A corn-field; a field of grain. Blount; Cowell; Jacob.

Pertaining to, or in conformity to, the canons of the church.

In the action of account render, after judgment of quod computet, if the defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may issue

The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and guardian of the realm in the king’s absence. This ofiice originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was greatly diminished by Magna