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To strengthen; to add weight or credibility to a tiling by additional and confirming facts or evidence. Still v. State (Tex. Cr. R.) 50 S. W. 355; State v. Hicks, 0 -S.

In old English law. An offense, mentioned in the old books, where anything was done deceitfully, whether belonging to contracts or not, which could not be properly termed by any special name.

In old records. A place where there is no woo

An advocate, counsellor, or pleader. 3 Bl. Comm. 20; 1 Kent, Comm. 307. One who assists his client with advice, and pleads for him in open court.

A sign put upon goods already marked; also the several marks put upon goods belonging to several persons, to show that they must not be opened, but in the presence of all

The portion of the earth’s surface occupied by an independent nation or people; or the inhabitants of such territory. In its primary meaning “country” signifies “place;” and. in a larger sense, the

The supreme judicial tribunal of France, having appellate jurisdiction otdy. For an account of its composition and powers, see Jones, French Bar, 22; Guyot, Itepert. Univ.

In old English practice. The peculiar hand in which the records of courts were written from the earliest period down to the reign of George II. Its characteristics were great strength, compactness,

An English court of record, having original and appellate jurisdiction in matters of bankruptcy, and invested with both legal and equitable powers for that purpose. In the United States, the “courts of

A court of special jurisdiction, held before tlie chancellor of the duchy or his deputy, concerning all matters of equity relating to lands liolden of the king in right of the duchy

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,

A species of private courts of a limited though extensive jurisdiction, which, upon the thorough reduction of that principality and the settling of its polity in the reign of Henry VIII., were

comprise the following: The senate of the United States, sitting as a court of impeachment ; the supreme court; the circuit courts; the circuit courts of appeals; the district courts; the supreme

An assurance against the consequences of a defective title, and of anv disturbances thereupon. Piatt, Cov. 312; Rawle, Cov. 125. A covenant that the tenant or grantee of an estate shall enjoy

The phrase “covered into the treasury,” as used in acts of congress C and the practice of the United States treas- ury department, means that money has actually been paid into the

A foreign merchant, but generally taken for one who has a stall in a fair or market. Blount.

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 officer of a court, who makes proclamations. His principal duties are to announce the opening of the court and its adjournment and the fact that certain special matters are about to

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

To charge one with crime; to furnish ground for a criminal prosecution; to expose a person to a criminal charge. A witness cannot be compelled to answer any question which has a