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In English practice. The opening day of the assises.

In practice. An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it is committed to the custody of the sheriff

A will is said to be proved in common form when the executor proves it on his own oath; as distinguished from “proof by witnesses,” which is necessary when the paper propounded

1. The class of subjects In Great Britain exclusive of the royal family and the nobility. They are represented In parliament by the house of commons. 2. Part of the demesne land

An ancient writ directed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, forbidding them to hold pleas between common persons (i. e.. not debtors to the king, who alone originally sued and

A railroad ticket giving the holder the right to travel at a certain rate for a limited number of trips (or for an unlimited number within a certain period of time) for

Such relation and consistency between the duties of two offices that they may be held and filled by one person

One who is legally qualified to be heard to testify in a cause. Ilogan v. Sherman. 5 Mich. 00; People v. Compton. 123 Cal. 403. 50 Pac. 44; Com. v. Mullen, 97

In old English law. A party accounting. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 71, $ 17.

Constraint; objective necessity. Forcible Inducement to the commission of an act. Navigation Co. v. Brown, 100 Pa. 346; U. S. v. Kimball (C. C.) 117 Fed. 163; Gates v. Hester, 81 Ala.

The improper suppression or disguising of a fact, circumstance, or qualification which rests within the knowledge of one only of the parties to a contract, but which ought in fairness and good

In Anglo-Norman times. An executive and residuary judicial committee of the Aula Regis, (q. v.)

A fold, pen, or place where cattle lie. Cowell

In the Scotch law. A part of the proceedings in a cause, setting forth the facts of the case on the part of the pursuer or plaintiff.

In the civil law. An action which the hirer (conductor) of a thing might have against the letter, (locator.) Inst. 3, 25, pr. 2.

In the civil law. An action for enforcing a servitude. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

The act of confiscating ; or of condemning and adjudging to the public treasury

In the French law. Per- y mission, leave, license; a passport or clear- n ance to a vessel; a permission to arm, equip, or navigate a vessel.

In the civil law. Things joined together or united; as distinguished from disjuncta, things disjoined or separated. Dig. 50, 16, 53.

In feudal law. Conquest; acquisition by purchase; any method of acquiring the ownership of an estate other than by descent. Also an estate acquired otherwise than by inheritance.