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Young poles, which, being cut down, are made levers or lifters. Blount
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Young poles, which, being cut down, are made levers or lifters. Blount
A writ by which the charge of a county, together with the keeping of a castle, is committed to the sheriff
In French law. The delivery of a benefice to one who cannot hold the legal title, to keep and manage it for a time limited aud render an account of the proceeds.
The commonalty or the people
See COUNTY.
A right annexed to the possession of arable land, by which the owner is entitled to feed his beasts on the lands of another, usually of the owner of the manor of
One not solemnized in the ordinary way, but created by an agreement to marry, followed by cohabitation; a consummated agreement to marry, between a man and a woman, per verba de prnesenti,
The common council of the realm. One of the names of the English parliament.
A common stock of descent; a common ancestor.
The study of the principles of legal science by the comparison of various systems of law
Indemnification; payment of damages; making amends; that which is necessary to restore an injured party to his former position. An act which a court orders to be done, or money which a
Sound of mind. Having use and control of one’s mental faculties.
Arbitrators are Judges.
One of several neighbors of a person accused of a crime, or charged as a defendant in a civil action, who appeared and swore that they believed him on his oath. 3
In old English law. A grant. One of the old common assurances, or forms of conveyance. Concessio per regem fieri debet de cer- titudine. 9 Coke, 46. A grant by the king
Within the rule that pleadings should contain only facts, and not conclusions of law, this means a proposition not arrived at by any process of natural reasoning from a fact or combination
In the law of Louisiana, the name of a suit or remedy to enable creditors to enforce their claims against an insolvent or failing debtor. Schroeder v. Nicholson, 2 La. 355.
That which is dependent upon or granted subject to a condition.
In criminal law. The association or banding together of two or more persons for the purpose of committing an act or furthering an enterprise which is forbidden by law, or which, though
Confirmation of the charters. A statute passed in the 25 Edw. I., whereby the Great Charter is declared to be allowed as the common law; all judgments contrary to it are declared