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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

In criminal law. the act of setting a witness face to face with the prisoner, in order that the latter may make any objection he has to the witness, or that the

In international law. An assembly of envoys, commissioners, deputies, etc., from different sovereignties who meet to concert measures for their common good, or to adjust their mutual concerns. In American law. The

The secret or indirect consent or permission of one person to the commission of an unlawful or criminal act by another. Oakland Bank v. Wilcox, 60 Cal. 137 ; State v. Gesell,

Courts, not of record, constituted by act of parliament in the city of London, and other towns, for the recovery of small debts; otherwise and more commonly called “Courts of Requests.” 3

Commissioners or trustees in whom the control of a certain river is vested, in England, bv act of parliament.

In the civil law. Cous- ins-german, in general; brothers’ and sisters’ children, considered in their relation to each other

An officer mentioned iu Fleta, lib. 2, c. 31.

A breaking made out by construction of law. As where a burglar gains an entry into a house by threats, fraud, or conspiracy. 2 Russ. Crimes, 9, 10.

In ecclesiastical law. A church full or provided for. Cowell.

A man’s countenance or credit, which he ‘has together with, and by reason of, his freehold; or that which is necessary for the support and maintenance of men, agreeably to their several

In Scotch law. Where two or more processes are so connected that the circumstances of the one are likely to throw light on the others, the process first enrolled is considered as

Against the law of the land.

Abbreviation; abridgment or shortening of a word by omitting a letter or letters or a syllable, with a mark over the place where the elision occurs. This was customary in records written

In the civil law. To handle; to take hold of; to meddle with. In old English law. To treat. Vel maid conlrectet; or shall ill treat Fleta, lib. 1, c. 17,