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In admiralty practice. The name given to a person who lays claim to property seized on a libel in rem. and who is authorized and admitted to defend the^ action. The Conqueror.

A clause; a sentence or part of a sentence in a written instrument or law. Clausula generalis de residuo non ea complectitur qua; non ejusdem sint generis cum iis quae speciatim dicta

One which is not subject to any incumbrance. Roberts v. Bassett, 105 Mass. 409.

A writ for the delivery of a clerk out of prison, who was taken aud incarcerated upon the breach of a statute merchant. Reg. Orig. 147.

There are four of these officers, who attend the ford privy seal, or. in the absence of the lord privy seal, the principal secretary of state. Their duty is to write and

Bolls containing the record of the close writs (Uteris clausw) and grants of the king, kept with the public records. 2 Bl. Comm. 346

Tide waters navigable from the ocean by sea-going craft, the term embracing all waters opening directly or indirectly into the ocean and navigable by ships coming in from the ocean of draft

A code or collection of laws; particularly the Code of Justinian. Also a roll or volume, and a book written on paper or parchment.

In the civil law. Sigui- fies generally the kindred which exists between two persons who are united by ties of blood or family, or both.

Pieces of gold, silver, or other metal, fashioned into a prescribed shape, weight, and degree of fineness, and stamped, by authority of government, with certain marks and devices, and put into circulation

To gather together; to bring scattered things (assets, accounts, articles of property) into one mass or fund. To collect a debt or claim is to obtain payment or liquidation of it, either

One who litigates with another.

In old Scotch law. A young beast or cow, of the age of one or two years; in later times called a “cowdash.”

In old English law. A county or shire; the body of a county. The territorial jurisdiction of a comes, i. e., count or earl. The county court, a court of great antiquity

In ecclesiastical LAW. The appointment of a suitable clerk to hold a void or vacant benefice or church living until a regular pastor be appointed. Hob. 144; Latch, 230.

In old practice. A clause sometimes added at the end of writs, admonishing the sheriff to be faithful in executing them. Bract fol. 398

The compensation or reward paid to a factor, broker, agent, bailee, executor, trustee, receiver, etc., when the same is calculated as a percentage on the amount of his transactions or the amount

A right of feeding one’s beasts on the land of another, (in common with the owner or with others.) which is founded on a grant, or a prescription which supposes a grant.

Three acts of parliament, passed in the years 1852, 1854. and I860, respectively, for the amendment of the procedure in the common-law courts. The common-law procedure act of 1852 is St. 15

The common place of justice. The seat of the principal courts, especially those that are fixed.