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In American law. The lower or more numerous branch of the legislative assembly of a city, in English law. The councillors of the city of London. The parliament, also, was anciently called

A secret writing, either before a notary or under a private seal, which destroys, invalidates, or alters a public one.

Count, or reckon. In old practice. A direction formerly given by the clerk of a court to the crier, after a jury was sworn, to number them; and which Blackstone says was

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.

was a court not of record, held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England. It had jurisdiction, both civil and criminal, in deeds of arms and war, armorial bearings,

In American law. A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania. It is held at the same time with the court of quarter sessions, as a general rule, and by

A person who willingly and knowingly received an outlaw, and cherished or concealed him; for which offense he underwent the same punishment as the outlaw himself. Bract 1286,- Spelman.

Un- n der the protection of a husband; married. 1 fl Bl. Comm. 442. La feme que est covert de baron, the woman which is covert of a husband. Litt.

One who trusts or gives credit; a creditor. Britt cc. 28, 78.

The increase of a county. The sheriffs of counties anciently answered In their accounts for the Improvement of the king’s rents, above the visconticl rents, under this title.

Also an accusation or charge of crime.

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

In English law. Criminal prosecutions on behalf of the crown, as representing the public; causes in the criminal courts.

To call out aloud; to proclaim; to publish; to sell at auction. “To cry a tract of land.” Carr v. Gooch, 1 Wash. (Va.) 335, (260.) A clamor raised in the pursuit

Whichever [of two parties] has the division, [of an estate,] the choice [of the shares] is the other’s. Co. Litt. 1006. In partition between coparceners, where the division is made by the

A person who is indicted for a criminal offense, but not yet convicted. It is not, however, a technical term of the law; and in its vernacular usage it seems to imply

In reports and legal documents, an abbreviation for common bench. Also an abbreviation for chief baron.

Letters issued and signed by the kings of France, and countersigned by a secretary of state, authorizing the imprisonment of a person. Abollished during the revolution of 1789.

In old French law. A list of grievances prepared for deputies in the statesgeneral. A petition for the redress of grievances enumerated.

When a prisoner has tx’en found guilty on an indictment. the clerk of the court addresses him and calls upon him to say why judgment should not be passed upon liim.