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In Scotch law. Security given by oath. That which a suspender swears is the best he can afford in order to obtain a suspension. Ersk. Pract. 4, 3, G.

In Scotch law. An assignor. One who transfers a chose in action.

In the Roman law. To ordain ; to decree. Dig. 50, 16, 111.

In Roman law. The hundredth part.

In pleading. Distinctness ; clearness of statement; particularity. Such precision and explicitness iu the statement of alleged facts that the pleader’s averments and contention may be readily understood by the pleader on

A mound, fence, or inclosure.

An assessment, or tax.

1. To object or except to; to prefer objections to a person, right, or instrument; to formally call Into question the capability of a person for a particular function, or the existence

In French law. The grant of a piece of land by the owner to another, on condition that the latter would deliver to him a portion of the crops. 18 Toul- lier,

An officer formerly belonging to the king’s mint, in England, whose business was chiefly to exchange coin for bullion brought in by merchants and others

The title of a diplomatic representative of inferior rank. He has not the title or dignity of a minister, though he may be charged with the functions and offices of the latter,

(Literally, a deed divided.) A charter-party. 3 Kent, Comm. 201. Charta non est nisi vestimentum do- nationis. A deed is nothing else than the vestment of a gift. Co. Litt. 36.

In old English law. A plow. Bestes des charues; beasts of the plow.

A book containing blank checks on a particular bank or banker, with an inner margin, called a “stub,” on which to note the number of each check, its amount and date, and

The judge of the London bankruptcy court is so called. In general, the term is equivalent to “presiding justice” or “presiding magistrate.” Beau v. l

A toll for passing on a way through a forest; called in the civil law “pedagium.” Cowell.

A thing which is movable, and may be taken away or carried from place to place. Cowell; Blount

In Hindu law. Head of affairs; the state or government; a grand division of a province; a headman. A name used by Europeans in Bengal to denote the Hindu writer and accountant

A box or chest for the deposit of charters, deeds, and things of value. CITACION 202 CITIZEN

Lat. Civil, as distinguished from criminal. Civilis actio, a civil action. Bract, fol. 1016.