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A court of special jurisdiction, held before tlie chancellor of the duchy or his deputy, concerning all matters of equity relating to lands liolden of the king in right of the duchy

In American law. A court of criminal jurisdiction in the state of Pennsylvania. having power to try misdemeanors, and exercising certain functions of an administrative nature. There is one such court in

Covenants usually inserted in a conveyance of land, on the part of the grantor, and binding him for the completeness. security, and continuance of the title transferred to the grantee. They comprise

Pusillanimity; fear; misbehavior through fear in relation to some duty to be performed before an enemy. O’Brien, Ct M. 142; Coil v. State, 62 Neb. 15, 80 N. W. 925.

One who is trustworthy and entitled to be believed; in law and legal proceedings, one who is entitled to have his oath or affidavit accepted as reliable, not only on account of

A term used in heraldry; It signifies the devices set over a coat of arms.

The crime of rape.

A cross-bearer, who went before the prelate. Wharton

The criminal side of the court of king’s bench. The king’s attorney in this court is called “master of the crown office.” 4 Bl. Comm. 308.

An engine of correction for .common scolds, which in the Saxon language is said to signify the scolding-stool, though now it is frequently corrupted into ducking-stool, because the judgment was that, when

2 Inst. 493. An accessory matter is subject to the same jurisdiction as its principal.

In old English law. A base kind of slavery. The confiscation or forfeiture which takes place when a lord seizes his tenant’s estate. Blount; Du Cange.

“Collect on delivery.” These letters are not cabalistic, but have a determinate meaning. They import the carrier’s liability to return to the consignor either the goods or the charges. U. S. Exp.

In the United States laws, students in the military academy at West Point are styled “cadets;” students in the naval academy at Annapolis, “cadet midshipmen.” Rev. St.

1. The established order of the division of time into years, months, weeks, and days; or a systematized enumeration of such arrangement; an almanac. Rives v. Guthrie, 46 N. C. 86.

In the civil law. One who accused another of a crime without cause; one who brought a false accusation. Cod. 9, 46.

English statutes, for amending the practice in prosecutions for libel, 9 & 10 Vict c. 93; also 6 & 7 Vict. c. 96, providing for compensation to relatives in the case of

The legal rules by which inheritances are regulated, and according to which estates are transmitted by descent from the ancestor to the heir.

Vessels of war owned by private persons, and different from ordinary privateers only in size, being smaller. Beawes, Lex Merc. 230.

The chief or principal debtor, as distinguished from a surety, (plcgius.)