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In English law. A court which, although not oue of record, is incident to every manor, and cannot be severed therefrom. It was ordained for the maintenance of the services and duties

The name given in some of the states (as New York) to a court of genei’al original jurisdiction in criminal cases.

of Oxford and Cambridge have jurisdiction in all personal actions to which any member or servant of the respective university is a party, provided that the cause of action arose within the

A covenant by which the covenantor agrees to convey to the covenantee a certain estate, under certain circumstances.

Large; gross; excessive; extreme. Crass a ignorantia, gross ignorance. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 22,

1. The ability of a business man to borrow money, or obtain goods on time, In consequence of the favorable opinion held by the community, or by the particular lender, as to

The aggregate of seamen who man a ship or vessel, including the master and officers; or it may mean the ship’s company, exclusive of the master, or exclusive of the master and

One who has committed a criminal offense; one who bas been legally convicted of a crime; one adjudged guilty of crime. Molineux v. Collins. 177 N. Y. 395. 09 N. E. 727,

A crofter; one holding a croft.

In England, the solicitor to the treasury acts, in state prosecutions, as solicitor for the crown in preparing the prosecution. In Ireland there are officers called “crown solicitors” attached to each circuit,

To whomsoever a jurisdiction is given, those things also are supposed to be granted, without which the jurisdiction cannot be exercised. Dig. 2, 1, 2. The grant of jurisdiction implies the grant

In old records. The laying up a ship in a dock, in order to be repaired. Cowell; Blount

Where both parties to a judgment appeal therefrom, the appeal of each is called a “cross-appeal” as regards that of the other. 3 Steph. Comm. 5S1.

A small association for the purpose of intrigue; an intrigue. This name was given to that ministry in the reign of Charles II. formed by Clifford, Ashley, Buckingham, Arlington, and Lauderdale, who

In the civil and old common law. Kept for cutting; intended or used to be cut. A term applied to wood.

1. In English law. The election of students to the degree of barrister at law, hence the ceremony or epoch of election, and the number of persons elected. 2. In conveyancing. A

Champerty; from campus, a field, and partus, divided. Spelman.

An artificial ditch or trench in the earth, for confining water to a defined channel, to be used for purposes of transportation. The meaning of this word, when applied to artificial passages

In old English law. A canon. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 69,

A writ of execution, (usually termed, for brevity, a “ca. sa.,”) which a party may issue after having recovered judgment against another in certain actions at law. It commands the sheriff to