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Chief justice of the bench. The title of the chief justice of the (now) court of common pleas, first mentioned in the first year of Edward I. 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 48.

Assemblies or chapters, held by rural deans and parochial clergy, within the precinct of every deanery; which at first were every three weeks, afterwards once a month, and subsequently once a quarter.

The castle or chief seat of a baron.

A prison is ordained not for the sake of punishment, but of detention and guarding. Lofft, 119.

The act of a man in having sexual bodily connection with a woman. Carnal knowledge and sexual intercourse held equivalent expressions. Noble v. State, 22 Ohio St. 541. From very early times,

To provide funds or credit for its payment for the period agreed upon from the date of purchase. Saltus v. Genin, 16 N. Y. Super. Ct. 200. And see Pickering v. Demerritt,

The name as carucage, (q. v.) Cowell.

An officer of a moneyed Institution, or commercial house, or bank, who is intrusted with, and whose duty it is to take care of, the cash or money of such institution or

An engine used to punish women who have been convicted of being common scolds. It is sometimes called the “trebucket,” “tumbrel,” “ducking-stool,” or “cucking-stool.” U. S. v. Royall, 27 Fed. Cas. 907.

An occurrence giving rise to or justifying war.

(From Fr. Quatre- cousin.) A cousin In the fourth degree; hence any distant or remote relative.

Lat. 1. A cause, reason, occasion, motive, or inducement. 2. In the civil law and in old English law. The word signified a source, ground, EL.LAW DICT.(2D ED.)

In English practice. A printed roll of actions, to be tried in the order of their entry, with the names of the solicitors for each litigant. Similar to the calendar of causes,

In Scotch law. Suretyship

In old English law, a chaldron. In old Scotch law, a measure of grain, otherwise called a “chalder.” See 1 Kames, Eq. 215.

vo. A censo (q. v.) is called “consignativo” when he who receives the money assigns for the payment of the pension (annuity) the estate the fee in which he reserves. Civ. Code

In Roman law. The name of an important court consisting of a body of one hundred and five judges. It was made up by choosing three representatives from each of the thirty-five

In the practice of bank” ers. This is a writing acknowledging that the person named lias deposited in the bank a specified sum of money, and that the same is held subject

In practice. Au obsolete writ, which could formerly have been sued out when the defendant had for two years ceased or neglected to perform such service or to pay such rent as

That may be chased or hunted.