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The ancient denomination of a surgeon.

CHURCHESSET. In old English law. A certain portion or measure of wheat, anciently paid to the church on St. Martin’s day; and which, according to Fleta, was paid as well in the

The title of a statute passed 13 Edw. I. A. D. 1285, and so called from the initial words of it, the object of which was to ascertain the boundaries of ecclesiastical

A court having a local jurisdiction within the city of London. It is to all intents and purposes a county court, having the same jurisdiction and procedure.

An ancient writ by which the king commanded the justices in eyre to admit the claim by attorney of a person who was in the royal service, and could not appear in

(He broke the close.) In pleading and practice. Technical words formerly used in certain actions CLAUSUM PASCHI^ 207 CLERGYABLE of trespass, and stiU retained in the phrase quare clausum fregit, (q. v.)

The departure of a vessel from port, after complying with the customs and health laws and like local regulations. In mercantile law. A method of making exchanges and settling balances, adopted among

A writ directed to those who had thrust a bailiwick or other office upon one in holy orders, charging them to release him. Reg. Orig. 143.

Officers attached to the central criminal court in England, and to each circuit. They prepare and settle indictments against offenders, and assist the clerk of arraigns

In English law. Certain letters of the king, sealed with his great seal, and directed to particular persons and for particular purposes, which, not being proper for public inspection, are closed up

In maritime law. Commerce and navigation between different places along the coast of the United States, as distinguished from commerce with ports in foreign countries. Commercial intercourse carried on between different districts

A collection of imperial constitutions made by Ilermogenes, a jurist of the fifth century. It was nothing more than a supplement to the Codex Gregorianus. (supra.) containing the constitutions of Diocletian and

In old English law. The aeknowled gment of a fine; the certificate of such acknowledgment In the Roman law. The judicial examination or hearing of a cause.

In medical jurisprudence. Sexual intercourse; carnal copulation

One authorized to receive taxes or other impositions ; as “collector of taxes.” A person appointed by a private person to collect the credits due him.

In Freneh law. The arrangement or marshaling of the creditors of an estate in the order in which they are to be paid according to law. Merl. Repert.

An abbreviation for “company,” exactly equivalent to “Co.” Keith v. Sturges, 51 111. 142

Counts or earls palatine; those who had the government of a county palatine.

In feudal law. This was the act by which au owner of allodial land placed himself and his land under the protection of a lord, so as to constitute himself his vassal

In French law. Auctioneers, who possess the exclusive right of selling personal property at public sale in the towns in which they are established; and they possess the same right concurrently with