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A portion of the effects of a deceased person, reserved for the use of his widow, and consisting of her apparel, and the furniture of her bed-chamber, is called In London the

One determined by hazard or lot, and not by the deliberate understanding and agreement of the jury. Goodman v. Cody, 1 Wash. T. 335. 34 Am. Rep. 808; Dixon v. Plans, 98

In English ecclesiastical law. A chapel founded in general at some period later than the parochial church itself, and designed for the accommodation of such of the parishioners as, in course of

The expenses which have been incurred, or disbursements made, in connection with a contract, suit, or business transaction. Spoken of an action, it is said that the term includes more than what

In mercantile law. To hire or lease a vessel for a voyage. A “chartered” is distinguished from a “seeking” ship. 7 East, 24.

An article of personal property; any species of property not amounting to a freehold or fee in land. People v. Holbrook, 13 Johns. (N. Y.) 94; Hornblower v Proud, 2 Barn. &

In old French law. The eldest born. A term used in Poitou and other places. Guyot, Inst.

The immediate lord of the fee. to whom the tenants were directly and personally responsible

In old English law. A deed or indenture; also the last part of a fine of land. An instrument of gift or conveyance attested by the subscription and crosses of the witnesses,

Under the Salic law. This was a ceremony performed by a person who was too poor to pay his debt or fine, whereby he applied to a rich relative to pay it

Similar instruments to “letters of credit.” They are drawn by resident bankers upon their foreign correspondents, in favor of persons traveling abroad. The correspondents must be satisfied of the identity of the

City; a city. Cite de Loundr’, city of London.

In English practice. In simple cases, where there was not any great conflict as to facts, and a discovery from a defendant was not sought, but a reference to chambers was nevertheless

In Scotch law. By this clause, in a deed or settlement, the acts or deeds of a tenant for life or other proprietor, contrary to the conditions of his right, become null

It is a rule of equity that a plaintiff must come with “clean hands,” i. e., he must be free from reproach in his conduct. But there is this limitation to the

Clerks of the chancery. Clerici non ponantur in officiis. Co. Litt. 00. Clergymen should not be placed in offices; i. e., in secular offices. See Lofft, 508

The overseer or superintendent of a public market. In old English law. he was a quasi judicial officer, having power to settle controversies arising in th

A portion of land, as a field, inclosed, as by a hedge, fence, or other visible Inclosure. 3 Bl. Comm. 209. The interest of a person in any particular piece of ground,

In French law. An unlawful agreement among several persons not to do a thing except on some conditions agreed upon; particularly, industrial combinations, strikes, etc.; a conspiracy.

A French code, enacted in 1808, regulating criminal procedure.