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In old practice. That part of a fine in which the defendant acknowledged that the land in question was the right of the complainant. From this the fine itself derived its name,

By the side; at the side; attached upon the side. Not lineal, but upon a parallel or diverging line. Additional or auxiliary; supplementary; cooperating

Lat. In the civil law. A co-legatee. Inst. 2, 20, 8.

In Saxon and old English law. An account or calculation.

A small or narrow valley.

Courtesy; complaisance; respect; a willingness to grant a privilege, not as a matter of right, but out of deference and good will

Intercourse by way of trade and traffic between different peoples or states and the citizens or inhabitants thereof, including not only the purchase, sale, and exchange of commodities, but also the instrumentalities

A warrant or authority or letters patent, issuing from the government, or one of its departments, or a court, empowering a person or persons named to do certain acts, or to exercise

See MAGISTRATE.

The several modes or instruments of conveyance established or authorized by the law of England. Called “common” because thereby every man’s estate is assured to him. 2 Bl. Comm. 294. The legal

In English law. Persons having a right of common. So called because they have a right to pasture on the waste, in common with the lord. 2 H. Bl. 8S9

In old English law. Common pleas or actions; those between one subject and another, as distinguished from pleas of the crown.

Signifies the conversion of tithes into a fixed payment in money.

Spiritual affinity, contracted by sponsorship in baptism

That which the very nature of the thing to be proven requires, as the production of a writing where its contents are the subject of inquiry. 1 Greenl. Ev.

This arises in English ecclesiastical law, when an agreement is made between the owner of lands and the incumbent of a benefice, with the consent of the ordinary and the patron, that

Officers of the court of chancery; their offices were abolished by 5 & 6 Vict. c. 103.

The term “concealed” is not synonymous with “lying in wait.” If a person conceals himself for the purpose of shooting another unawares, he is lying in wait; but a person may, while

In French law. The formality to which intending litigants are subjected in cases brought before the juge de paix. The judge convenes the parties and endeavors to reconcile them. Should he not

The harmony of the discordant canons. A collection of ecclesiastical constitutions made by Gratian, an Italian monk, A. D. 1151; more commonly known by the name of “Decretum Oratiani.” Concordia parvse res