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In ancient times a person admitted to sit and worship in the choir; a chorister.

Five (now seven) ports or havens ou the south-east coast of England, towards France, formerly esteemed the most important in the kingdom. They are Dover, Sandwich, Roiuney, Hastings, and Hythe, to which

In Scotch law. Any act of fraud whereby a person is reduced to a deed by decreet. It has the same sense in the civil law. Dig. 50, 17. 49, 155. And

The liability to be called upon to respond to an action at law for an injury caused by a crime, as opposed to criminal responsibility, or liability to be proceeded against in

(It clearly appears.) In Scotch law. The name of a precept for giving seisin of lands to an heir; so called from its initial words. Ersk. Inst. 3, 8, 71. CLAREMETHEN. In

The keys of the court. They were the officers of the Scotch courts, such as clerk, doomster, and Serjeant. Burrill.

In old Scotch law. To clear or acquit of a criminal charge. Literally, to cleanse or clean.

In Spanish law. Clergy; men chosen for the service of God. White, New Recop. b. 1, tit 5, ch. 4.

The period which must be spent by a law-student In the office of a practising attorney before admission to the bar. 1 Tidd. Pr. 61, et seq. In re Dunn, 43 N.

An outstanding claim or incumbrance which, if valid, would affect or Impair the title of the owner of a particular estate, and which apparently and on its face has that effect, but

Heraldic ensigns, introduced by Richard I. from the Holy Land, where they were first Invented. Originally they were painted on the shields of the Christian knights who went to the Holy Land

The old code. The first edition of the Code of Justinian; now lost. Mackeld. Rom. Law,

In Scotch practice. A name given to a judgment or decree pronounced by a court, ascertaining the amount of a debt against the estate of a deceased landed proprietor, on cause shown,

In feudal law. One who, holding in free socage, was obliged to do certain services for the lord. A middle class of tenants between servile and free, who held their freedom of

Indorsement “for collection.” See FOB COLLECTION. COLLEGA. In the civil law. One invested with joint authority. A colleague; an associate.

In the civil law. A money-changer ; a dealer in money

A valley or piece of low ground between two hills. Kennett, Gloss.

In old English law. The dignity and office of a comcs, (count or earl;) the same with what was afterwards called “comitatus.” Also a companion or fellow-traveler; a troop or company of

In feudal law. One who intrusts himself to the protection of another. Spelman. A person who, by voluntary homage, put himself under the protection of a superior lord. Cowell

A Scotch ecclesiastical court of general jurisdiction, held before four commissioners, members of the Faculty of Advocates, appointed by the crown.