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In America, this term designates the body of law in force in the thirteen original colonies before the Declaration of Independence. In England, the term signifies the laws enacted by Canada and

A trust, pool, or other association of two or more individuals or corporations having for its object to monopolize the manufacture or traflic in a particular commodity, to regulate or control the

In French law. A writ served by the huissier pursuant to a judgment or to an executory notarial deed. Its object is to give notice to the debtor that if he does

The same as a “mercantile” agency. In re United States Mercantile Reporting, etc.. Co., 52 Hun. 011. 4 N. Y. Supp. 910. See MERCANTILE.

A term which is synonymous with “factor.” It means one who receives goods, chattels, or merchandise for sale, exchange, or other disposition, and who is to receive a compensation for his services,

An instrument in writing on paper or parchment, which charges a person, already in prison, in execution at the suit of the person who arrested him. 2 Chit. Arclib. Pr. (12th Ed.)

A court in the city of I^ondon, at which all the citizens, or such as are free of the city, have a right to attend

The public or common weal or welfare. This cannot be regarded as a technical term of public law, though often used in political science. It generally designates, when so employed, a republican

In ordinary years; on the annual average

See JUSTICE.

In Scotch law. To appear

In Scotch practice. The contest among creditors claiming on their respective diligences, or creditors claiming on their securities. Bell

To compromise; to effect a composition with a creditor; to obtain discharge from a debt by the payment of a smaller sum. Bank v. Malheur County, 30 Or. 420, 45 Pac. 781,

In ecclesiastical procedure, a compulsory Is a kind of writ to compel the attendance of a witness, to undergo examination. Phillim. Ecc. Law, 1258.

In French law. To grant. See CONCESSION

An ancient English tribunal, existing during the reigns of Edward I. and Edward II., to which was referred cases of extraordinary difficulty. Co. Litt. 304.

Lying together, as cattle

In Roman law. A general term for actions of a personal nature, founded upon an obligation to give or do a certain and defined thing or service. It is distinguished from vindicatio

In the civil law. A hiring. Used generally in connection with the term locatio, a letting. Locatio ct conductio, (sometimes united as a compound word, “lo? catio-conductio,”) a letting and hiring. Inst.

Trust; reliance; ground of trust In the construction of wills, this word is considered peculiarly appropriate to create a trust. “It is as applicable to the subject of a trust, as nearly