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We create. One of the words by which a corporation in England was formerly created by the king. 1 Bl. Comm. 473.

In maritime law. Such little inlets of the sea, whether within the precinct or extent of a port or without, as are narrow passages, and have shore on either side of them.

The offense of buggery or I sodomy. State v. Vicknair, 52 La. Ann. 1921, 28 South. 273; busman v. Veal. 10 Ind. 355, 71 Am. Dec. 331 ; People v. Williams, 59

This term is used, in distinction or opposition to the word “civiliter,” civilly, to distinguish a criminal liability or prosecution from a civil one.

The sovereign power in a monarchy, especially in relation to the punishment of crimes. “Felony is an offense of the crown.” Finch, Law, b. 1, c. 16. An ornamental badge of regal

A voyage undertaken for a given purpose; a voyage for the purpose of making captures jure belli. The Brutus, 2 Gall. 538, Fed. Cas. No. 2,060. A voyage or expedition in quest

Wing. Max. 53. Whose it is to give, his it is to dispose; or, as Broom says, “the bestower of a gift has a right to regulate Its disposal.” Broom, Max. 459,

Blamable; censurable; involving the breach of a legal duty or the commission of a fault. The term is not necessarily equivalent to “criminal,” for, in present use, and notwithstanding its derivation, it

An abbreviation for curia ad- visari vult, the court will be advised, will consider, will deliberate.

An inferior bailiff, or catchpoll. Jacob.

When a limited administration has been granted, and all the property cannot be administered under it. administration ewtcrorum (as to the residue) may be granted.

In English practice. Conferring the dignity or degree of barrister at law upon a member of one of the inns of court. Holthouse.

The old name of the exchequer chamber, (q. v.)

The rails or lattice work or balusters inclosing the bar of a court of justice or the communion table. Also the lines drawn on the face of a will or other writing,

A district comprising a hundred villages; a hundred. A term used in Wales in the same sense as “hundred” is in England. Cowell; Termes de la Ley.

In political economy, that portion of the produce of industry existing in a country, which may be made directly available, either for the support of human existence, or the facilitating of production;

Additional; heaping up; Increasing; forming an aggregate. The word signifies that two things are to be added together, instead of one being a repetition or in substitution of the other. People v.

A woman who has been appointed to the office of curator; a female guardian. Cross’ Curatrlx v. Cross’ Legatees, 4 Giat. (Va.) 257.