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In old English law. A kind of trial, as appears from Bract lib. 4, tract 3, ca. 18, and tract 4, ca. 2, where it seems to mean, one by the ordinary
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In old English law. A kind of trial, as appears from Bract lib. 4, tract 3, ca. 18, and tract 4, ca. 2, where it seems to mean, one by the ordinary
An Institution supposed to have been introduced into England by order of William the Conqueror, which consisted in the ringing of a bell or bells at eight o’clock at night, at which
The court will advise; the court will consider. A phrase frequently found in the reports, signifying the resolution of the court to suspend judgment in a cause, after the argument until they
It runs upon four feet; or, as sometimes expressed, it runs upon all fours. A phrase used iu arguments to signify the entire and exact application of a case quoted. “It does
guardians of the peace. 1 Bl. Comm. 349
A gamekeeper. Townsh. Pi. 205.
A hundred-weight; one hundred and twelve pounds. Helm v. Bryant, 11 B. Mon. (Ky.) 64.
In old English practice. An ordinary day in court. Cowell; Termes de la Ley.
When two rights meet in one person, it is the same as if they were in two persons.
A common abbreviation of curia.
In old European law. A court. The palace, household, or retinue of a sovereign. A judicial tribunal or court held in the sovereign’s palace. A court of justice. The civil power, as
4 Inst. 50. The court of parliament is governed by its own laws.
Time runs against the slothful and those who neglect their rights. Bract, fols. 100&, 101.
The style in which writs and all judicial processes were made out during the great revolution, from the execution of King Charles I. till Oliver Cromwell was declared protector.
Protector of the royal granary. 2 Bl. Comm. 394.
A measure of time; a space In which the same revolutions begin again; a periodical space of time. Enc. Lond.
In Scotch law. A debtor whose effects have been arrested by several creditors. In regard to these creditors, he is their common debtor, and by this term is distinguished in the proceedings
(With a grain of salt) With allowance for exaggeration.
Lat. Care; charge; oversight; guardianship. In the civil law. A species of guardianship which commenced at the age of puberty, (when the guardianship called “tutela” expired,) and continued to the completion of
The court of admiralty.