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Un- n der the protection of a husband; married. 1 fl Bl. Comm. 442. La feme que est covert de baron, the woman which is covert of a husband. Litt.

One who trusts or gives credit; a creditor. Britt cc. 28, 78.

The increase of a county. The sheriffs of counties anciently answered In their accounts for the Improvement of the king’s rents, above the visconticl rents, under this title.

Also an accusation or charge of crime.

To charge one with crime; to furnish ground for a criminal prosecution; to expose a person to a criminal charge. A witness cannot be compelled to answer any question which has a

In English law. Criminal prosecutions on behalf of the crown, as representing the public; causes in the criminal courts.

To call out aloud; to proclaim; to publish; to sell at auction. “To cry a tract of land.” Carr v. Gooch, 1 Wash. (Va.) 335, (260.) A clamor raised in the pursuit

Whichever [of two parties] has the division, [of an estate,] the choice [of the shares] is the other’s. Co. Litt. 1006. In partition between coparceners, where the division is made by the

A person who is indicted for a criminal offense, but not yet convicted. It is not, however, a technical term of the law; and in its vernacular usage it seems to imply

In reports and legal documents, an abbreviation for common bench. Also an abbreviation for chief baron.

Letters issued and signed by the kings of France, and countersigned by a secretary of state, authorizing the imprisonment of a person. Abollished during the revolution of 1789.

In old French law. A list of grievances prepared for deputies in the statesgeneral. A petition for the redress of grievances enumerated.

When a prisoner has tx’en found guilty on an indictment. the clerk of the court addresses him and calls upon him to say why judgment should not be passed upon liim.

The star chamber, (q. v.)

A person who offers himself, or is presented by others, to be elected to an office. Derived from the Latin Candidas, (white,) because in Rome it was the custom for those who

The act of examining and counting the returns of votes cast at a public election. Bowler v. Eisenhood, 1 S. Dak. 577, 48 N. W. 130, 12 L. It. A. 705; Clark

Live cattle. Blount.

Lat. By the head. Tenure in capite was an ancient feudal tenure, whereby a man held lands of the king immediately. It was of two sorts,

In old English law and practice. A taking or seizure ; arrest; receiving; holding of court.

In old English law. A head of land; a headland. Cowell.