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In old English law. A chirographed charter; a charter executed in two parts, and cut through the middle, (scindi- tur per medium,) where the word “cyrograph- um,” or “chirographum.” was written in

In mercantile law. One who charters (

To control or restrain; to hold within bounds. To verify or audit Particularly used with reference to the control or supervision of one department, bureau, or office over another.

Principal; leading; head; eminent in power or importance; the most important or valuable of several. Declaration in chief is a declaration for the principal cause of action. 1 Tidd, Pr. 419. Examination

The right which a lord had of taking a flue of his bondwoman gotteii with child without his license. Termes de la Ley; Cowell.

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.