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In old English law. A manor or chief messuage with lands and tenements thereto appertaining, which belonged to the priory of St. John of Jerusalem, in England; he who had the government

One who negotiates the sale of merchandise without having the possession or control of it, being distinguished in the latter particular from a commission merchant. Adkins v. Richmond. 98 Ya. 91. 34

This commission issues out of chancery to the bishop and others, where lands given to charitable uses are misemployed, or there is any fraud or dispute concerning them, to inquire of and

In the ciyil law. The mixing together or confusion of things, dry or solid, belonging to different owners, as distinguished from confusio, which has relation to liquids.

A common seller of any commodity (particularly under the liquor laws of many states) is one who sells it frequently, usually, customarily, or habitually; in some states, one who is shown to

The dwelling in any place as an inhabitant; which consists in usually lying there. 4 Bl. Comm. 273. In American law it is used to denote a mere temporary residence. Ames v.

Information given; the sharing of knowledge by one with another ; conference; consultation or bargaining preparatory to making a contract. Also intercourse; connection

An agreement or contract. Usually applied to conventions between nations or sovereign states. A compact is a mutual consent of parties concerned respecting some property or right that is the object of

In Scots practice. Appearance; an appearance made for a defendant; an appearance by counsel. Bell.

To compile Is to copy from various authors into one work. Between a compilation and an abridgment there is a clear distinction. A compilation consists of selected extracts from different authors; an

Interest upon interest, i. e., when the interest of a sum of money Is added to the principal, and then bears interest, which thus becomes a sort of secondary principal. Camp v.

Involuntary; forced ; coerced by legal process or by force of statute.

I grant. A word used in old Anglo-Saxon grants, and in statutes merchant.

In old records. A common council man ; a freeman called to a legislative hall or assembly. Cowell.

A species of loose or informal marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yet In use in some countries. See CONCUBINATUS. The act or practice of cohabiting, in sexual

An action which lies upon a promise to do a thing, where such promise or stipulation is certain, (si certa sit stipulatio.) Inst. 3, 16, pr.; Id. 3. 15, pr. ; Dig.

In the civil law. A hirer

Intrusted with the confidence of another or with his secret affairs or purposes; intended to be held in confidence or kept secret.

The name given to a group of fifteen cases decided by the United States supreme court in 1808, on the validity and construction of the confiscation acts of congress. Reported in 7

Leave I to imparl. The privilege of an imparlance, (K- centia loquendi.) 3 Bl. Comm. 299.