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In the civil law. A money-changer ; a dealer in money

A valley or piece of low ground between two hills. Kennett, Gloss.

In old English law. The dignity and office of a comcs, (count or earl;) the same with what was afterwards called “comitatus.” Also a companion or fellow-traveler; a troop or company of

In feudal law. One who intrusts himself to the protection of another. Spelman. A person who, by voluntary homage, put himself under the protection of a superior lord. Cowell

A Scotch ecclesiastical court of general jurisdiction, held before four commissioners, members of the Faculty of Advocates, appointed by the crown.

In practice. An assembly or board of persons to whom the consideration or management of any matter is committed or referred by some court. Lloyd v. Hart, 2 Pa. 473, 45 Am.

As an adjective, this word denotes usual, ordinary, accustomed; shared amongst several; owned by several jointly. State v. O’Conner, 49 Me. 596; Koen v. State, 35 Neb. 676, 53 N. W. 595,

In English law. The great body of citizens; the mass of the people, excluding the nobility. In American law. The body of people composing a municipal corporation, excluding the corporate officers

In old English law. Common things, res communes. Such as running water, the air, the sea, and sea shores. Bract, fol. 75.

Payment of a designated lump sum (permanent or annual) for the privilege of exemptiou from taxes, or the settlement in advance of a specific sum in lieu of an ad valorem tax.

In the canon law. A kind of spiritual relationship contracted by baptism.

As applied to courts and public officers, this term imports jurisdiction and due legal authority to deal with the particular matter in question. Mitchell v. U. S., 9 Pet. 735. 9 L.

In patent law. A mixture or chemical combination of materials. Goodyear v. Railroad Co., 10 Fed. Cas. 004; Cahill v. Brown. 4 Fed. Cas. 1005; Jacobs v. Baker. 7 Wall. 295, 19

An officer in England, whose duty it is to receive from the trustee in each bankruptcy his accounts and periodical statements showing the proceedings in the bankruptcy, and also to call the

To hide; secrete; withhold from the knowledge of others. The word “conceal,” according to the best lexicographers, signifies to withhold or keep secret mental facts from another’s knowledge, as well as to

A council house

Lat. In old English law. An agreement, or concord. Fleta, lib. 5, c. 3,

To find or adjudge guilty. 3 Leon. 68. To adjudge or sentence. 3 Bl. Comm. 201. To adjudge (;is an admiralty court) that a vessel is a prize, or that she is

To make condonation of

The act of a debtor in permitting judgment to be entered against him by his creditor, for a stipulated sum, by a written statement to that effect or by warrant of attorney,