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In the action of account render, after judgment of quod computet, if the defendant refuses to appear personally before the auditors and make his account, a writ by this name may issue

The chief justiciary; the principal minister of state, and guardian of the realm in the king’s absence. This ofiice originated under William the Conqueror; but its power was greatly diminished by Magna

A register of mortgages made to the Jews. 2 1?1. Comm. 343; Crabb, Eng. Law, 130, et seq.

In Saxon law. The estimation or value of the head, that is, the price or value of a man’s life.

A prison or gaol. Strictly, a place of detention and safe-keeping, and not of punishment. Co. Litt. 620.

Life and annuity tables, compiled at Carlisle, England, about 1780. Used by actuaries, eta

A verdict is said to carry costs when the party for whom the verdict is given becomes entitled to the payment of his costs as incident to such verdict.

One who held lands in car cage, or plow-tenure. Cowell.

A price payable in cash at the time of sale of property, in opposition to a barter or a sale on credit.

In old English law. The precinct or jurisdiction of a castle. Blount

In English law. Those who are not settled in a parish. Such poor persons as are suddenly taken sick, or meet with some accident, when away from home, and who are thus

Land in Norfolk, so called because it is not known to what parish it belongs, and the minister who first seizes the tithes of it, by right of preoccupation, enjoys them for

Italian merchants who came into England in the reign of Henry III., where they established themselves as money lenders, but were soon expelled for their usury and extortion. Cowell; Blount.

That which produces an effect; whatever moves, impels, or leads. The origin or foundation of a tiling, as of a suit or action; a ground of action. Corning v. Mc- Cullough, 1

In Scotch law. A surety ; a bondsman. One who binds himself in a bond with the principal for greater security. He is still a cautioner whether the bond be to pay

In French law. The technical name of an act under private signature. Campbell v. Nicholson, 3 La. Ann. 458.

In Spanish and Mexican law. An annuity. A ground rent. The right which a person acquires to receive a certain annual peusion, for the delivery which he makes to another of a

The central office of the supreme court of judicature in England Is the office established in pursuance of the recommendation of the legal depart CENTRALIZATION 182 CERTA DEBET ESSE INTENTIO ments commission

In English practice. This is a document containing the opinion of the common-law judges on a question of law submitted to them for their decision by the chancery court

In old records. An ale-house keeper. A beer or ale brewer. Blount