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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

A thing which Is stolen, or the value of it. Blount.

Lat. By the head; by the poll; severally to each individual.

A person who obtains a gift or legacy through artifice.

In old English law. Head or poll money, or the payment of it Cowell; Blount.

In Spanish law. An incumbrance; a charge. White, New Recop. b. 2, tit. 13, c. 2,

A vehicle used for the transportation of persons either for pleasure or business, and drawn by horses or other draught animals over the ordinary streets and highways of the country; not including

An agreement between two hostile powers for the delivery of prisoners or deserters. Also a written challenge to fight a duel.

A statement in writing of the facts proved on the trial of a cause, drawn up and settled by the attorneys and counsel for the respective parties under the supervision of the

A garment worn by a priest.