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In the Roman law. A codicil; an informal and inferior kind of will, in use among the Romans.

In Roman law. A man’s family name. The first name (prcnnomcn) was the proper name of the individual; the second (nornen) indicated the gens or tribe to which he belonged ; while

A phrase sometimes used to designate uncles and aunts, and other collateral antecessors, who are not strictly ancestors. Banks v. Walker, 3 Barb. Ch. (N. Y.) 438, 440.

An organized assembly or collection of persons, established by law, and empowered to co-operate for the performance of some special function or for the promotion of some common object which may be

A dependent political community, consisting of a number of citizens of the same country who have emigrated therefrom to people another, and remain subject to the mother-country. U. S. v. The Nancy,

A conspiracy, or confederation of men for unlawful or violent deeds. A union of different elements. A patent may be taken out for a new combination of existing machines. Stevenson Co. v.

An order, imperative direction, or behest. State v. Maun, 2 N. C. 4; Barney v. Hayes, 11 Mont. 571, 29 Pac. 282, 28 Am. St. Rep. 495.

Relating to or connected with trade and traffic or commerce in general. U. S. v. Breed, 24 Fed. Cas. 1222; Earnshaw v. Cadwalader, 145 U. S. 258, 12 Sup. Ct. 851, 36

In English practice. The opening day of the assises.

In practice. An order or minute, setting forth that the person named in it is committed to the custody of the sheriff

A will is said to be proved in common form when the executor proves it on his own oath; as distinguished from “proof by witnesses,” which is necessary when the paper propounded

1. The class of subjects In Great Britain exclusive of the royal family and the nobility. They are represented In parliament by the house of commons. 2. Part of the demesne land

An ancient writ directed to the treasurer and barons of the exchequer, forbidding them to hold pleas between common persons (i. e.. not debtors to the king, who alone originally sued and

A railroad ticket giving the holder the right to travel at a certain rate for a limited number of trips (or for an unlimited number within a certain period of time) for

Such relation and consistency between the duties of two offices that they may be held and filled by one person

One who is legally qualified to be heard to testify in a cause. Ilogan v. Sherman. 5 Mich. 00; People v. Compton. 123 Cal. 403. 50 Pac. 44; Com. v. Mullen, 97

In old English law. A party accounting. Fleta, lib. 2, c. 71, $ 17.

Constraint; objective necessity. Forcible Inducement to the commission of an act. Navigation Co. v. Brown, 100 Pa. 346; U. S. v. Kimball (C. C.) 117 Fed. 163; Gates v. Hester, 81 Ala.

The improper suppression or disguising of a fact, circumstance, or qualification which rests within the knowledge of one only of the parties to a contract, but which ought in fairness and good

In Anglo-Norman times. An executive and residuary judicial committee of the Aula Regis, (q. v.)