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A recompense for a scar or wound. Cowell.

In old English law. A better sort of servant in monasteries; also an appellation of a king’s bastard.

Sp. In Spanish law. A term corresponding to and derived from the Latindominium, (q. v.) Dominio alto, eminent domain; dominio dirccto, immediateownership; dominio utile, beneficial ownership. Hart v. Burnett, 15 Cal. 556.

The house o

In Scotcu law. Judicial sentence, or judgment. The decision or sentence of acourt orally pronounced by an ollicer called a “dempster” or “deemster.” Iu modernusage, criminal sentences still end with the words

A writ which lay for a widow, when it was judicially ascertainedthat a tenant to the king was seised of tenements in fee or fee-tail at the dayof his death, and that

In English law. This is a penalty on a tenant holding over after his landlord’s notice to quit. By 4 Geo. II. c. 28. $1. it is enacted that if any tenant

L. Fr. Dower of the fairest [part.] A species of ancientEnglish dower, incident to the old tenures, where there was a guardian in chivalry, andthe wife occupied lands of the heir as

In common parlance, this term means a drink of some substance containingalcohol, something which can produce intoxication. Lacy v. State, 32 Tex. 228.

Sax. A contribution of tenants, in the time of the Saxons, towards apotation, or ale, provided to entertain the lord, or his steward. Cowell. See CEB- VISARII.

This phrase in French law denotes private rights, the exercise of which is independent of the status(quality) of citizen. Foreigners enjoy them; and the extent of that enjoyment isdetermined by the principle

The general name of substances used in medicine; any substance, vegetable,animal, or mineral, used in the composition or preparation of medicines. The term isalso applied to materials used in dyeing and in

A foreign coin, varying In value in different countries, but usually worth about $2.26 of our money.

Certain payments; rates or taxes. See Ward v. Joslin, 105 Fed. 227, 44 C. C.A. 456; Warwick v. Supreme Conclave, 107 Ga. 115, 32 S. E. 951; Whitman v. NationalBank, 176 U.

Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in thestrongest part of a fortress; a dark or subterraneous prison.

n. (From Lat dupUcatio, q. v.) In Scotch pleading. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication.

Taxes levied upon the removal from one state to another ofproperty acquired by succession or testamentary disposition. Frederickson v. Louisiana,23 IIow. 440, 16 L. Ed. 577; In re Strobel’s Estate. 5 App.

L. Fr. Infamous. Britt c. 15.

The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief orrecovery is sought in an action or suit. Jew- ett Car Co. v. lvirkpatrick Const. Co. (C. C.)107 Fed. 022; Brower v.

Defender of the faith. See DEFENDEB