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In ecclesiastical law. This is where the appropriation of abenefice is severed, either by the patron presenting a clerk or by the corporation whichhas the appropriation being dissolved. 1 Bl. Comm. 385.

In a general sense, an allowance or deduction made from a gross sumon any account whatever. In a more limited and technical sense, the taking of Interestinadvance.By the language of the commercial

In mercantile law and usage. To refuse or decline to accept a bill ofexchange, or to refuse or neglect to pay a bill or note at maturity. Shelton v. Braithwaite,7 Mees. &

Contrary to the rules of good order and behavior; violative of the public peace or good order; turbulent, riotous, or indecent.

In Scotch law. To grant or convey. A technical word essential to theconveyance of heritable property, and for which no equivalent is accepted, howeverclear may be the meaning of the party. Paters.

In old Scotch law. Disseisin ; dispossession. Skene.

The strict meaning of “distillery” is a place orbuilding where alcoholic liquors are distilled or manufactured ; not every building wherethe process of distillation is used. Atlantic Dock Co. v. Lihbv, 45

The jury are bound to give their verdict for that party who, upon the evidence, appears tothem to have succeeded in establishing his side of the issue. But there are cases inwhich

Interruption of the peace, quiet, and good order of a neighborhood or community, particularly by unnecessary anddistracting noises. City of St. Charles v. Meyer, 58 Mo. 89; Yokum v. State (Tex. Cr.

As distinguished from those of human origin, divine laws are those ofwhich the authorship is ascribed to God, being either positive or revealed laws or thelaws of nature. Mayer v. Probe, 40

Lat I give that you may do; I give [you] that you may do or make[for me.] A formula in the civil law, under which those contracts were classed in whichone party

In old forest law. The manifest deprehension of an offender againstvenison in a forest, when he was found drawing after a deer by the scent of a houndled in his hand; or

Fraud (or deceit) giving rise to the contract; that is, a fraudulent misrepresentation made by one of the parties to thecontract, and relied upon by the other, and which was actually instrumental

In Spanish law. The acquisition of domiciliary rights and status,nearly equivalent to naturalization, which may be accomplished by being born in thekingdom, by conversion to the Catholic faith there, by taking up

Full ownership; the union of the dominium directum with the dominium utile. Tayl. Civil Law, 478.

A gift made by a person in sickness, who, apprehending his dissolution near, delivers, or causes to be delivered, to another the possession of any personal goods, to keep as his own

See PARTNERS.

In Scotch law. Double the ordinary or single value of a marriage. Bell. See DUPLEX VALOR MARI- TADLL.

One as to the validity of which there exists some doubt, either asto matter of fact or of law; one which invites or exposes the party holding it tolitigation. Distinguished from a

The property which a woman brings to her husband In marriage; now more commonly called a “portion.”By dowry is meant the effects which the wife brings to the husband to support the