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A possibility upon a possibility. 2 Bl. Comm. 170.

The provision wBich the law makes for a widow out of the lauds or tenementsof her husband, for her support and the nurture of her children. Co. Litt. 30a;2 Bl. Comm. 130;

The common term for a bill of exchange; as being drawn by one person onanother. Hinnemann v. Rosenhack, 39 N. Y. 100; Douglass v. Wilkeson, 0 Wend. (N. Y.) 043.An order for

A Saxon word, signifying a tribute or yearly payment made by some tenants to the king,or their landlords, for driving their cattle through a manor to fairs or markets. Cowell.

In old French law. The right of selling various offices connected with the custody of judicial records or notarial acts. Steph.Leet. 354. A privilege of the French kings.

In Scotch law. A place adjoining a drove-road, for resting and refreshing sheep and cattle on their journey. 7 Bell. App. Cas. 53. 57.

Doubting. Dobbin, J

Law in its regular course of administration through courts of justice. 3 Story, Const.264, 661. “Due process of law in each particular case means such an exercise of the powers of the

In sales at auction, when the minimum amount which the ownerwill take for the article is written on a piece of paper, and placed by the owner under acandlestick, or other thing,

The same as “double” taxation. See DOUBLE.

A county palatine in England, the jurisdiction of which was vested in theBishop of Durham until the statute 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 19, vested it as a separatefranchise and royalty

In medical jurisprudence. Incapacity of a woman to sustain the act of sexual intercourse except with great difficulty and pain.

Judges in the Isle of Man, who decide all controversies without process, writings, or any charges. TheseJudges are chosen by the people, and are said by Spelman to be two in number.

Lacking in some particular which is essential to the completeness, legalsufficiency, or security of the object spoken of; as, a “defective” highway or bridge,(Munson v. Derby, 37 Conn. 310, 9 Am. Rep.

A war in defense of, or for the protection of, national rights. Itmay be defensive iu its principles, though offensive in its operations. 1 Kent, Comm. 50, note.

The final judgment, decree, or sentence of an ecclesiastical court. 3 Bl. Comm. 101.

Reviling; holding one up to public obloquy; lowering a person in the estimation of the public.

the high conrt of. In English law. Formerly the court of appeal from theecclesiastical and admiralty courts. Abolished upon the judicial committee of the privycouncil being constituted the court of appeal in

In medical jurisprudence. A form of mental aberration incident to fevers, and sometimes to the last stages of chronic diseases.

Of unsound mind.