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The sale of a thing pledged or hypothecated, by the creditoror pledgee, to obtain satisfaction of his claim on tlie debtor’s failure to pay or redeem. Idem. >) 348.

The judge of a United States district court; also, in some states, the judge of a district court of the state.

Various, several, sundry; a collective term grouping a number of unspecifiedpersons, objects, or acts. Com. v. Butts, 124 Mass. 452; State v. Hodgson, 66Vt. 134, 28 Atl. 1089; Munro v. Alaire, 2

In old English law. Severally; separately. Bract fol. 47.

In English law. A warrant given by dock-owners to the owner of merchandise imported and warehousedon the dock, upon the faith of the bills of lading, as a recognition of his title

The formal word by which services were reserved and expressed in old conveyances; as “rendering” (reddendo) was expressive of rent. Perk. c. 10,

(Sax.) Doom; sentence; judgment. An oath. The homager’s oath in the black book of Hereford. Blount.

(Dominica in ramis palmarum.) L. Lat. Palm Sunday. Townsh. PI. 131; Cowell; Blount.

In the civil law. The owner of a vessel. Dig. 39. 4, 11. 2.Dominus non maritabit pupillum nisi emel. Co. Litt. 9. A lord cannot give a ward in marriage but once.Dominus

Distinguished from “made.” “A ‘deed made’ may no doubt mean an ‘instrumentmade;’ but a ‘deed done’ is not an ‘instrument done,’

Dotage is that feebleness of the mental faculties which proceeds from oldage. It is a diminution or decay of that intellectual power which was once possessed. Itis the slow approach of death;

In old English law. A fine sur done grant et render was called a “double fine,” because it comprehended the finesur cognizance de droit come ceo, etc., and the fine sur concessit.

The widow of the king. As such she enjoys most of the privileges belonging to her as queen consort. It is nottreason to conspire her death or violate her chastity, because the

A code of laws prepared by Draco, the celebrated lawgiver ofAthens. These laws were exceedingly severe, and the term is now sometimes applied toany laws of unusual harshness.

In mining law. An underground passage driven horizontally along the courseof a mineralized vein or approximately so. Distinguished from “shaft,” which is anopening made at the surface and extending downward into the

In French feudal law. The duty incumbent on a roturicr, holding lands within theroyal domain, of supplying board and lodging to the king and to his suite while on aroyal progress. Steph.

In Scotch law. A road for driving cattle. 7 Bell. App. Cas. 43, 53. 57. A drift-road. Lord Brougham. Id.

A form of government where two reign jointly.Duas uxores eodem tempore habere non licet. It is not lawful to have two wives atthe same time. Inst. 1, 10, G; 1 Bl. Comm.

No fixed rule can be established as to what shall constitute “duenotice.” “Due” is a relative term, and must be applied to each case in the exercise ofthe discretion of the court

One who cannot speak; a person who is mute.