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Lat In Roman law. A division of the as, consisting of ten unciw; tentwelfths, or five-sixths. 2 Bl. Comm. 402, note m.

In general. A statement, remark, or observation. Oralis dictum; a gratuitousor voluntary representation; one which a party is not bound to make. 2 Kent,Comm. 480. Simplex dictum; a mere assertion ; an

In Roman law. Divided days; davs on which the courts were open for a part of the day. Calvin.

Second marriage; marriage to a second wife after the death ofthe first, as “bigamy,” in law, is having two wives at once. Originally, a man whomarried a widow, or married again after

Half; a half; the half.

The science which treats of the relations and interests of nations with nations.Negotiation or intercourse between nations through their representatives. The rules,customs, and privileges of representatives at foreign courts.

These are acts of parliament, restraining and regulating theexercise of a right or the power of alienation; the terra is specially applied to 1 Eliz. c.19, and similar acts restraining the power

The repudiation or renunciation of a right or claim vested in a personor which he had formerly alleged to be his. The refusal, waiver, or denial of an estate orright offered to

In English law. An enrolled assurance barring an entail,pursuant to 3 & 4 Wm. IV. c. 74.

One which is placed between two contraries, by the affirmingof one of which the other is taken away; it is usually expressed by the word “or.”

In old Scotch law. Inequality in blood, honor, dignity, or otherwise. Skene de Verb. Sign.Disparata non debcnt jungi. Things unlike ought not to be joined. Jeuk. Cent 24, marg.

In the civil law. Discussion or argument before a court Mackeld. Rom. Law,

The opinion in which a judge announces his dissent from the conclusions held by the majority of the court, and expounds his own views.

The taking a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrong-doer intothe custody of the party injured, to procure a satisfaction for a wrong committed; as fornou-paymeut of rent, or injury

In English practice. A writ directed to the sheriff of the county inwhich a defendant resides, or has any goods or chattels, commanding him to distrainupon the goods and chattels of the

To turn aside; to turn out of the way; to alter the course of things. Usuallyapplied to water-courses. Ang. Water- Courses,

A divorce from the bond of marriage. A total divorce ofhusband and wife, dissolving the marriage tie, and releasing the parties wholly fromtheir matrimonial obligations. 1 Bl. Comm. 440; 2 Steph. Comm.

A rule, principle, theory, or tenet of the law; as, the doctrine of merger, the doctrine of relation, etc. Doctrinal interpretation. See INTERPRETATION.

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.