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A possessory action of the Mexican law. It is brought to recover possessionof Immovable property, of which one bas been despoiled (despojado) byanother.

The act (or the juridical fact) of withholding from a person lawfully entitled the possession of land or goods; or the restraint of a man’s personal liberty against his will.The wrongful keeping

The act, or condition, of one who marries a wife after the death of a former wife.

The transfer or transition from one person to another of a right,liability, title, estate, or office. Francisco v. Aguirre, 94 Cal. ISO, 29 Pac. 495; Owen v.Insurance Co., 50 Hun, 455, 10

Small cubes of bone or ivory, marked with figures or devices on their severalsides, used in playing certain games of chance. See Wetmore v. State, 55 Ala. 198.

In old English law. The added or increasing day in leap pear. Bract, fols. 359, 3506.

Fr. God and my right The motto of the royal arms of England, first assumed by Richard I.

Prudence; vigilant activity; attentiveness; or care, of which there areinfinite shades, from the sligHtest momentary thought to the most vigilant anxiety; butthe law recognizes only three degrees of diligence: (1) Common or

The territorial extent of a bishop’s jurisdiction. The circuit of everybishop’s jurisdiction. Co. Litt 94; 1 Bl. Comm. 111.

Where, by the terms of a trust, the fund is directed to be vested in a particular manner till the period arrives at which it is to be appropriated, this is called

In old English law. To discharge, to unload; as a vessel. Carcareet disearcare; to charge and discharge; to load and unload. Cowell.

A liberty or privilege allowed to a judge, within the confines of right and justice, but independent of narrow and unbending rules of positive law, to decide and act in accordance with

Not concerned, in respect to possible gaiu or loss, in the result ofthe pending proceedings; impartial, not biased or prejudiced. Chase v. Rutland, 47 Vt.393; In re Big Run, 137 Pa. 500,

In old English law. Disparagement. Hwredes maritentur absquedisparayatione, heirs shall be married without disparagement. Magna Chart a, (9 Hen.III.) c. 6.

In Scotch law. A deed of alienation by which a right to property Is conveyed. Bell.

A female disseisor; a disseisoress. Fleta, lib. 4, c. 12,

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.