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Disuse; cessation or discontinuance of use. Applied to obsolete statutes. James v. Comm., 12 Serg. & It. (Pa.) 227.

To discover or lay open to the world. Matt. Westm. 1240.

A giver of lands or real estate by will; the maker of a will of lands; a testator.

In old records. Daily; every day; from day to day. Spelman.

A day given on the prayer of the parties. Bract, fol. 358; Gilb. Comm. PI. 41; 2 Reeve, Eng. Law, 60.

A day’s Journey; a day’s work; a day’s expenses.

In chancery practice. One the object of which is to dismiss,suspend, or obstruct the suit, without touching the merits, until the impediment orobstacle insisted on shall be removed. 3 Bl. Comm. 301,

In English law. The consistorial courts of each diocese, exercisinggeneral jurisdiction of all matters arising locally within their respective limits, withthe exception of places subject to peculiar Jurisdiction; deciding all matters of

Persons appointed or elected according to law, authorized to manageand direct the affairs of a corporation or company. The whole of the directors collectivelyform the board of directors. BrandtGodwin (City Ct.) 3

In old English law. A conversion of wood grounds into arable or pasture; an assarting. Cowell. See ASSART.

To destroy or impair the credibility of a person ; to impeach ; to lessenthe degree of credit to be accorded to a witness or document, as by impugning the veracityof the

The act by which the owner of an estate deprives a person of theright to inherit the same, who would otherwise be his heir.

Such as are dangerous or hurtful to the public peace and welfare by reason of their misconduct orvicious habits, and are therefore amendable to police regulation. The phrase is chietlyused in statutes,

That portion of a man’s property which he is free to disposeof by will to beneficiaries other than his wife and children. By the ancient common law,this amounted to one-third of his

One who is wrongfully put out of possession of his lands; one who is disseised.

Lat. In the civil law. A separation or division into parts; also analienation or sale. Sometimes applied to the act of a guardian in appropriating the property of his ward.

One of the portions into which an entire state or country may be divided,for judicial, political, or administrative purposes.The United States are divided into judicial districts, in each of which is established

L. Fr. Say over. The form of awarding a respotideas ouster, in the l’ear Books, M. 6 Edw. III. 49.

That which is susceptible of being divided.

A charge against vessels for the privilege of mooring to the wharves or inthe slips. People v. Roberts, 92 Cal. 659, 2S l’ac. 6S9. A pecuniary compensation for theuse of a dock