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In old English law. A lord or earl of the marches, who was the warden and defender of his country. Cowell.

A description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of themeaning of a word or term. Webster. The process of stating the exact meaning of aword by means of other words.

A deprivation of dignity ; dismission from office. An ecclesiasticalcensure, whereby a clergyman is divested of his holy orders. There are two sorts by thecanon law,

A delegated power cannot be delegated.

n. In the civil law. He who has beeu guilty of some crime, offense, or failure of duty.

In Scotch law. Maliciously cutting off or otherwise separating one limb from another. 1 Hume, 323; Bell.

The natural dissolution of the king is generally so called; an expression which signifiesmerely a transfer of property. By demise of the crown we mean only that, inconsequence of the disunion of

In English law. Customary oblations made to a cathedral church at Pentecost.

In the civil law. The act by which an individual informs apublic officer, whose duty It Is to prosecute offenders, that a crime has beencommitted. In Scotch practice. The act by which

Lat In the civil law. A kind of banishment, where a condemnedperson was sent or carried away to some foreign country, usually to an Island, (in insulamdeportatur,) and thus taken out of

A substitute; a person duly authorized by an officer to exercise some or allof the functions pertaining to the office, in tlie place and stead of the latter. Carter v.Horiiback, 139 Mo.

Description of the person. By this is meant a word orphrase used merely for the purpose of identifying or pointing out the person intended,and not as an intimation that the language in

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