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Such an under-ground prison or cell as was formerly placed in thestrongest part of a fortress; a dark or subterraneous prison.

n. (From Lat dupUcatio, q. v.) In Scotch pleading. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication.

Taxes levied upon the removal from one state to another ofproperty acquired by succession or testamentary disposition. Frederickson v. Louisiana,23 IIow. 440, 16 L. Ed. 577; In re Strobel’s Estate. 5 App.

L. Fr. Infamous. Britt c. 15.

The person defending or denying; the party against whom relief orrecovery is sought in an action or suit. Jew- ett Car Co. v. lvirkpatrick Const. Co. (C. C.)107 Fed. 022; Brower v.

Defender of the faith. See DEFENDEB

One who wrongfully keeps the owner of lands and tenements out of the possession of them. 2 Bl. Comm. 350.

In Spanish law. Surrender; release; abandonment; e. g., the act of an Insolvent in surrendering his property for the benefit of his creditors, of an heir in renouncing the succession, the abandonment

A quarry or mine. 31 Eliz. c. 7.

In conveyancing. The Filial and absolute transfer of a deed, properly executed, to the grantee, or to some person for his use, in such manner that it cannot be recalled by the

In English law. Those lands of a manor notgranted out in tenancy, but reserved by the lord for his own use and occupation. Landsset apart and appropriated by the lord for his

Description; pointing out. That which is said or written todesignate a thing or person.In evidence. Absolutely convincing proof. That proof which excludes all possibility oferror. Treadwell v. Whittier, 80 Cal. 574. 22

The act of making one a denizen; the conferring of the privileges ofcitizenship upon an alien born. Cro. Jac. 540. See DENIZEN.

A robbing of the prince or commonwealth; an embezzling of thepublic treasure.

The testimony of a witness taken upon interrogatories, not in open court, but in pursuance of a commission to take testimony issued by a court, or under a general law on the

Coming from another; taken from something preceding ; secondary;that which has not its origin in itself, but owes its existence to something foregoing.

A description or descriptive expression by which a person or thing is denoted in a will without using the name.

To act as a despot. Webster.

Lat. In the civil law. A summoning made, or notice given, in the presence of witnesses, (denuntiatio facta cum testatione.) Dig. 50, 16, 40.

To deprive; to take away; to withdraw. Usually spoken of an authority,power, property, or title; as the estate is devested.Devest is opposite to invest. As to invest signifies to deliver the possession