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(Sax.) An inferior kind of judges. Men appointed to doom (judge) in matters in controversy. Cowell. Suitors Ina court of a manor in ancient demesne, who are judges there. Blouut; Whishaw;Termes de

The act of killing one’s lord or master

In French law. Damages.

See DE DONIS, THE STATUTE.

In the civil law, in Louisiana. by this term is understood that properlywhich the wife brings to the husband to assist him in bearing the expenses of themarriage establishment. Extradotal property, otherwise

In English law. Rent payable by a tenant who continues in possession after the time for which he has given notice to quit, untilthe time of his quitting possession. St. 11 Geo.

Dower at the church door or porch. An ancient kind ofdower in England, where a man. (being tenant in fee-simple, of full age,) openly at thechurch door, where all marriages were formerly

Any one who draws or frames a legal document, e. g., a will, conveyance, pleading, etc.

A view or examination of what cattle are in a forest, chase, etc..that it may be known whether it be surcharged or not; and whose the beasts are. andwhether they are commonable.

In old French law. A charge payable to the crown by any one who, after having served his apprenticeship inany commercial guild or brotherhood, sought to become a master workman in it

A free pass given by a railroad company, accepting a droveof cattle for transportation, to the drover who accompanies and cares for the cattle onthe train. Railroad Co. v. Tanner, 100 Va.

Doubting. Is affixed to the name of a judge, in the reports, to signifythat he doubted the decision rendered.

A brief written acknowledgment of a debt. It is not made payable to order, like a promissory note. See Feeser v. Feeser, 03 Md. 716, 50 Atl. 400; Marrigan v. Page, 4

Provided; provided that. A word of limitation In the Latin forms ofconveyances, of frequent use in introducing a reservation; as in reserving a rent

In the civil law. The defendant’s answer to the plaintiff’s replication ;corresponding to the rejoinder of the common law.Duplicationem possibilitatis lex non patitnr. The law does not allow the doubling of apossibility.

In old English law. Blows without wounding or bloodshed; dry blows. Blount.

.A state of the stomach In which its functions are disturbed, without thepresence of other diseases, or when, if other diseases are present, they are of minorimportance. Dungl. Med. Diet

Engines or great nets made of cord to catch deer. 19 Hen. VIII. c. 11.

Lat. Defect; default; want; imperfection; disqualification.

That part of any open field or place that was allotted for corn or hay, andupon which there was no common or feeding, was anciently said to be in defenso; so ofany