Category: D

A writ of dower which lay for a widow where no part of her dower had been assigned to her. It is now much disused; but a form closely resembling it is

A writ directed to a sheriff or bailiff, commanding him to do execution upon a judgment. Reg. Orig. 18; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 20.

Concerning those that break prison. The title of the statute 1 Edw. II. ordaining that none from thenceforth who broke prison should have judgment of life or limb for breaking prison only,

Anew; a second time. As it was before.

A writ by which the grand assise was chosen and summoned. Reg. Orig. 8; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 4.

An ancient writ where a parson was employed in tlie royal service, etc., to excuse and discharge him of non-residence. 2 Inst. 204.

A writ of trespass for carrying a pipe of wine so carelessly that it was stove, and the contents lost. Reg. Orig. 110. Alluded to by Sir William Jones in his remarks

Of doubtful things or matters. Dig. 34, 5.

Of suit to a mill. A writ which lay to compel one to continue his custom (of grinding) at a mill. 3 Bl. Comm. 235; Fitzh. Nat. Brev. 122, M.

A writ which lay where a man’s wife had been ravished and carried away. A species of writ of trespass. Reg. Orig. 97; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 89. O; 3 Bl. Comm. 139.

This term is applied to persons other than the officers, agents, or employes of a railroad company who are permitted by the company to travel on the road without paying any fare

See DEAD’S PART; DEAD MAN’S PART.

A debtor is not presumed to make a gift. Whatever disposition he makes of his property is supposed to be in satisfaction of his debts. 1 Kames, Eq. 212. Where a debtor

A fraudulent and cheating misrepresentation, artifice, or device, used by one or more persons to deceive and trick another, who is ignorant of the true facts, to the prejudice and damage of

The punishing every tenth soldier by lot, for mutiny or other failure of duty, was termed “decimatio Iciiio- nis” by the Romans. Sometimes only the twentieth man was punished, (viccsimatio,) or the

To solemnly assert a fact before witnesses, e. g., where a testator declares a paper signed by him to be his last will aud testament. Lane v. Lane, 95 N. Y. 498.

A sentence of the court of sessions, (who are now iu the place of the commissioners for the valuation of teinds,) determining the extent and value of teinds. Bell.

I have given and granted. The operative words of conveyance in ancient charters of feoffment, and deeds of gift and grant; the English “given and granted” being still the most proper, though

The fourth letter of the English alphabet. It is used as an abbreviation for a number of words, the more important and usual of which are as follows: 1. Digestuin, or Digcsta,

A certain measure of land; such narrow slips of pasture as are left between the plowed furrows in arable land. Cowell.