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Twice the amount of actual damages as found by the verdict of a jury allowed bv statute in some cases of injuries by negligence, fraud, or trespass. Cross v. United States. 0

One dangerous to life; one by the use of which a fatal wound may probably or possibly be given. As the manner of use enters Into the consideration as well as other

In the civil law. A gift; a giving of something. It is not exactly synonymous with “donation,” for the latter implies generosity or liberality in making a gift, while dation may mean

That portion of time before sunrise, and after sunset, which is accounted part of the day, (as distinguished from night,) in defining the offense of burglary. 4 Bl. Comm. 224; Cro. Jac.

(Lat. Of arbitration had.) A writ formerly used when an action was brought for a cause which had been settled by arbitration. Wats. Arb. 250.

L. Fr. Of good memory ; of sound mind. 2 Inst. 510.

L. Fr. Of flesh and blood. Affaire recliat de char et dc sank. Words used in claiming a person to be a villein, in the time of Edward II. Y. B. P.

Concerning persons jointly enfeoffed, or seised. The title of the statute 34 Edw. I., which was passed to prevent the delay occasioned by tenants in novel disseisin, and other writs, pleading that

In Roman law. “Of cutting a debtor In pieces.” This was the name of a law contained In the Twelve Tables, the meaning of which has occasioned much controversy. Some commentators have

A writ which lay to prevent or stay waste by a tenant, during the pendency of a suit against hiin to recover the lands. Reg. Orig. 7Gb. Fitzh. Nat. Brev. Ga

Writ of false judgment. Reg. Orig. 15; Fitzh. Nat Brev. 18. See FAI.SE JUDGMENT.

(Lat. For replevying a man.) A writ which lies to replevy a man out of prison, or out of the custody of a private person, upon giving security to the sheriff that

From the side; on the side; collaterally; of collaterals. Cod. 5, 5, 6.

The law does not care for, or take notice of, very small or trifling matters. The law does not concern itself about trifles. Cro. Eliz. 353. Thus, error in calculation of a

For keeping the peace, and for good behavior.

An ancient writ of entry.

For having a return; to have a return. A term applied to the judgment for the defendant in an action of replevin, awarding him a return of the goods replevied; and to

From time to time, and at all times. Townsh. PI. 17.

A corpse. The body of a human being, deprived of life, but not yet entirely disintegrated. Meads v. Dougherty County, 98 Ga. 097, 25 S. E. 915.

In English ecclesiastical law. An ecclesiastical dignitary who presides over the chapter of a cathedral, and is next in rank to the bishop. So callcd from having been originally appointed to superintend